The greatest contribution to civilization in the century may well be the air-conditioning and American leads just as amazing is the speed with which this situation came to be.

本世纪对文明做出最大贡献的很可能是空调，而美国人导致这一情况发生的速度也同样令人惊讶。

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The kids of Kobe try to be as stoic as their parents in this tragic situation.

神户的孩子们努力学着像他们的父母一样去坦然面对这种悲惨的情形。

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The question arises as to whether or not he knew of the situation.

问题是，他对局势是否了解。

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Farmers as individuals could do nothing to change the situation.

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So the legal situation was set up to try to keep the wife's ownership as part of a different family, and so her money didn't go to her husband, and his money didn't go to her.

所以立法的本意是,保持妻子所有权于另一个家庭，这样她的钱就不会流到丈夫手中，丈夫的钱也不会流到她手中。

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He's engaging his father in to a contractual situation just as he will engage the entire English people in The Reason of Church Government.

他在使他的父亲加入这个合同,就像他使整个英国国民加入一样,我们在《教会政府的原因》里已经看到过。

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Viglione sees the fuel situation as comparable to the beef situation.

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While these actions certainly helped ease the crisis, more needs to be done as the situation continues to deteriorate.

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Scarborough Council said it had abandoned plans to carry out the work during darkness as it needed to monitor the situation in daylight.

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