A factory in which 2,000 different machines are operating with twenty-five men on each machine would rightly be considered a complex structure. The smallest bacterium is that complex. In effect, there are 50,000 chemical reactions taking place in each bacterium.

　　如果一个工厂有2,000台不同的机器，每台机器有25个人操作，这样的工厂可被认为是一个综合体。最小的细菌就是这样一个综合体。事实上，每个细菌在发生这5万个化学反应。



　　In a beehive, only 1.5 ounces of wax are used to build a comb that will hold 4 pounds of honey.

　　在蜂巢中，仅用1.5盎司的蜂腊造的蜂房可以盛下4磅蜂蜜。

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