As we talked, he explained that the younger salesmen simply don't want to "put in ice time." Here in Minnesota people often use hockey terminology in everyday conversations.

我们聊天的时候，他说道，如今这些年轻的销售人员连“上场都懒得上”——在我们明尼苏达州，人们无论聊什么都能捎上和冰球有关的词汇。

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She put a dollop if ice-cream in each bowl.

她在每个碗里放了一团冰淇淋。

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We have had huge climate change in the past and to think the very slight variations we measure today are the result of our life - we really have to put ice blocks in our drinks.

然而过去有如此巨大的气候变化，而今天我们所衡量的我们生活造成的变化相形之下非常微弱，想到这点，我们大可在饮料里加上冰块。

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