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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Savings and Loans are the same as Building Societies, but the idea--the original idea and also the general idea today -is that these are banks set up for small savers in order that they can buy a house.

储贷协会和建房互助协会是一回事,其初衷以及现在的一般理念是,这些银行的建立是为了,让小额储蓄者买得起房子

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It takes place in small rooms. If you begin to think about it, you can almost see the set changes: in the diner, on the train station. That's about the most open place, on the train platform. That's about the most open place we see.

在很小的空间里发生，如果你们开始思考它，你们几乎能看到场景的改变，晚饭，在火车站，那算是最室外了，在火车的月台上，那也算是最室外了。

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