奥斯汀放下一个细绳系住的弯针。

Austin lowered a bent pin attached to a piece of string.

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你如何将植物纤维一个个地用手折断，然后把它们变成一根足够结实到可以系住一艘重达数千吨的船的绳子呢？

How do you take plant fibers that individually you could break with your hands and turn them into a rope that's strong enough to moor a ship that weighs thousands of tons?

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鸬鹚的颈部被绳子系住，他们只能吞食小鱼，更大和更易出售的鱼将无法吞下。

Strings tied around their necks mean they can only swallow the smallest-anything larger and more saleable get no further than their throats.

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