Even when a limb has been severed or cut off from the nervous system, the nerves that once serviced it remains alive and well.

即使当四肢被截断或者其与神经系统失去了联系，曾经可以感受截肢存在的神经仍旧是正常工作的。

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Although they don't actually provide any services themselves, service consumers play a useful role as without them the system is cut off from the outside world.

尽管它们本身并不实际提供服务，但服务使用者扮演着重要的角色，如果没有它们，系统就断绝了与外部世界的联系。

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And by stimulating the nerves in the legs or arms of paralysed patients-nerves that have been cut off from the central nervous system-it is possible to create co-ordinated movement of great subtlety.

并且依靠刺激瘫痪病人腿或胳膊里的神经——这些神经与中央神经系统相分离——很可能产生非常精细的协调动作。

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That is roughly 0.3% of the power of the 180-decibel cut-off point that the operational system would have.

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Millions of current pensioners, and those who qualify before the cut-off date, will continue to receive their entitlement under the current system.

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