He works backward, building a house from the top downward.

他倒着干活，从上往下盖房子。

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Just imagine building a house without cement or nails to hold together.

想象一下不用水泥或钉子建一所房子。

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Sending packets, shopping for everyday goods and even building a house, these are new skills that new robots show at the World Robot Exhibition.

派送包裹，购买日用品，甚至是盖房子，这些都是新机器人在世界机器人展上展示的新技能。

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Ten years later, the group had raised enough money to buy a historic bank building to house the Hall of Fame.

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The idea was that a lot of people can't afford a house -let's all get together and pool our money -in a Building Society or Saving and Loan Association -and then we'll loan out to some of us to buy the house.

当初的想法是,很多人都买不起房子,那我们就把钱凑在一起,放到一个建房互助协会或储贷协会里,然后向我们中那些要买房的人发放贷款

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What a courtyard does in a traditional Chinese house is really it connects all the rooms. Maya Lin is a Chinese-American building designer and artist.

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She envisions getting a small plot of land in Northern California and building a house there.

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If you're building a house from scratch, consider insulating it with straw bales or even denim.

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But think of it like this: the new economy we're building, it's like building a house.

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