But a group of French scientists have made a self-healing rubber band material that can reclaim its stretchy usefulness by simply pressing the broken edges back together for a few minutes.

不过，法国一组科研人员日前研制出一种可以“自我愈合”的橡皮筋材料，用这种材料制成的橡皮筋断了之后，只需将断裂两端按住几分钟，就能恢复得完好如初。

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The band played all new material at the gig.

在爵士音乐会上，乐队演奏的都是新曲目。

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Material: stainless steel band - leather or pp.

材质：不锈钢表带：皮革或聚丙烯。

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It had been five years since the band released original material and three years since they'd put out anything at all.

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His band attacked the material without overly relying on the original recording.

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It is not really what you would expect from a band whose original material surpasses many of the songs they have paid homage to.

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