So,yes,there is a threat particularly of the use of radioactive material, although we have no specific evidence indicating any capability at this time."

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It's a gene that's on the plasmid, and this particular gene confers a specific biological property to cells that have the plasmid and can use it properly.

它是质粒自带的基因,如果细胞能够获得这种质粒,并正确的利用它的话,这段基因就能赋予该细胞某种生物学特性

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In another example, you can use a "when" question in order to ask about the timing of a specific event.

在下面这个例子中，你可以用When 问句来询问一个具体活动的时间。

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c We know it's very specific for light because in this equation is c, the speed of light. So any time you go to use this equation, if you're trying to use it for an electron, just ask yourself first, does an electron travel at the speed of light?

我们知道它只对光适用是因为在这个方程里有,光速，所以下次你们用这个方程前，如果你们要把它用到一个电子上，先问问你自己，电子的运动速度是光速吗？

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Well, I mean the definite article "the", you use when there's only a single specific item that you're talking about.

当你谈论一个特定的项目时，就用定冠词“the” 。

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