At that time, PCs were very expensive and it was too dear to link one ' s computer to the web. What' s more, it was too slow. So few people knew what the Internet really meant.

在那个时代，不光电脑贵，电脑连接网络的费用更是可怕，更严重的是网速还超慢，所以很少有人知道网络到底意味着什么。

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'Expensive, too, ' said Fagin. 'If you drink that everyday, my dear, you'll need to empty pockets, houses, coaches, even banks. '

“但是并不便宜。”费金说。“亲爱的，如果你天天喝的话，你必须去从口袋、房子、马车和银行里弄钱。”

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One example is the reply to a previous assertion in a dialogue: "But, my dear Watson, the criminal obviously wore expensive boots or he would not have taken such pains to scrape them clean."

例如，在一段对话中答复前面的断言时：“但是，亲爱的华信，即使罪犯穿着昂贵的靴子也不会不厌其烦地把靴子擦干净的”。

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