Agile process and conservative companies don't have to be like oil and water (or canoes and kayaks).

敏捷流程和保守公司未必像油和水(或独木舟和皮船)。

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This liquid is then used to heat water and cause it to turn into steam, which is used in a steam turbine, just like coal and oil plants.

就像用煤与油作烧料推动蒸汽机一样，该装置管内的高温液体将水加热成蒸汽，从而推动蒸汽机运转。

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Like the gulf spill, when you mix oil and water, the only result we would expect is precisely what we have here: a disaster.

就像海湾漏油一样，当你将石油和水混合，唯一可知的结果就是一场灾难。

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Now this behaves very differently in water because part of it is water soluble, this part is, it's a molecule that would like to dissolve in water and part of it is like oil, it doesn't want to dissolve in water.

它们在水中表现出十分不同性质,因为一部分是水溶性的,这一部分是,是一种可以溶于水的分子,而另一部分就像油,不会溶于水中

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"The combination seemed like heresy, like mixing oil and water, " Turley said.

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Investors need to understand that trying to mix fundamental analysis and technical analysis is like trying to mix oil and water.

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