So the paper length-- there are two papers required, and there is a final exam the paper length is designed to be quite large.

所以论文的长度-我们要写两篇论文，还有一个期末考试,论文的篇幅要较长。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

They invented the paper machine so they could mass-produce paper-- it didn't have to be handmade anymore-- and they invented wood pulp paper so it didn't have to be made out of cloth anymore.

于是人们发明了造纸机从而可以大量生产纸-,而不再需要手工制作-,后来人们还发明了木浆纸,所以后来不再用布料来制纸。

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So how many time do you think-- you all have a piece of paper in front you-- how many time do you think you need to roll over the piece of paper ? for the piece of paper to reach the moon?

你们认为需要折多少次-,你们面前都有一张纸-,你们认为需要将纸折叠多少次,才能碰到月亮？

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So, if you bought a newspaper it would be only two sheets because it was so expensive-- not all the thick paper that we have today-- and it would cost something like $10 or $20 in today's prices.

你要是在当时买报纸的话,恐怕只有两页纸,因为纸实在是太贵了-,而且我们现在用的那种厚纸很少见-,按照今天的物价水平,大概需要10至20美元。

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And all of a sudden he had a crisis Well, I'm not going to get into the depth of it but our banks, because they wanted to make more and more money--and our investment bank, Wall Street--kept issuing different paper against mortgages so it made it simple to give a mortgage.

突然间危机降临在了他的头上,嗯~我不想继续深谈这个问题,但是我们的银行，由于它们想,赚越来越多的钱--还有我们的投行，华尔街--一直都在发行各种各样的抵押贷款票据,那样抵押贷款变得更加容易。

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