“These rats can do something amazing, ” he continued, “but even if you accept that it worked within their lab, are they still good at it a year later?

“这些老鼠有着令人惊奇的能力，”他补充说，“你甚至可以接受它们在实验室里工作，但是一年之后它们还具有这种能力吗？

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We aren't sure if this is the most appropriate method for accomplishing the task, but it worked well for us.

我们不确定这是完成此任务最合适的方法，但是这种方法是有效的。

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If it worked, those new cells-church called them "mirror life" -could answer one of the deepest questions about the origin of life, not just here on Earth but everywhere in the universe.

如果这种想法行得通，这些新细胞——丘奇称之为“镜像生命(mirror life)”——足以回答关于地球上乃至全宇宙生命起源的最深奥问题。

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It would be nice if the world worked this way, but it rarely does.

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Nor is it clear if the system has worked: it was introduced in 2003, but few of its benefits are expected to show up until this year or next.

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But if CIMT didn't work in CASHMERE, why assume it worked in ENHANCE?

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