When light from an object such as a machine part strikes the camera, the sensitive materials measure the intensity of light and convert the light rays into a range of numbers.

当一个物体上的光，如机器零件，照射到相机上时，敏感材料就可测量出光的强度，把光线转换为一组数字。

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Without this reference assignment, there would be no way to assign a tests due date to the Machine object.

如果不分配这个引用，那么就无法将测试到期日期分配给Machine对象。

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The rule shown in Listing 10 has one conditional element that references a Machine object.

清单10中显示的规则有一个引用Machine对象的条件元素。

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Perhaps the argument should be, "We have to believe in souls because no mere physical object, no machine could feel."

而应该是,我们不得不相信灵魂,因为所有物理对象,所有的机器都没有感觉

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And the suggestion then might be, no physical object, no mere machine could possibly have qualitative experience.

所以可能有人会说,没有哪个物理对象,没有任何机器能够拥有定性的体验

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The plastic must also be flat and smooth for the reading to be accurate, and the object must be brought to the machine (which is not very portable) for analysis, which takes yet more time.

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The ambulance was transporting a girl who was reliant on a life-support machine, when a heavy object was thrown at it.

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There is a mad race today to equip our credit cards and our cell phones to act as credit devices, allowing us to merely wave our credit or debit card or smart phone at a vending machine to have it deduct the price of the object from our bank account or add it to our credit card account.

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