You take a material like silver and put it in a glass case and that's the definition of a meter.

你拿某种材料,比如银,把它放进玻璃柜里,那是一米的定义

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And isn't that clear already from their colors, the material that they're made of Gold and silver, these colors marked them as fashioned, precious objects, inorganic, and in all these ways beyond time and nature, growth or decay.

从它们的颜色上很容易知道，制作它们的材料,金银说明它们是,特制的珍贵的物件，非自然生长的，这些都是超越时间自然,不会生长或衰亡。

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So you build it with a material like silver and gold, and then you encounter the problems of society that your bridge might get stolen because somebody thinks they have a better use for silver and gold than your bridge.

但如果你用金或银这样的材料,你又会面对新的问题,你的桥会被偷走,因为有人认为金和银有比造桥更好的用途

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