They are dismissed as dreamers, but the true dreamers are those who think things can go on indefinitely the way they are, just with some cosmetic changes.

他们被摒弃为梦想家，但真正的梦想家是那些认为事物可以无限地继续其所是之方式，而仅仅做出一些表面之改变的人。

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When things go wrong, as they usually do, many hours of client-side support are the result.

但是在出现麻烦时(而这又是常见的情况)，结果就是大量时间耗费在客户端支持上。

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Think about it: when we have expectations, and things don't go the way we expect (which happens quite often, as we're not good prognosticators), we are disappointed, frustrated.

想想看：当我们有期望时，事情不会按期待的一样(这常有发生，因为我们不是预言家)，我们很失望、沮丧。

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You have discribed the border as a safe where things the Taliban just go over there, when they are chased by the Afghan troops and Nato and then they come back then things are a little bit cooler.

您把这个边境线描写成一个关卡,当塔利班分子被阿富汗和北约军队追击时，他们就越过边界线,风声不紧时，他们又通过这个关卡回来。

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b OK. In this example I'd use b. All right, as b get-- b is the thing that's changing as I go along here, but it could be things like, how many elements are there in a list if the input is a list, could be how many digits are there in a string if the input's a string, it could be the size of the integer as we go along. All right.?

好，在这个例子里我会用，因为b是一直在变的东西,但是也可能是如下情况：,如果输入是数组的话,变化的就是数组的元素数，如果输入是字符串的话,变化的就是字符串的长度，如果是integer的话,可能就是这个数的大小，对不对？

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Already, opposition leaders privately fear that they will not manage to beat him at the polls if things go on as badly as they are.

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Another option not on the table is the status quo - everyone seems clear, when it comes to caring for the elderly and disabled, things cannot go on as they are.

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And just as things sometimes go wrong with even the highest rated appliances, there are, of course, going to be some people who have bad experiences while on Facebook.

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