From his spot high in the crow's nest, a pirate trained his spyglass on the horizon.

一个海盗从瞭望台的高处把望远镜对准了地平线。

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The ultimate goals of such research are twofold: to be able to fine-tune advice to pregnant women and to spot high-risk individuals early on, even at birth.

这个研究的最终目标包括两方面：对孕期的妇女能够提出更好的建议和尽早，甚至生育时就发现高风险的人群。

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That's about how high an object would have to be orbiting straight up from the equator to constantly remain directly above the exact same spot on the rotating planet Earth.

这大约是一个物体从赤道沿轨道垂直向上运行的高度，这样它就可以一直保持在地球同一地点的正上方。

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If things didn't work out long term, they still have a spot for me I think if I want to go back and finish my MBA it's just not that high risk when you get right down to it.

如果长期下来不行的话，他们仍然偏爱我的话，我想我可以,回来读完工管硕士，实际去做的话困难并不大。

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