So this is my grades on the left hand table, but now let's look at what my pair will do, what my pair will get.

我的成绩写在左边的表格里,我们再看看我对手,她会得到什么成绩

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What I'm gonna do is draw a larger table, the same basic structure: I'm choosing Alpha and Beta on the rows, my pair is choosing Alpha and Beta on the columns, but now I'm going to put both grades in.

我要画个结构相同的大表格,用列来表示我选α还是β,用行来表示我对手选α还是β,但我要把两人成绩写在一个单元格里

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That's not the case at all, of course, and a group of researchers at Stanford's MobiSocial lab have now thrown a few new ideas of their own onto the table after getting a pair of Nexus S phones to play with.

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He places his briefcase carefully on the table, unlocks it with a pair of decisive clicks, and opens it up.

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Owen was apparently unhappy that Eriksson replaced him, although images of some table-thumping showdown between the pair are hard to imagine.

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