The notes were always on scratch paper or the backofanenvelope, nothing fancy.
这些笔记总是在便笺或信封背面上,没什么特别的。
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Several days later, I was bringing our garbage bins back from the curb when I noticed anenvelope taped to one of the lids.
几天后,我把垃圾桶从路边拿回来时,注意到一个盖子上贴着一个信封。
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Not content with letting thesupercomputer do all the arithmetic, the mathematicians simultaneously jotteddown some calculations of their own on the backofanenvelope.