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Then she described two well known Adventist theologians who were still preaching the Sabbath, but who emphasized "the day's quality rather than the sequence in the week .... and worship, rather than belaboring the fate of those who fail to observe the Sabbath as Adventists do."

然后她讲述了两个非常著名的复临教会神学家，他们仍然继续宣讲安息日，但是却强调&日子的质量，而不是其在一周中的排列顺序…强调敬拜，而不是抨击那些不像复临信徒那样守安息日之人的命运。&

In childhood we have been taught that tramps are blackguards, and consequently there exists in our minds a sort of ideal or typical tramp—a repulsive, rather dangerous creature, who would die rather than work or wash, and wants nothing but to beg, drink, and rob hen-houses.

我们从小就得到教导，说流浪汉是无赖，因此在我们心目中，存在着一种想像的或者说典型的流浪汉——叫人厌恶、非常危险的一类人，他们宁可去死，也不愿干活或者洗澡，什么都不想干，只想乞讨、喝酒和偷鸡摸狗。

Moving from paper share certificates and written share registers to "dematerialized" shares, computerized trading and registration required not only extensive changes to legislation but also the development of the necessary technology: online and real time systems rather than batch; electronic communications rather than the postal service, telex or the physical shipment of computer tapes, and the development of secure cryptographic algorithms.

从纸质的股票证书和书面股票注册到&虚拟&的股票，电脑化的交易和注册不仅要求立法的一系列改变，还要求所需技术的发展：在线和实时的系统，电子通讯（而不是邮政服务、电传或电脑磁带的实际运输），还有安全的保密算法的发展。

I would rather the education authorities were open and above-board about the need for changes rather than resorting to feints and ruses with the trump card of "General Education".

我倒是希望教育当局挑明了，说清楚不得不折腾的道理，而不是故布疑阵，亮出「通识教育」这张王牌。

Ichael Garson is 35 years old. He was a forester, but he decided he would rather work with gowning mind s rather than growing trees.

G今年35岁。他曾经是个被收养的孤儿，但是他立志向不断成长的孩子传授自然科学知识。

Rather than just lambasting Christians for hitting the snooze button on this issue I would rather issue a call to action and provide a short list of what you actually can do to help stop this bill from actualization .

而不仅仅是 lambasting 基督徒命中暂停按钮，在这个问题上，我宁愿发出呼吁采取行动，并提供一个简短的名单是什么，你其实可以做些什么来帮助制止这一条例草案从现实。

Gyroscope top-level, is a Miscellanies copies and a CD, from the geographical point of view, this is in the near future the activities of the larger plates, sometimes overlapping, sometimes misplaced, and good plate with self-knowledge, knows not work with desk collision, therefore, even in the most critical moment, it does not always maintain a shake down, rather than risk falling gesture, rather the style of some politicians.

陀螺的最顶层，是一本杂记本和一张CD，由地理的角度上看，这是近期内活动较大的板块，时而交叠，时而错位，好在板块有自知之明，深知不能与书桌碰撞，所以，即使在最危急的时刻，也总能保持摇却不倒，危而不坠的姿态，颇有些政治家的风范。

Gyroscope top-level, is a Miscellanies copies and a CD, from the geographical point of view, this is in the near future the activities of the larger plates, sometimes overlapping, sometimes misplaced, and good plate with self-knowledge, knows not work with desk collision, therefore, even in the most critical moment, it does not always maintain a shake down, rather than risk falling gesture, rather the style of some politicians.

陀螺旳最顶层，是─本杂记本和─张CD，由地理旳角度上看，这是近期内活动较大旳板块，时而交叠，时而错位，好在板块有自知之明，深知不能与书桌碰撞，所以，即使在最危急旳时刻，也总能保持摇却不倒，危而不坠旳姿态，颇有些政治家旳风范。

In fact, most interactive story experiences built to date have either been highly episodic (generally those narrative experiences built by the game industry, e.g., adventure games), have employed a hypertextual logic of association rather than a logic of dramatic probability and causality (generally those experiences built by fine artists and writers), or have focused on story not as a highly structured experience created by an author for consumption by an audience, but rather as a shared social construction facilitating human communication (e.g., multiuser worlds such as MUDs, MOOs,and avatar spaces ; massive multiplayer games such as Everquest and Ultima Online ; and games such as Purple Moon's Rocket series or Will Wright's The Sims).

实际上，目前大多数的互动故事经验都是高度段落化的（一般这些故事性体验来自于游戏产业，例如，冒险游戏），有意或无意使用超文本的组成逻辑而不是戏剧的逻辑（一般这种体验都由艺术家和作家营造）；聚焦到一个并非由作家为观众消费而创造的高度结构化的故事上，而是一种社团式的共同创造的公共结构（例如多用户系统 MUDs， MOOs 或者替身空间；大型多用户游戏 Everquest 和 Ultima Online ；或者 Purple Moon 公司的 Rocket 系列、 Will Wright 公司的 The Sims 游戏）。

Although most companies are making employees redundant, chief executives can cement the loyalty of those who remain by assuring employees that the company has survived difficult times before, maintaining quality rather than cutting corners, and servicing existing customers rather than trying to be all things to all people.

虽然大多数公司都在裁减员工，公司主要管理人员通过告诉员工公司以前经历过困难时期来巩固经续留在公司员工的忠诚度。

But this is impossible, as long as it is engaging in a market economy, there are risks in any operation.

但是，这是不可能的，只要是搞市场经济，是有风险的任何行动。

We're on the same wavelength.

我们是同道中人。