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One particular shop near my home has a new machine.我家附近有一家「特别的」小店，店里来了一台新机器。 A woman keeps that shop and works there every day.一位女士守着那家店，每天在那里干活。 She writes each sale in four books by hand.她用手把每一笔生意写进四个本子里。 She is particularly careful with numbers.她对数字「特别」仔细。

Last year a small electronic calculator came into her work.去年，一个小的「电子」「计算器」走进了她的工作。 It uses a little flow of electron from a battery.它靠一块电池里一点点「电子」的流动来工作。 She can calculate prices in one second.她一秒就能「计算」出价格。 A small chip inside it does the work for her.里面有一块小芯片在替她干活。

A girl in the town uses the same tool.镇上有个女孩用着同一个工具。 She is a young student and loves numbers.她还是个学生，很喜欢数字。 The calculation she did last week was right.她上周做的那次「计算」是对的。 The teacher then asked her to explain one answer to the town governor.老师后来让她给镇上的「州长」讲一讲其中一个答案。 The girl found that she must think for herself.女孩发现，她必须「自己」动脑想一想。

Now the woman and the girl both use it daily.现在，女士和女孩每天都用它。 They still check the numbers themselves.她们仍然「自己」核对数字。 A machine helps, but people must understand the rules that govern the work.机器能帮忙，但人必须理解那些「支配」这项工作的规则。