Technology committee

technology [tɛk'nɑlədʒi]

n. 科技（总称）;工业技术;工艺学;[总称]术语;

techno技术，能力+logy学科 → 技术学

committee [kə'mɪti]

n. 委员会;

com共同+mitt=mit送，放出+ee表人 → commit共同送出=委托+ee表人 → 委员会

They've stood by me through all this.

他们一直支持我做这件事。

Silence gives consent.

沈默等于同意。

Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.

我和比尔借了一笔钱，买下了那条项链。在后来的10年时间里，我们两人为了偿还这笔借款不分昼夜地干活。这就是为什么我现在看起来这样老的原因。好了，过了这些年之后，我们终于还清了全部借款。