然而，我儿子对系统、机械和计算机的兴趣不大——但是他很喜欢写诗、编故事、用竖笛即兴创作。

On the other hand, however, my son has little interest in systems, machines and computers - but enjoys writing poetry, making up stories, and improvising on the clarinet.

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1924年以贝克兰为封面的一期时代杂志的封面人物故事报道说，那些知晓酚醛潜力的人“声称再过几年它就会体现在现代文明的每一个机械设备上”。

A 1924 Time cover story on Baekeland reported that those familiar with Bakelite's potential "claim that in a few years it will be embod-ied in every mechanical facility of modern civilization".

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然后有一天邮局送回了他十篇机械制造的、天衣无缝的小故事。

Then, one day, came back to him through the mail ten of his immaculate machine-made storiettes.

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This is a story about mechanical objects, -- some of which move-- -- remember those smiling houses in the background-- and some of which are stationary, but they're all mechanical objects.

这是一个关于会活动的，机械的故事-,还记得那些作为背景微笑的房子吗？,它们不会动但也都是机械的东西。

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