Nonruminants cannot extract much energy from the hard parts of a plant; however, this is more than made up for by the fast speed at which food passes through their guts.

非反刍动物并不能从植物的坚硬部分汲取太多能量；但是它们的肠胃能够快速地消化并且处理食物，从而大大地弥补了这方面的不足。

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, holds a bundle of spears that he made for use with an atlatl, a Stone Age throwing device that uses leverage to sharply increase the speed and distance a spear can travel.

这是他制作的和梭标投射器（利用杠杆作用加快长矛速度、增加投射距离的石器时代的一种投射装置）一起使用的长矛。

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The French take pride in their TGVs, along with fine wines and haute couture. But the high-speed trains made barely any profit for their first 16 years.

法国人为了他们的美酒、服装以及高速铁路而自豪，但在一开始的16年内，高速铁路几乎没有什么利润。

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Earlier Sanna had explained that overcast skies and no wind made for a good top speed, but the air temperature, 28 degrees Celsius (83 degrees Fahrenheit), was too warm to sustain it for an entire lap--the engine would overheat.

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He then set about dismantling the fortress mentality that had made French railways as famous for labour stoppages as for speed.

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