If you were to just talk into an oscilloscope that measured your sound vibrations, there are no pauses between the words.

如果你对着,测量声震的示波器讲话,你会发现在单词间并没有停顿

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She measured the distance between the bones in the finger, because when we get older, the space becomes smaller-- they become tighter.

她测量指骨间的距离，人越老，骨骼间空隙变得越小-,指骨变得更紧。

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