Imagine going from reading texts as short as one or two sentences to trying to read entire books written in complex language and containing sophisticated ideas.

想象一下，从阅读短至一两句话的文本，到努力去读整本用复杂的语言编写、观点晦涩难懂的书籍。

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The payback period can be as short as seven years.

偿付期可以短至7年。

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Leo wanted to catch them, but he found his legs were as short as before.

利奥想抓住他们，却发现自己的腿变回和之前一样短了。

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Portugal's borrowing costs rose sharply Wednesday as it sold almost one and a half billion dollars in short-term securities.

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You can write it out, you can speak it, you can talk as long as you want, as short as you want.

可以写出来或说出来，多长都行，多短也行。

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But there's more, and this is why novels are long: - not too long, not too short, but of a certain length-- of a certain magnitude, as Aristotle puts it.

但是当然还有很多别的东西，要不这本书也不会那么长：,不是太长，但也不短，刚刚好能说明清楚问题的长度-,亚里士多德这么评价。

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It can land on and take off from strips as short as 2, 250 feet.

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Employees can become managers in as short as three years, depending on the position.

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