From a practical standpoint, it's unclear whether people could stick to an alternate-day fasting regimen for any length of time.

从实际角度来看，人们能够坚持禁食方案多长时间目前还是个问题。

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A stick bug from the island of Borneo measuring well over a foot in length has been identified by researchers as the world's longest insect, British scientists said Thursday.

英国科学家于上周四称，在婆罗洲群岛发现的一种身长超过1英尺的竹节虫为目前世界上最长的昆虫。

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He took a number of sticks of equal length and gave each person a stick.

他拿着许多长度相等的木棒，发给每个人一根。

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But it is hard to see how it can keep track of the ever-growing traffic that passes through or leaves big corporate IT systems, for instance through a simple memory stick (which plugs into a PC and can hold the equivalent of dozens of feature-length films).

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