At that time toothpaste tubes were made of metal.

那时，牙膏管是用金属做的。

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In a brown cardboard box that one time held catsup bottles, our little pile of used toothpaste tubes began to grow.

在一个曾用来盛番茄酱的大罐子里，积攒在那儿的用过的牙膏皮正在慢慢变多。

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With a capacity of up to 500 tubes per minute, the high-performance TFS 80-6 production line inspects, fills and seals toothpaste tubes in record time.

每分钟高达500只管筒的检查能力，高性能TFS 80 - 6生产线在记录时间内完成检查、填装并且密封牙膏管。

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"You've got a compact and a lipstick and at least two tubes of toothpaste in your pockets,Alfred."

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Three-quarters claim to brush their teeth twice a day, squeezing out an average of four toothpaste tubes a year, against three in Britain.

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With that sort of incentive, toothpaste tubes need not come in redundant cardboard boxes and television sets can leave the store with no boxes at all.

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Over the course of two years it funds three dozen PC disk-drive companies, all as alike as tubes of toothpaste.

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