比如，设置了一个5秒的间隔，在间隔被改变为10秒时3秒已经过去了，那么下一个定时器事件将会在上一个定时器事件13秒后发生。

For example, if the interval is set to 5 seconds and 3 seconds have already elapsed before the interval is changed to 10 seconds, the next timer event will be 13 seconds from the last timer event.

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再者，因为大多数游泳池都有为泳道游泳设定时间和经过训练的专业人员在测验，普通游泳者一般会发现他们在适应一个会变成习惯的计划表。

Moreover, since most pools have set times for lap swimming and coached Masters workouts alike, regular swimmer usually find themselves settling into a schedule that becomes automatic.

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经过了一定时间——不是以若干年计而是以若干千年计的时间——生命开始适应环境，并形成了一种与环境的平衡。

Given time — time not in years but in millennia life adjusts, and a balance has been reached.

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