By December 2009, Steve Jobs's life was much like it was before he got sick.

到了十二月，史蒂夫·乔布斯的生活又基本回归了生病以前的状态。

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I can't visualize what this room looked like before it was decorated.

我想象不出这个房间在装修之前是什么样子。

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I would just get all my work done, like the weekend before it was due.

我将完成所有工作，例如在到期前的周末。

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I just thought it was most amazing sounding thing. It sounded like nothing I'd ever heard before,I guess."

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So up to this point, before it was really established that yes, light is like a particle sometimes, there was this very strong distinction between what is light and what is matter.

所以关于这个观点，在它被真正确立之前，光有时候像粒子，在什么是光和什么是物质之间,有一个非常巨大的区别。

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So it's true. Before, it was like a butcher place where they cut the cows and pigs and everything.

是这样的。以前它像个杀牛、猪等动物的屠宰场。

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The scale of the volcano now is nothing like it was before the devastating eruption in 1980.

BBC: NEWS | Americas | Concern over rumbling US volcano

Life is nothing like it was before, when we waited in long lines and store shelves were empty.

NPR: Election Monitors Question Putin's Victory

Not like it was presented before where if you came to Lagos you would be automatically doomed.

BBC: Sense of the City: Lagos