And,in the long term,they say, knowing where different genetic traits may be found on the map could lead to better plants.

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Let's say oftentimes orchestral musicians, they're sitting there and they're not playing so they have to be able to count for a long period of time.

时常,管弦乐团的乐手们坐在那里,却不需要演奏,因此他们不得不打很长一段时间的拍子

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and they haven't really thought long and hard about whether they want to be a lawyer.

其实，关于将来愿不愿意当律师，他们自己也没有仔细考虑过。

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We're going to have eight great songs, they're going to be this long, they're going to be this tempo.

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They either work 70 hours per week at a job they loathe or count the hours until the kids go to sleep, or they just generally long to be somewhere anywhere but here.

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The couple also says they long wanted to be parents and had seven unsuccessful attempts at in vitro fertilization.

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