Yet, despite the obvious rewards of engaging in office politics—a better job, a raise, praise—many people are still unable—or unwilling—to "play the game".

然而，尽管参与办公室政治会带来明显的回报——更好的工作、加薪、表扬——但许多人仍然无法——或不愿——“玩这场游戏”。

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That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).

也就是说，事实上唯一给我们家里打电话的人是我们婴儿潮世代的父母。所以我们会玩一个游戏，在拿起电话之前猜是谁在打电话（使用来电显示功能会让游戏失去乐趣）。

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Then there are the people who play the game.

接下来有人会去玩这个游戏。

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You played the game; I don't know if there's a videogame now, if people play games like this where London Bridge is Falling Down.

你们也玩过这个游戏吧,我不知道现在是不是有电子游戏了,如果有人玩过伦敦桥这个游戏

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I chose 22 because I thought that most people would play the game dividing by two-thirds a couple of times, and give numbers averaging around the low 30's.

我选了22因为我想大多数人在游戏中,可能会多次求平均数的2/3,最后会得出30以下的数

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Discussing this game raised not just each person's sophistication, but it raised what you know about other people's sophistication, and you know that other people now know that you understand how to play the game.

对这个游戏的分析,不仅让每个人都更老练了,也使你们更了解别人老练的程度,并且你知道别人知道,你知道如何玩好这个游戏

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Unlike traditional offline games, the online world allows the industry to earn revenue even when people play the same game repeatedly.

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The Hesserts envision that people will play their game the same way they play Farmville and Angry Birds: sitting at their computer or on their phone with multiple apps open, dipping in occasionally to place a bet.

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What that means is -- again, I think there's -- I think the American people want to see us end the game play.

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