We have a table of the elements with properties varying periodically with atomic mass, so we compress all of that information and refer to it as the Periodic Table.

我们有一个元素表，其中的元素的特性,随着原子质量的改变而引起周期性的变化，所以我们将所有的信息精简,将它变成一个周期表。

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They'd like to be able to refer to each carbon separately so they can talk about reactions with this molecule, so they number the carbons.

为了在探讨这种大分子的,化学反应时能清楚地,表示每一个碳原子,人们对碳原子进行了编号

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Let me write a function, in fact the literal thing I would do is to say, identify the things that change, give each of them a variable name because I want to refer to them, and then write a function that captures the rest of that computation just with those variable names inside.

让我来写个方法,实际上我的意思是，辨别出变化的东西,然后给它们逐个命名以区分,然后写一个用来计算,这些变量的,包括计算过程的方法。

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Well, one of the things that they do when the Homeric heroes refer to their wives-- there are really only two places that they seem to be associated with.

其中一件荷马史诗的英雄提到的,他们的妻子所做的事--,似乎她们只过着两点一线的生活

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