However, research in this area had been advancing at a snail pace, until the supercomputer and the brainwave device came to the rescue.

这方面的研究进展的很慢，一直到超级电脑与脑磁波仪的出现情况才开始改观。

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The surrounding mountains can create a wind shadow for several hundred miles - get it wrong and you will feel the frustration of snail pace sailing.

周围的环山可能形成蔓延数百里的风障，如果把握失误，你们将饱受慢速航行之苦。

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That is a low-cost device that runs on what the industry quaintly calls 2.5g networks, a step up from the snail 's-pace of 2g but well short of 3g speeds.

这是一款低成本手机，运行业内所谓的2.5 G网络，2.5 G的网络速度好于慢如蜗牛的2g，但远远不及3 G。

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