Having professionally made curtains can be costly, so why not make your own?

买专业制造的窗帘可能很贵，你为什么不自己做呢？

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"He's made up his mind to make friends with thee," replied Ben.

“他已经决定和你做朋友了。” 本回答说。

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But Jim White made it his life's work to make sure the public would see and enjoy the cavern.

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And will make mistakes. And therefore, you write your programs so that catastrophes don't occur when those mistakes are made.

就是人是很愚蠢的，会犯错误的，因此，你要这样设计你的程序,以达到当犯错误时避免大事故的目的。

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So this mayor has made it cheaper and easier, more cooperative to make movies in New York City.

因此这位市长使得在纽约拍摄电影更低廉，更容易，并且能够得到更多的协助。

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In comparison, companies like Seven Cycles, which I swear by, Serotta, and Independent Fabrication (IF) make true made-to-measure custom bikes, but employ a team of frame builders, and you can get them in a matter of months, not years, and know how much it is going to cost.

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Billion-dollar decisions that once took months to make are now made in minutes.

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However, a return to the Deutschmark would make German-made goods more expensive overseas and within the eurozone which could hurt German exporters.

BBC: Soros calls for Germany to 'lead or leave euro'