Instead, some features shift to the advanced form at the beginning of the process, while others stay resolutely primitive until near the end.

相反地，有些特点从最初阶段变化到高级的同时，另外一些特点却毅然停留在几乎是原始的阶段。

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At the beginning of his career, touring was a vital component of performers' incomes, though a shift to earning money from selling records was well under way.

在他事业的初期，虽然已经开始转换到从销售唱片中获利这种模式，巡回演出当时还是艺人收入的关键组成部分。

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This is very similar to the situation we encountered at the beginning of the object-oriented paradigm shift, where developers used object-oriented languages to develop procedural programs.

这与我们在最开始采用面向对象的编程技术时的情况（开发人员使用面向对象的语言来开发过程型的程序）十分相似。

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For now, her staff carefully clears ice from the holes with a gasoline-powered auger and then pulls out stray chunks with a ladle-like strainer at the beginning of each shift.

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