Inspired by Halley's suggestion of a way to pin down the scale of the Solar System, teams of British and French astronomers set out on expeditions to places as diverse as India and Siberia.

受哈雷提出的确定太阳系大小的方法启发，英国和法国天文学家团队开始在印度和西伯利亚等地考察。

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In life, the turning on of one system prompts the shutting down of the other.

在人的一生中，一个系统的运行会让另一个系统停止。

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We're not writing down most of what's passing through our system.

大部分通过我们记忆系统的东西，不会被写下来。

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So they built a system of canals to bring water down from the mountains.

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It only helps them to bring down the cost of health care, government has to operate the system more efficiently than the market does.

它只能,降低医疗的费用，政府必须,比市场更加有效地运作。

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But they have really had a big scaling down of the mass transit system this year.

但是今年确实大幅度削减了公共交通。

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What is likely to replace the current model is a new system of scaled down agencies.

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By 1992 only 34% of Canadians were satisfied with their system of government, down from 51% in 1986.

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For many, it was hard to tell which side of the system broke down worse--the electronic messaging system or the dwindling number of floor-based traders who use it.

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