1·What I shall do in coming weeks is to look at how all of this actually works, how Marxists took up the baton and what the consequences of it all were.
接下来几周我要做的是看看这一切究竟是如何运作的，马克思主义者是如何接过接力棒的，以及这一切的后果是什么。
2·One analogy for this relationship is that of a relay race, where the first runner represents requirements management and the next runner, receiving a baton hand off, represents test management.
这种关系类似于一场接力赛，第一个跑的人代表着需求管理，下一个接受接力棒的人代表测试管理。
3·America's real domestic demand has stagnated over the past year, whereas China's has risen by 10% as its citizens have picked up the baton from flagging American consumers.
过去一年里，美国净内需停滞不前，而同时中国的居民从美国消费者手中接过了接力棒，净内需上升了10%。
4·If one of the runners in the relay race dropped the baton, the whole relay team would be disqualified.
在接力赛中，如果其中一名队员掉了接力棒，那么整个接力队将失去比赛资格。
5·In this way, the signal gets passed around the brain like a baton in a footrace.
用这种方法，信号就像赛跑中的接力棒一样，传递到大脑各处。