You see, this pay check is divided into two parts by a line of dots.

你看这张工资支票由一条线分成两部分。

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In printing, a line of dots, used to direct the eye along a printed line.

印刷技术中的一行点线，用于引导视线沿印刷行移动。

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Humans can see faces in anything-the moon, a piece of toast, two dots and a line for a nose-but we are much more discriminating when it comes to deciding what is alive and what is not.

人类可以从脸上看到任何东西——月球，一块面包，两个点，鼻线——但是我们在判断一个东西是否有生命的时候，判断标准是有很多差异的。

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The next day, a new average price is calculated based on the new set of 50 days, which now starts one day later than the last set. (Hence, the average moves one day forward.) This forms a series of dots, one for each day, which is tracked with a line on charts.

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