Out on the museum floor, behind construction barriers, a beautifully lifelike leopard seal was being carefully hung from the ceiling with the help of a mechanical lift.

在一堵结构墙后，利用起重机的帮助，一只栩栩如生的豹海豹正在从天花板上被小心翼翼的吊到地板上。

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Pressing the "close doors" button in a lift (incidentally, a mechanical placebo in 80% of lifts around the world), or using the 30 seconds while the microwave heats my coffee for another task.

在电梯中按“关门”钮的时候(顺带说一句，这是世间80%电梯内的机械镇定剂)，或者是在微波炉转咖啡的30秒内再干一件别的什么任务。

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The longer those handles are, the easier it is going to be to lift up the load. If you had really short handles, you would have poor mechanical advantage.

操纵杆越长就越容易抬起重荷，而如果你的操纵杆真的过短，那你将在力学上处于劣势。

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It's delivered the day the builders want it, and all they have to do is use a mechanical lift to put it in place.

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