一直以来，这些算是我的极客(Geek)荣誉勋章：跟那些吱吱嘎嘎的笔与墨时代恐龙不一样，我在成长中阅读，很早适应了摩登时代的技术现实。

This has always been a badge of geek pride: unlike the creakingpen-and-ink dinosaurs that I grew up reading, I’m well adapted to the modernreality of technology.

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2000年的前后，全球顶极奢侈品的专卖店纷纷在北京上海深圳开张，市场说这里是成长最快的奢侈品市场。

Franchised stores of world-class luxury goods mushroomed in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen around the year 2000; China is now the fastest growing market for luxury goods in the world.

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它们非常耐寒，成长缓慢，常常是最先进驻人烟罕至地方的植物，如山巅和极北地区。

These extremely hardy, slow growers often are pioneer species in sparse environments such as mountain tops and the far North.

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