We can think in terms of repetition, obviously, as the delay that sets in between an origin and an end.

我们可以想想看这里面的重复，很明显，重复性的情节将起因和结果隔开来。

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Why might repeatability be an issue?

为什么可重复性也可能是一个问题呢？

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You're not going to start for the rest of your life if you ever need to solve a problem with a computer from scratch, odds are you're going to reach for some off the shelf packages or libraries or tools that other people wrote so that people like us don't have to reinvent the wheel again and again.

如果你想用Scratch来解决问题,却使用其他人写的程序,或者利用现成的资料或工具,这样以来,我们的确可以避免做重复性的工作,但却永远学不会编程。

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