Ask yourself to sum up the text and try to work out a "big idea".

让自己去总结文本，试着想出一个“大致的想法”。

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The accumulated fees amounted to a large sum, allowing the Guilds to help those who were ill or out of work.

会费累积到很大一笔的时候，行会就能够帮助生病或失业的人。

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Chatting over dim sum, the two had an idea about building a web and mobile product that would give people useful and practical information to work out and be healthy.

在一次聚餐上，他们俩提出了建立一个网站和移动客户端，为人们提供健身实用信息的设想。

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"It should work out as a zero sum game, " said Michael Trippit of Oriel Securities.

FORBES: Banking

The Europeans will need time to work out exactly who does what in ways that produce a coherent military effort, rather than just the quirky sum of the hotch-potch of national parts.

ECONOMIST: In defence of Europe