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I'm an industrial engineer. 我是一个工业工程师。 The goal in my life has always been to make more and more products in the least amount of time and resources. 在我的生命中一直追求的目标，是用最少的时间和资源，做出更

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See, I have a legacy in South Central. I grew up there. I raised my sons there. 瞧，在洛杉矶我有了遗产。我在那里成长，我在那里养育我的儿子。 And I refuse to be a part of this manufactured reality that was manufactured fo

TED演讲：改变荒漠现状,扭转气候变化(2)

I took this picture in the Tihamah Desert while 25 millimeters -- that's an inch of rain -- was falling. 这张照片是我在提哈迈沙漠拍的下着25毫米（一英寸）的雨。 Think of it in terms of drums of water, each containing 200 lite

TED演讲：改变荒漠现状,扭转气候变化(4)

Clearly, we have never understood what is causing desertification, which has destroyed many civilizations and now threatens us globally. 显然，我们从未明白什么导致了荒漠化，这种荒漠化已经毁掉了很多的文明社会，而现在

TED演讲：改变荒漠现状,扭转气候变化(5)

This picture is a typical seasonal grassland. 这张图是典型的季节性草原。 It has just come through four months of rain, and it's now going into eight months of dry season. 刚刚经历了4个月的雨季，将要进入8个月的旱季。

TED演讲：改变荒漠现状,扭转气候变化(6)

So let's do that. So on this bit of grassland, we'll do it, but just in the foreground. 那就做吧。我们将在这块小草地上实验这种方式。这只是一开始的样子。 We'll impact it very heavily with cattle to mimic nature, and we'

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In so doing, I reached a frontier of biology so strange, so rich, 通过这样的方式，我来到一个非常古怪却又非常丰富的生物学领域， that it seemed as though it exists on another planet. 简直就像降临到别的星球一样。

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TED演讲:变得更健康的不能说的秘密(6)

I want to show you some brave souls who've had the courage to embrace this advanced potty training approach. 我想要给你们展示这些英勇地灵魂，就是那些有勇气去拥抱这种先进如厕技术地人们。 So those folks in New Mexi

TED演讲:变得更健康的不能说的秘密(5)

Number one: we can fertilize our food. 第一：这能为我们的食物施肥。 Each one of us is pooping and peeing something that could fertilize half or maybe all of our food, depending on our diet. 我们每个人都产生能够肥沃我们一半

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Hone Harawira will stay away from Parliament for the next two weeks and think about his future. The Maori Party met on Thursday and the leader, Whatarangi Winiata, suggested that Hone leave the Party. He should resign from Parliament or resign from t

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The result of the by-election in Te Tai Tokerau electorate yesterday was a win for Hone Harawira. Kelvin Davis, Labour, was second with 867 fewer votes than Hone. The Maori Party candidate was third. Hone says this is a win for the new Mana Party but

新西兰英语 433 Hone Harawira resigns from Parliament

The last few weeks have been difficult for the Maori Party. Hone Harawira has been the Maori Party MP for Te Tai Tokerau in the Far North of the North Island since the elections in 2005. However, he has not always agreed with the Maori Party and fina