The base-10 system we use today is a direct result of the fact we count on our 10 fingers (the Simpsons, presumably, are working in base eight).

我们今天使用的10进制是直接基于这一事实：我们惯用10根手指数数(这样的话辛普森大概是以八进制数数了)。

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Young people today have few guidelines on which to base their choice of career. This is because they have no precious practical experience of employment.

现在年轻人对自己的职业选择没有什么方向，这是因为他们先前没有实际的就业经验。

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"Lieutenant, " their spokesman said, "we know that you base all your decisions on Honor, which is a strange concept to us, but nonetheless we wish to know if this is an Honorable fight today.

“队长，”他们的发言人说道，“我们知道你所有的决定都出于荣誉，这对我们来说是个很奇怪的概念，但不管怎么说我们很想知道今天的战斗是否是光荣的战斗。”

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Today she has 275 people on her data base and long term plans to expand the business - organically if possible.

BBC: Annelie Oliver

Today those communities base much of their decision-making on data from the descendant of those plans, the American Community Survey.

CNN: Why the huge interest in the 1940 Census?

We can celebrate and lift up and spotlight researchers and scientists like the ones here today, so that somewhere, a boy on an Army base, or a girl looking through a telescope, or a young scientist working out of a converted bathroom can make it their goal to stand where these honorees will be standing when they receive their medals.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House