It worked contrariwise—first you dialled the number, then you put the money in.

这部电话的操作方式相反，即先拨通号码，然后投入钱币。

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The three-stage life of full-time education, followed by continuous work, and then complete retirement may have worked for our parents or even grandparents, but it is not relevant today.

全日制三阶段式教育之后是持续的工作，然后是完全退休，这个模式或许适用于我们的父母甚至祖父母，但不适用于现今的世界。

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So I focused on these things, and it worked. And then eventually the running got easier and I loved everything about the activity.

于是我把注意力放在这些东西上，效果不错，跑步终于变得越来越容易，我完全爱上了它。

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"That has never been the case." "When I worked on the Hill it wasn't the case and I don't think it has developed since then.

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Revisions implying that you've got something and then it's worked over again, additions might be made so now that's a new source.

修订意味着，你已经有素材,重新研究，这时候所增加的，变成了新的素材。

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I mean they were underestimating the amount they were eating so it was--it worked in-- it made them look better then they were actually doing.

他们低估了所消耗食物的总量,所以这是,这使得他们吃得看起来比实际的少

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It worked then, and it can work now.

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It worked then, it will work now.

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That was the way it worked back then, we were all in it together.

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