And to some extent, they were actors - able to play the role of everyday Americans.

在某种程度上，他们是演员——能够扮演日常生活的美国人角色。

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While she had offers for films, she refused to play the role of an older or weak woman.

在她拍电影时，她拒绝扮演老女人或虚弱的女人。

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Portman was set to play the role of Cathy, daughter of one of the story's lead characters.

波特曼本来是要饰演凯茜，故事主角之一的女儿。

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British actor Daniel Craig is to play the role of Mikael Blomkvist.

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This of course brings us to the issue of "gaps" and the role that they play in the act of reading as Iser understands it.

这理所当然地把我们引到了“间隙“的问题上“,以及照伊瑟尔的理解,间隙在阅读中起到的作用。

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For all students, what we want to do is we want to give you an understanding of the role computation can and cannot play in tackling technical problems.

对所有学生来讲，我们想做的就是,给你们关于计算在能否解决技术问题中,所扮演角色的,认识。

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In any case, Washington no longer can afford to play the role of globo-cop.

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He could, however, find that others want to play the role of national saviour.

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It also uses the old trick of forcing senior managers to play the role of customers.

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