The ISS is a complex piece of machinery, and sometimes things break.

国际空间站是一个复杂的机械部件联合体，时常会发生一些故障。

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There are usually major versions, minor versions, and sometimes things like package identifiers.

版本号通常包含主版本号和小版本号，有时也会有诸如包版本号之类的称呼。

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Of course, sometimes things happen at the last moment and I don't have a chance.

当然，有时候事情会在最后一刻发生，那我就没有机会了。

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But the Afghans often have their own way of doing things. And that sometimes conflicts with U.S.-led efforts to forge a larger, more independent Afghan security force.

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You can actually initialize multiple things at once by separating them with a comma, and this is sometimes helpful.

你可以一次性初始化很多东西,通过用逗号分开它们，这有时是有用的。

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Inside the suitcase is a plain piece of white paper and the children were asked to draw the things they think they would need on the trip. Sometimes they get they wouldn't need.

行李箱里面是一张普通的白纸,我要求孩子们,在纸上画出他们认为必要的,旅行用品，有时候他们画出来的并不需要。

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But the creative process takes time and sometimes things take longer than expected.

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And you do end up catching a lot of wonderful things, and sometimes it's things that you like, and sometimes it's things that kind of ruined it - ruin the book for you as well.

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There they say some things about something, and sometimes many things about a lot of stuff.

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