“用词汇来回顾21世纪的头十年是个如梦初醒，甚至悲观的事情。” 全球语言监测机构总裁鲍尔·JJ·佩亚克说。

"Looking at the first decade of the 21st century in words is a sober, even sombre, event, " said Paul JJ Payack, president of The Global Language Monitor.

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这个会说话的机器人伴侣眼睛里装有摄像头，可以监视病人，并在互动过程中使用恰当的面部表情和肢体语言。

This conversational robot companion has cameras in its eyes, which allow it to track patients and use appropriate facial expressions and body language in its interactions.

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编程语言都是些令人惊讶的小动物，就像照料一头完全服服帖帖的宠物东北虎一样。

Programming languages are surprising little beasties, something akin to having your own 100% tame pet Siberian Tiger.

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It turns out that if you start learning a language, a second language is where most of the work's been done, within the first few years of life you're fine.

如果你在出生的头几年里开始学习一门语言,非常努力地学习了第二门语言,那么你一切正常

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So Richard's first exertion of agency in this book is through the agency of words, in this case in asserting an interpretation of the words at odds with their intended meaning.

这里理查在书中头一次借助语言,表达自己的影响，即使与其所理解的意思,大相径庭。

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