I was like a kid in the candy store. CMU researchers were teaching machines to talk, listen, see and walk … I mean hop.

当时的我就像是首次进入糖果店里的孩子：卡内基梅隆大学的教授当时居然在教机器们说话，聆听，观看和走路（其实是单脚跳）。

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I felt like a kid in a candy store reading about junctions, currying, and all the other exciting features that Perl 6 promises.

在阅读到junctions、currying以及Perl 6将要具备的所有其他特性时，我感觉就像是小孩子走进了糖果店。

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When I got the job, I was like a kid in a candy store.

当我得到那份工作的时候，我像糖果店里的小孩一样兴奋。

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If you can get everything in the candy store, you take everything in the candy store.

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While older and supposedly wiser, we still often act like kids in the candy store who want everything.

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They come to stay with her and Bella in Yonkers, above the family candy store, in 1942, while their father journeys South to sell scrap metal.

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