Everything about the party was overdone and silly: the band, the balloons, the paper hats.

这个聚会的一切都过了头而且愚蠢：乐队，气球和纸帽子。

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It was a flying toy made of cork and bamboo. The body was made of paper and the power was supplied by a rubber band.

这是一个由软木和竹子做成的飞行玩具，它的身体是用纸做的，动力由一个橡皮筋提供。

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You help the other student build a tower from a pile of folders lying around in the room, then try to shoot it down with elastic-band powered paper balls.

你帮助那个学生用房间里四处撒着的硬纸夹建了一座塔然后试着用猴皮筋做弹弓发射纸团把塔击垮。

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There are a few more inventive tactics that are increasingly becoming popular among thieves, such as constructing a rubber band and paper clip hook that sucks up products under the sleeve.

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Who invests in a company that keeps telling you their financial statements have been put together with band aids, string, and paper clips?

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Fixated to the extent that I wrote a term paper for my music class on the band.

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