I am spending a lot of money and time on this boat, but it is worth it?

我正把大量的金钱和时间花在这艘船上，但这样做值得。

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There was a collection of books and shoes on the floor.

地板上有成堆的书和鞋。

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There was a clutter of bottles and tubes on the shelf.

架子上胡乱堆满了瓶子和管子。

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Then,with much effort, he slowly wrote the divorce decree on half a sheet of paper and copied it on the other.

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This combining of data and functions on that data is a very essence of object-oriented programming That's really what defines it.

数据与函数的结合,是面向对象编程的核心,这也就是它的定义。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And one of them is right above on that page, and I read it a little earlier: "thinking nothing and sweating."

其中一部分就在那页的上端，之前我才读过：,“脑子里一片空白,汗流个不停“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

If that sounds odd to you, remember that Japan is a country which has had falling prices, of and on, for years.

BBC: New Year messages from Japan

They were the direct result of heavy and misguided government regulations on the production and transportation of fuels and on the implementation of energy-related projects.

FORBES: "Too High" Prices Are a Symptom, Not the Cause, Of Our Problems

The U.S. had a score of 54 on adequacy and 59 on sustainability, compared with an average of 63 on adequacy and 52 on sustainability for all 14 countries and 76 on adequacy and 72 on sustainability for the top-ranked Netherlands.

FORBES: Mercer Study: U.S. Pension System Ranks Low