Quartz is quartz—a silicon ion surrounded by four oxygen ions—there's no difference at all between two-million-year-old Pleistocene quartz and Cambrian quartz created over 500 million years ago.

石英是石英——由四个氧离子围绕的硅离子——200万年前的更新世石英和5亿年前的寒武纪石英之间没有任何区别。

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After all, the Sun has many more atoms of any element, say iron, than does a meteorite specimen, but the ratios of iron to silicon in the two kinds of matter might be comparable.

毕竟，太阳中任何元素的原子，比如说铁，都比陨石标本的原子要多得多，但这两种物质中铁和硅的比例可能是可以比较的。

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What is needed above all, agree many in Silicon Roundabout, is simply more success stories.

迷你硅谷里很多人都认为尤为需要的其实只是更多成功的故事。

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Everyone shared pages from their playbook and themes that are all-too-familiar for Silicon Valley types, including embracing lessons from failure, failing forward, and nurturing a culture that encourages risk-taking.

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