And the gold, once it's extracted, can clearly be used for all sorts of things that it couldn't be used for when it was in the mountain; you can make jewelry out of it for example -- still can't patent the gold, it's still gold.
而黄金，一旦被挖掘出来， 显然可以被用于各种 它藏在山中时不能实现的用途； 比如，你可以把它做成珠宝—— 但仍然不能为金子申请专利， 金子还是金子。