Steam power did not merely spin cotton and roll iron; early in the new century, it also multiplied ten times over the amount of paper that a single worker could produce in a day.
No one is listening. Everyone is jammed around the 800 tables, focused on the flip of cards, the spin of the roulette wheel or the roll of dice.
没有人在听。每个人都挤在800张赌台的周围,目不转睛地盯着翻开的纸牌、旋转的轮盘或者滚动的骰子。
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That day Boeing 737 got into a spin, made a barrel-roll, did some dives and happily got out, then experienced both engines fail, but succesfully glided down to the major airport.