English isn't a language spoken word by word. English is a language spoken syllable by syllable, and meaningful chunk by meaningful chunk.

英语这个语言的表达方式并非一个字、一个音的说，而是以音节和语意组来表达。

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The idea is that our short-term memory can only hold between five and nine "chunks" of information at any given moment (here a chunk is defined as a "meaningful unit").

这个思想是，在任何特定的时刻我们的短期记忆只能容纳5至9个信息“块”。

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Try starting a software company tomorrow and explaining to a star programmer candidate that he won't end up with a meaningful chunk of equity.

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