After an hour of hiking we hit a big blow-down area, with tree trunks scattered like pick-up sticks across the trail.

步行了一小时之后，我们来到了一个大树倒地的地方，横倒的树干像游戏棒一样散落在小道上。

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The design of the Italy Pavilion is inspired by the children's game "pick-up sticks," which is known as "Shanghai" in Italy.

意大利馆的设计灵感来自上海小朋友玩儿的游戏“游戏棒”，这种游戏在意大利也被称为“上海”。

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The little Red Hen was just coming out of her door to pick up a few sticks for kindling wood.

小红母鸡正从门里出来要拾几根小树枝要给木头引火。

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Now, go pick up all the sticks in the yard.

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Until now, researchers wishing to do that have been forced to play a tedious game of pick-up-sticks, selecting the semiconducting nanotubes one by one and then sticking them in place with glue.

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It also has the advantage that it sticks out just enough so that when you pick up the handset you immediately know which way the handset is orientated in your hand.

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