The question that most fascinates him, however, isn't how the Egyptians who designed and built the pyramid got it wrong 4,500 years ago, but how they got it so close to perfect.
然而，最吸引他的问题不是设计和建造金字塔的埃及人在4500年前是如何出错的，而是他们是如何做到如此接近完美的。
Who wouldn't take a Ferrari if they got it free?
如果可以免费得到一辆法拉利，谁不要？
But now some leading environmental campaigners have performed a U-turn and said that they got it wrong.
但是现在一些知名环保活动者的态度来了一个一百八十度转弯，说他们错了。
Either they got it through some kind of bank loans or they tapped local funds that were meant to be spent on education.
要不就是银行的钱，要不就是挪用了教育资金。
That's because on the date that I got this term structure everybody knew the Fed was cutting rates and they got it exactly right.
在我拿到这幅期限结构图的当天,市场获悉了联储局降息的消息,正如预测的一样
He said he [Atkinson] had added a minute-plus because of our goal celebration [after Craig Bellamy had made it 3-3] but they got it wrong.
他说他(阿特金森)多补了3分钟是因为我们的进球庆祝(克雷格·贝拉米将比分追成3比3)，但是他们搞错了。
The bolts made falling less dangerous, so sport climbers tried the same 3 route again and again falling often until they got it just right.
耳片可以减低坠落的危险，所以运动攀岩者可以不断尝试相同的路线(常常会坠落)，直到完全正确为止。
The bolts made falling less dangerous, so sport climbers tried the same route again and again (falling often) until they got it just right.
耳片可以减低坠落的危险，所以运动攀岩者可以不断尝试相同的路线(常常会坠落)，直到完全正确为止。
If they got it right, they were asked to try again, only this time, noise was added to make the sound harder to recognise, this week’s New Scientist reports.
如果辨别正确，会被要求再试一次。 值得注意的是，这次会在之前的声音中加入噪音，使元音更加难以辨认，本周的《新科学家》报道。
The people of Africa deserve better, and in December of last year they got it: a powerful new vaccine that can prevent epidemics in Africa's notorious meningitis belt.
非洲人民应当得到更好的保障，去年12月他们终于如愿以偿：一种非常有效的新疫苗现可在众所皆知的非洲脑膜炎地带预防该疾病的流行。
Soon they got it. The boy tore the leg from the chicken and gave it to the girl without hesitation while the girl did the same thing on the wing. They had a delicious dinner.
当服务员把鸡端上来后，男孩毫不犹豫地撕下鸡腿递给了女孩，女孩却撕下鸡翅递给了男孩，两个人都吃得津津有味。
They continually adjusted it to the heliacal rising of Sirius, ensuring that they never got too far off in their seasons.
他们不断地调整它以适应天狼星的偕日升，确保他们在自己的季节里不会偏离太远。
Even though they called the election and had been preparing for it for some time, they got off on the wrong foot.
虽然他们召集了这次选举，也为此准备了一段时间，他们还是出师不利。
Managers have at last got it into their heads that they can no longer rest content with inefficient operations.
经理们最后终于明白不能再满足于低效率的运作。
They had got her in a corner, and there wasn't much she could do about it.
他们把她逼得走投无路，而且她也没有什么办法脱身。
When they get a tern or pelican to drop a fish, they plunge down and grab it off the surface of the water, which may have been how this bird got oiled.
当他们让一只燕鸥或鹈鹕扔下一条鱼时，他们会一头栽到水里，然后把鱼从水面抓起来，这可能就是这只鸟被油弄脏的原因。
Some of the birds, while looking in the mirror, kept scratching at the mark until they got rid of it.
一些鸟儿在照镜子的时候会不停地抓挠那块标记，直到把它弄掉。
They kept their collection at home until it got too big or until they died, and then it was given to a museum.
他们把自己的藏品留在家里，直到藏品变得太大或者自己去世，然后这些藏品被交给了博物馆。
When they got there, they found they were stopped by a river in front of it.
当他们到达那里，他们发现被前面的一条河拦住了。
It was earlier thought, she explains, that the animals got most of the water they needed in the leaves they ate.
她解释说，以前人们认为，这些动物从它们吃的叶子中获得了生存所需的大部分水分。
It was pleasurable, they were good at it and they got something out of it that fed their souls.
绘画是令人愉悦的，他们擅长绘画并且他们从中得到了一些满足他们灵魂的东西。
“When they got here, ” Sarmento continued, “it was 20 specialists who wanted to do the autopsies by themselves. Only them.
法国派了20名专家来，他们要求由他们做尸检，而且是只能他们做。
If you look at the successful people in our community the only thing they have in common is that they wanted something and they went and got it.
如果你瞧瞧我们社区里那些成功人士，他们的共同点是：他们想要得到什么，一定是去争取过并最后梦想成真。
Free women had long hair, but after they got married, they would wear it up, usually in a bun.
那些自由的女人留有一头长发，但在结婚以后，她们就将头发盘起来，通常是圆发髻形状。
To them it had been in truth a miracle. They never got over it, and every letter they wrote him reflected their reverent awe of that first mysterious happening.
对他们说来那确实是个奇迹，而且他们的奇迹感一直没有消失，他们给他的每一封信都表示对那神秘的初次成功肃然起敬。
To them it had been in truth a miracle. They never got over it, and every letter they wrote him reflected their reverent awe of that first mysterious happening.
对他们说来那确实是个奇迹，而且他们的奇迹感一直没有消失，他们给他的每一封信都表示对那神秘的初次成功肃然起敬。
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