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THE image of the Briton abroad, speaking English slowly and loudly in the expectation that eventually the natives will get the idea, is a stereotype with a good deal of truth behind it.
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人们印象中英国人在国外的形象，往往是缓缓地大声讲着英语，以便使当地人能够听懂，而这个印象的确是建立在许多事实的基础上。 |
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THE knock on the door came just before 6am. Saddam Hussein's executioners were disguised with black balaclavas.
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早上6点，敲门声恰好响起。每一个萨达姆－侯赛因死刑的执行者都用黑色的高帽蒙住自己的面部。 |
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THE last time there was a crisis in the landlocked Saharan country of Niger, the president claimed his people were well-fed, yet images of skeletal children shocked the world and aid workers scrambled to deal belatedly with a famine.
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在最后一次尼日尔撒哈拉内陆地带出现危机之时，国家总统称人民们丰衣足食，而瘦骨嶙峋的儿童照片却足以使全世界感到震惊，救援工作者们纷纷赶来治理饥荒也未能及时到来。 |
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THE last word of the book is scar,though that may change with future edits.
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书最后，世界将会被形容为一个“伤疤”，但这将会被重新编辑改编。 |
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THE lifeguards had been scanning the horizon for an oil-price shock, a bankrupt buy-out or a terrorist attack.
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长期以来，救生员们不断扫视着经济前景，谨防油价飙升、破产收购抑或恐怖袭击出现的可能性。 |
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THE logo for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics was unveiled today at a star-studded ceremony in London.
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今天伦敦在一个群星汇集的典礼上公布了2012年奥运会和残奥会会徽。 |
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THE man who became Japan's leader this week is, at 52, the country's youngest prime minister since the second world war, and the first to have been born after it.
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本周荣任日本领袖的男子现年52岁，是日本自二战以后最年轻的首相，也是第一位出生于二战之后的首相。 |
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THE mighty desert is burning for the love of a blade of grass whoshakes her head and laughs and flies away.
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雄伟的沙漠为一叶绿草的爱情燃烧着，她摇着头，浅笑着飞走了。 |
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THE modern Olympic Games were founded with the intention of improving health and education, promoting world peace, and encouraging fair and equal competition.
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举办现代奥运会的宗旨在于强健体魄，融教育于体育，促进世界和平，鼓励公正和平等竞争。 |
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THE new production of's “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” at Bayreuth this summer was a job application.
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这个夏天，拜罗依特音乐节上演的《纽伦堡的名歌手》被喻为是凯瑟琳瓦格纳为继承家族事业尔正式递交的求职意向书。 |
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THE nine judges of Thailand's Constitutional Tribunal took ten hours to outline in a marathon session, televised live on May 30th, the electoral-fraud cases against the country's two main political parties (and several small ones).
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泰国宪法法庭经过长达10小时的马拉松会议，9名法官做出了对国内两大政党（及一些小党）选举欺诈案的概述，5月30日庭审进行了电视直播。 |
