这是一部老式的电梯，由一个黄铜框架上的杠杆操纵。

It was an old-fashioned lift, operated by a lever on a brass box.

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所以，包含拉绳子或操纵杠杆的测试就会对猫有利，而包含从一个地方移动到另一个地方，速度作为评定表现的标准的测试就对狗更有利。

Thus a test that involved pulling strings or operating levers would tend to favor a cat, while a test involving moving from place to place, where speed is a measure of performance, would favor a dog.

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里面的人然后操纵各种杠杆让机器人动起来，机器人可以拿起棋子甚至对着棋手不满地摇头来作弊。

The person inside would then use various levers to make the Turk move, pick up chess pieces and even shake his head disapprovingly at opponents trying to cheat.

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