So that we take very quickly the tedium out of-- what is otherwise-- could be a very repetitive process.

它可以让我们从这些重复乏味的工作中-,解脱出来。

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And the thing you should notice here is that it's doing a lot of the same things over 2 1 and over again. So, for example, we'll see 2, 1 2 1 here. And 2, 1 here.

在这里你要注意的是,它不断在重复同样的工作,例如我们看这里的1,还有这里的。

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And if you haven't realized already, do realize per the tutorials that we've linked to online, you can do things like duplicating sprites, you don't have to re-implement the whole thing.

如果你还没有意识到这一点，再想想我们制作出来的一个个在线教程，你可以像复制这些小精灵们一样完成你整个浩瀚的工作，你没有必要一个一个重复地去制作。

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Now, they have no choice, they cannot rely as human beings typically do on just doing what your parents did, just inheriting a tradition that functions, that works, that keeps you going.

不过他们别无选择,他们不能像人类常做的那样,依靠重复父辈做的事,继承传统的职责,工作,这些能激励你坚持下去

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So hopefully, there's an opportunity for actually looping and, ultimately, than doing things conditionally.

所以我就希望，最终有这样一个循环,而不是我重复做这件工作。

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Just like Fibonacci, it's doing the same work over and over again.

就像Fibonacci数列一样，他不断地重复相同的工作。

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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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