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Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us the choice of brave resistanceor the most abject submission.敌人冷酷无情/铁石心肠，我们要么顽强抵抗，要么屈膝投降。 ynhmM y%
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The age of 30s leaves you the choice of marriage or remaining a bachelor.年过三十，要么成婚，要么单身。 /x1![$oC0
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The eyes of all our countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have theblessings and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them fromthe tyranny meditated against them.全国同胞都在关注我们，如果我们有幸能够拯救他们脱离强加于身的暴政/把他们从强加于身的暴政中解救出来，那将得到他们的祝福和赞颂。 >\Ww;1yV
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他所建立的组织最终使他垮了台。The organization he had built upeventually became the instrument of his downfall. C
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能够让你幸福，我愿意付出我的一切。If I can be the instrument of yourhappiness, I will sacrifice all my belongings. ^kB8F"X
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中国政府在宣布实行和平统一的方针时，是基于一个前提，即当时的台湾当局坚持世界上只有一个中国，台湾是中国的一部分。The Chinese proclaimed/declared toadopt/implement the policy of peaceful reunification on the premise that thethen Taiwan authorities maintained that there is only one China in the worldand Taiwan is only one part of China. n74V|b6W
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Advice to investors was based on the premise that interest rates wouldcontinue to fall.对投资者的建议是以利率会继续下跌为根据的。 0p}D(m2B
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西部大开发一定能成为沟通世界各国和中国的一座桥梁，促进中国和世界经济共同发展，共同繁荣。 yooX$
The Great Western Development is bound to be a bridge between China and therest world, promoting the common economic development and prosperity of Chinaand the world at large. n4R(.N 00
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Just wars are bound to triumph over wars of aggression.正义战争必然要战胜侵略战争。 f>UXD
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Dealing with these problems is all a matter of experience. 处理这些问题全凭经验。 n O\"HLM
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除此以外，老百姓的服务性消费，如教育，信息，旅游等消费也会大量增长。 6i.-6>< /
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This American desire to keep the children’s world separate from that of theadult is exemplified also by the practice of delaying transmission of the newsto children when their parents have been killed in an accident. 1p/3
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The manual worker is usually quite at ease in any company. This is partlyexplained by the fact that people of all income groups go together to the sameschools. qUob?|
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History has proved eloquently that the division of labor based on equality andmutual benefit between China and USA constitutes the most reasonable andpractical international relationship. 历史雄辩地说明，中美之间建立在平等互利基础上的劳动分工是最为合理和实用的国际关系。 `_` QxM
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My decision does not constitute a precedent.我的决定不应视为先例。 c#Sa]n
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The defeat constitutes a major set-back for our diplomacy.这一失败是我们外交上的一次较大的挫折。 uW@oyZUj
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经过二十多年的快速发展，中国西部地区已奠定了一定的物质技术基础，社会保持稳定，市场经济体制正在逐步建立和完善，为西部经济持续快速增长创造了有利的市场环境。 mpI5J'>]
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在下一轮的会谈中，我们将宣布中东地区永久停火协议，对此我抱有乐观态度并充满希望。 G-xDN59 K
I am optimistic and hopeful that the next round of talk will witness apermanent cease-fire in the Middle East. C&* oI =6
