There's a high cost in kids who, for internal or external reasons, fall by the wayside in the extremes of both parenting approaches.

无论是内在的还是外在的原因，孩子往往达不到两种家庭教育方式（中美两种教育方式——译者注）的极致状态，半途而废，付出了高昂的代价。

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The idea is to finish a job in a shorter time as measured by an external clock, even if at the cost of more hardware and programming complexity.

其思想是按照外部时钟的步调在更短的时间内完成一项工作，即便要以更复杂的硬件和编程为代价也在所不惜。

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In such environments, you may find that integration with external security products reduces your cost, minimizes the complexity of your environment, and provides you with a more secure architecture.

在这种环境中，可以通过与外部安全产品集成降低成本，降低环境的复杂性，提供更安全的体系结构。

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We have excellent prospects for internal and external growth, a flexible business model a competitive cost of capital and a fantastic cohesive team dedicated to delivering value for stakeholders.

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The more China can commercially engineer North American shale towards international exports, the more Beijing will be able to source all its external gas supplies on a far cheaper (or at the very least) cost reflective basis between the Atlantic and Pacific Basins.

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