My first name is Theodore, but I don't like it, for the fellows called me Dora, so I made them say Laurie instead.

我的名字是西奥多，但我不喜欢它，因为伙伴们把我叫做多拉，所以我让他们改叫劳里。

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You see, the first "videophones"—that's what they're called—were made in Japan, but they can only show a still black and white image, so this videophone is much better than that.

你看，第一批被称作“可视电话”的设备是日本制造的，但它们只能显示静止的黑白图像，所以这款可视电话要比那款好得多。

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Plant biology is complex and fascinating, but it differs so greatly from that of animals that so-called evidence of plants' intelligence is inconclusive, the authors wrote.

作者写道，植物的生命机理复杂且有趣，但与动物的生命机理差异非常大，以至于所谓的能证明植物有意识的证据虽然有趣，却站不住脚。

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It may have played a part. But this week, officials told Congress they were still investigating the causes of the so-called flash crash.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

But out of the box, you generally just get these so-called "primitives."

但是立即可以用的，我们通常只有这些所谓的“基本数据类型“

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Under Louis Brandeis -Brandeis wanted companies to always present the information, but for him it always meant presenting a document, so they had something called a prospectus, for example.

路易斯·布兰代斯...,他希望公司能够始终提供信息,在他那个时代,是指提供文档,比如当时称为招股说明书一类的文件

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And the truth of the matter is, is that the commission recommendations are ones that not only I, but the so-called Gang of Six, these senators in the United States Senate, agreed to as well.

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It's been bailout out after bailout for Wall Street banks that made ill-judged bets on the securities market, but the so-called moral-hazard theory, that banks will be all the more reckless for it, has been discarded by those watching overseas this past week.

FORBES: What Moral Hazard?

The basic mechanisms at work have been known for decades but the so-called "micro-physics" are poorly understood.

BBC: Turbulence ahead: Flight heads into storm's heart