Houston is built on top of a swamp.

休斯顿是建在湿地上的。

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The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like "I never do anything right" into positive ones like "I can succeed".

价值110亿美元的自助行业是建立在这样一个理念上的：你应该把诸如“我从来没有做对任何事”之类的消极想法转变成诸如“我可以成功”之类的积极想法。

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The town is built on a slope.

这座城建在斜坡上。

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The inn is built on a low hill.

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This slide shows one important feature of the physical chemistry of DNA that turns out to be very important for all of the technology that is built on DNA.

这张幻灯片展示了,DNA非常重要的理化特性,这些特性,对于所有以DNA为基础的技术很重要

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In the Ancient Near East, destroyed cities tended to be leveled, and then a new city would just be built on top of the ruins, Tell Dor each one of those is called a tell These are mounds which represent the successive layers of destroyed and rebuilt cities.

在古代近东地区，被摧毁的城市一般较平坦，那么新城就可以建于废墟之上，这些土丘被称作“退尔“你们也许听过,这些就是小土丘,它们代表着一层层被摧毁又重建的城市。

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Fannie Mae is built on the lie that every American is capable of paying a mortgage.

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The NFL is built on TV and the viewing audience is so splintered now.

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Ultimately, that bond is built on trust--in the entrepreneur's competence, character and empathy for his customers.

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