It will wash away and so you got to pick the right materials in order to build a bridge.

它可能会被水冲走,之后人们就会选择更好的材料,以造出了更为坚固的桥

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Construction is a combination of workmanship and choice of materials. Take this computer, if I pull the silicon out, I replace it with gallium arsenide, leave everything else the same.

构造则是技巧和材料的选择,的结合，拿这个电脑为例，如果我将硅取出，替换成砷化镓，其他东西不变。

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So you pick a better material like iron and steel, that makes a better bridge, we know that now because we have experience with bridges, but still your bridge might fail.

你选择了钢铁作为材料,来造了一座更好的桥,我们现在能够明晰这一点,是因为在造桥这件事上我们现在很有经验,但即使是我们现在造的桥也仍然会倒塌

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I would say that in Biomedical Engineering, largely, we're still at the stage where we're trying to understand how things work and how they fail, and what materials are the right ones.

我要说的是,生物医学工程很大程度上,仍旧停留在试图探索产品的工作原理,以及寻找产品存在缺陷的原因,和选择正确材料的阶段

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For example, one thing that could happen is that you build it up with wood and clay, you pick the wrong material for a bridge, and it will not stand up to the forces of nature.

例如,其中的一个问题是,选择了木头和粘土作为造桥的材料,你就选错了材料,这座桥难以与自然力相抗衡

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