Their specific task is to sort through the reams of information and try to determine what it means.

他们的具体任务就是将大量信息分类，并努力弄清其意思。

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Now whenever I hear of a friend who's lost a loved one, I no longer call with the polite offer, "If there's anything I can do…" Instead I try to think of one specific task that suits that man's need, like taking the dog to the boarding kennel, or house sitting during the funeral.

现在，每当我听到朋友失去亲人，我不再打电话礼貌地提出“如果有什么我能做的……”相反，我试图想出一个特定的适合那人需要的任务，如带狗去寄宿养犬处，或在葬礼时看房子。

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Using less labour to perform one specific task frees up that labour to go and perform other tasks.

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He and I have a specific task and we will do all in our power to do it.

BBC: Tom Shanklin's column

Whatever the specific task is we want to continually find ways of performing that task while using less human labour.

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