贝壳

A hundred years ago you could still pay your taxes in Uganda in cowrie shells.

100年前你还能用子安贝贝壳在乌干达缴税。

Nobody can be sure how fast bits and bytes will drive out metal and paper. A hundred years ago you could still pay your taxes in Uganda in cowrie shells.

无人能够确定科技究竟会以多快的速度取代金属及纸张。100年前你还能用子安贝贝壳在乌干达缴税。

Economics Everywhere: From Cowrie Shells to Edison, from Mohair to Mickey Mouse

经济学无处不在：从贝壳到爱迪生，从马海毛米老鼠

A Moken tribesman in Myanmar's Andaman Islands displays two large cowrie shells.

在缅甸的安达曼群岛，一名莫肯部落的成员正在展示两大块作为货币的贝壳。

Brian's popularity was such that the famous "Brian bracelet"- a simple woven bracelet with cowrie shells which became identified with the character - emerged as a totem in the gay community.

Brian是如此的广受欢迎，以致于著名的"Brian手链"（一个用贝壳编织的简单手链，被视为Brian的标志）已经在同志群体中成为一种图腾。

Photo of the Day May 25, 2008 Cowrie Shells, Myanmar, 2005 Photograph by Nicolas Reynard A Moken tribesman in Myanmar's Andaman Islands displays two large cowrie shells.

一个莫肯人部落在缅甸的安达曼群岛显示两个大cowrie贝壳。

Newton deathbed once said:"I was only in the sea of collecting shells child".

牛顿临终前曾说："我只不过是在大海边捡贝壳的小孩"。

It is obvious that shells have higher capacity to decontaminate the pollution of 89Sr from water.

可见，贝壳类动物对水系中的放射性锶有较强的去污能力。

In addition, we selected animal species as standard indicators of the state of the environment to map: 1 contamination of vertebrates with 137 Cs in the EZ and 2 beta-activity of mollusc shells indicating 90 Sr, in the whole Dnieper drainage area, in the Kiev Administrative Region, and in the EZ.

而且还选择一些动物物种作为环境状况的标准指示生物，目的是为了阐明1 37Cs在隔离区脊椎动物体内的污染情况；整个第聂伯河流域、基辅行政区和隔离区软体动物贝壳内 90Sr的β活性。

The drapery borders at her feet create a sampler effect, complete with mother-of-pearl buttons and fine white ribbon.

她脚上的帷幔产生了一种刺绣的效果，具有亮贝壳纽扣和纤细的白丝带。

I didn't watch TV last night, because it .

昨晚我没有看电视，因为电视机坏了。

Since this year, in a lot of villages of Beijing, TV of elevator liquid crystal was removed.

今年以来，在北京的很多小区里，电梯液晶电视被撤了下来。