It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, and in a way it was.

这听起来像是个糟糕的笑话，但在某种程度上说它确实很不好笑。

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They also had trouble speaking—dropping some sounds off the beginning of words, for example, so that they would say “able” when they meant “table.

他们在表达上也有问题，常常丢掉一些词汇开头的音素，例如他们会说“能（able）”，但实际上想说的是“桌子（table）”。

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From the beginning the architect's wish was to reach a high level of realism without looking completely like a photograph (sounds odd - I know).

开始设计师希望该建筑设计达到高度真实性，而不是看起来完全像是一张照片。

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Well, you know, it goes back to the beginning of the formation of the personal computer industry, which--that sounds like a long time ago.

嗯，你知道，这要追溯到,个人电脑产业的形成初期，听起来相当久远了。

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"Even if it sounds silly from the beginning, nobody knows what will work and what won't work, " he says.

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