He crashed into the tree because he was trying not to hit a box that had fallen off the truck ahead of him.

他撞到树上，因为他试图不撞到前面卡车上掉下来的箱子。

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Death was not instantaneous because none of the bullets hit the heart.

因为没有一颗子弹射中心脏，所以没有即刻死亡。

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Even if they are hit, though, they do not explode because the helium gas that keeps them airborne is not flammable.

即使它们被击中，也不会爆炸，因为使它们升空的氦气使它们在不可燃。

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A student might have to tell her friends she can not go with them to the movies because she has to hit the books.

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But the proposed changes to legal aid are more controversial, not least because they hit lawyers in their pockets.

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While women have fared better than men in the job market, this is mostly because they did not take the same hit to employment at the start of the downturn in late 2008 early 2009, Baker said today.

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