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Most people just sort of assume that the books are taking place nowand don't really care how specific that nowis.
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大部分的人基本上假定这个系列发生在“现在”，但不特别在乎“现在”精确到什么地步。 |
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Most people keep a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings - especially if any of their family or friends has died in a strange boating accident.
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大多数人会有一个报纸剪贴簿——尤其当他们有家人或者朋友死于奇怪的船只失事事件的时候。 |
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Most people know electricity standing still is no more useful than is a stationary belt between a steam engine and a machine to be driven.
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大多数人认为，停滞不动的电并不比架设在蒸汽机和要被传动的机器之间的固定带更有用。 |
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Most people know the Daddy Long Legs as a spider-like creature, roughly the size of a 20 cent coin, with a tiny body and long spindly legs spanning roughly the size of a 20-cent coin.
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大部分人知道这个“长腿爸爸”是一种象蜘蛛的动物，体积大概有一个两角钱硬币那么大，有着小小的躯干和细长的腿，展开来就是大概一个两角钱硬币的大小。 |
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Most people live on their own in safety without ever having a serious accident.
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多数人一个人住很安全，从来都没有发生过很严重的事故。 |
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Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child.
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据说)大多数人会选择改变火车轨道，牺牲那名在停用铁轨上玩的小孩。 |
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Most people of European or African ancestry have the wetkind: thick and sticky.
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大多数的欧洲及非洲血统的人属于“潮湿”一类：粘稠状的耳垢。 |
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Most people opt for buying their own homes rather than renting them.
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大多数人愿意买房子而不愿意租房子. |
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Most people prefer trains to buses.
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大多数人愿意坐火车而不愿坐汽车。 |
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Most people protect themselves from injury to their self-esteem.
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大多数人保护自己使自尊心不受伤害。 |
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Most people recognize the benefits of individuality, but the fact is that personal economic success requires conformity.
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虽然大多数人都承认个人的利益，但是事实上个人的经济成功需要的是合作。 |
