In a live theatre, you can see the curtain going up at the beginning of each act and down at the end, which allows the stage hands to change the scenery for the upcoming stage of the play.

在实际的剧场中，可以看到幕布在每一幕开始时被拉开，在结束时被合上，让置景工可以为剧本的下一幕改变背景。

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You also have instructions for a curtain up and curtain down sound with the files to be played at the start and end of the act.

在幕的开始和结尾播放的文件指示了幕布的拉起和放下。

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The act of forgiveness removes the curtain.

宽恕可以揭去这幅帘子。

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The issue is that far too few leaders are astute enough to make the right moves early enough to have the next act ready before the curtain closes on the previous one.

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His son Tim, formerly the winemaker at Robert Mondavi Winery, had the curtain crash down on his own first act when the family lost control of the winery after it went public and was purchased by Constellation Brands, the creators of Wild Irish Rose, in 2004.

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And so the curtain goes up on a race that may just be beginning, or may already be in its last act.

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