The parrots were given the intellectually demanding task of pulling a snack on a string up to their beaks, using a co-ordinated combination of claws and beak.

鹦鹉们被分派了一项对智力要求很高的任务，它们要协调爪子和喙，将一份拴在绳子上的零食拉到它们的喙上。

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The instant access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 "words"—string of alphabetic or numerical characters—ready for instant use.

一台大型计算机的即时存取存储器可容纳多达100000个“单词”——字母或数字字符的字符串——随时可用。

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When they reached the end of the string, they knew to dig up.

当他们到达绳子的末端时，他们知道要挖了。

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The head of a string of pigs appeared, snout-up, over the ditch, and he had to screech to a stop and watch the rear of the last pig disappear shaking into the ditch on the other side.

这时候出现了一群猪，仰着鼻子走过水渠，他只好用一个急刹车,目送着最后一只猪大摇大摆地跨过水沟,消失在另一端。

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And what are the strings up to in terms of string technique here?

这里弦乐的演奏技巧,是为了表达什么

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