Here's a really simple example. Mixing of oil and water.

这有一个很简单的例子，水和油的混合。

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Now this behaves very differently in water because part of it is water soluble, this part is, it's a molecule that would like to dissolve in water and part of it is like oil, it doesn't want to dissolve in water.

它们在水中表现出十分不同性质,因为一部分是水溶性的,这一部分是,是一种可以溶于水的分子,而另一部分就像油,不会溶于水中

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