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My aunt works at a weather station near a river.我姑姑在一个河边的小气象站工作。 Every reading went into a book, and each acidic test stung her hands.每个读数都写进一个本子，每次检测「酸性的」水样都刺痛她的手。 In its tenth year the station moved to a computer.到第十年，气象站改用计算机。 The team called that a watershed, though the daily work did not.团队把那次改变叫做「分水岭」，虽然日常工作并没有变。

Her ex worked there, but often came in sick.她的「前」搭档也在那里上班，但常常带病来。 A helper named Pi worked there, but his jokes were unintelligible to staff.一个叫「圆周率」的帮手在那儿干活，可他随口说的笑话老员工都「无法理解」。 A sub-zero night froze the tools.一个「零下」的夜晚把工具冻住了。 Temperatures fell below sub zero, and the dials swung all week.气温降到「零下」以下，仪表盘整整一个星期上下摆动。

She called that swing an oscillation, yet it looked like slow regression.她把这个来回摆动叫作「振荡」，可它看起来像缓慢的「回归」。 One wet morning her numbers were unintelligible, so she rewrote them.一个潮湿的早上，她记下的数字完全「无法辨认」，于是她重写了一遍。 Later the team made one new rule and decided to splice two forms.后来团队定了一条新规矩，还决定把两种表格「拼接」起来。 Every reading had to go inside a parenthesis.每个读数都必须写在一个「括号」里。 They added a short check for reliability.他们还加了一道简短的核对，用来保证「可靠性」。

She said that rule was a real watershed.她说那条规矩是一次真正的「分水岭」。 Now she trains new staff, and she starts with that check.现在她带新员工，总是从那道核对讲起。 The gauges got better, but the people had to change first.仪表变好了，但先要改变的是人。