In the VB teaching usually be: Speak first lexical format is what, it have what function, how use it in the program, then be a for instance to do a practice.

在VB教学中通常是：先讲语句的格式是什么，它有什么功能，在程序中如何使用它，然后就是举例做练习。

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Musical instruments have been found dating back tens of thousands of years. Yet no one knows why we love music, or what function, if any, it serves.

虽然乐器的发明可以追溯到成千上万年之前，每有活动，便有音乐，但却没有人知道为什么我们如此迷恋。

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We have tried to show earlier (definitions 4 and 16) that, in order to read a word and to say what it is, the function of felt experiencing is necessary.

我们之前已经尝试(定义4和16)过说明这一点，为了读懂这个词并说出来，感受体验过程的功能是必需的。

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So, I don't know what she grew up hearing about when she went to her grandparents' house, but it might have been wave function squared.

我不知道她小时候,在，她外祖父家里，听到了什么，也许她听到过，波函数。

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It means anybody using that little function get float doesn't have to worry about what's inside of it. So for example, I decide I want to change the message I print out, I don't have to change the function, I just pass in a different parameter.

这代表着用这个方法去获得浮点数,的任何人都不用担心具体的实现了,例如，如果我想改变下,显示的信息的话，我不必去改变方法，我传个不同的参数就可以了。

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We assume that unless we're dealing with Scheherazade, it has to have an end, but at the same time we might well ask ourselves, why does it have a middle? What is the function of the middle with respect to a beginning and an end?

而且我们认定一定会有结尾，除非讲故事的是那个，《天方夜谭》中的苏丹新娘，但是我们要问自己了，为什么故事一定要有经过呢？,故事的经过对于开头结尾来说起到什么作用呢？

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It isn't clear what role these receptors play in the body, but scientists suggest they might have a protective function, as they do in the mouth.

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