汤普森在参加一个采矿工程师会议时说：“如果我们找不到水的话，把人类送上火星是非常困难的。水是关键因素。”
"If we cannot find water, it really makes it difficult to send humans. Water is the key, " said Thompson, who was attending a mining engineers" conference.
总工程师的秘书代表总工程师参加了会议。
The chief engineer was represented at the meeting by his secretary.
他回忆起一次同雅虎合作的会议上，一个工程师问；“从提出这个主意到付诸实施，我们要花多久？”
He recalls a meeting at which an engineer asked: how long do we take from idea to execution?
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