A traditional recipe actually is based on a small set of primitives, and a good chef with, or good cook, I should say, with that set of primitives, can create an unbounded number of great dishes.

一个传统的菜谱实际上是,建立在一小堆的原材料，和一个好厨师，或者好厨子之上的，我要说，根据那堆原材料，可以创造出无数的美味佳肴来。

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Even in real recipes, you have things like, if needed, add sugar.

就算在真实的菜谱当中，你也需要做一些比如加糖之类的事情。

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OK. Let's go back and think about our recipes.

好，让我们回过头看看我们的菜谱。

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And what you should take away from this course is having learned how to design recipes, how to structure recipes, how to do things in modes in Python.

还有，你应该从这个课堂上拿走的是,学会如何设计菜谱，如何构建菜谱，如何在Python语言的模式中设计东西。

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