In Australia fewer people are buying instant coffee because of cheap coffee percolators that they can use to make real coffee at home.

在澳大利亚，购买速溶咖啡的人越来越少，因为他们可以用便宜的咖啡渗滤壶在家里制作真正的咖啡。

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We keep being told that because of cheap, ubiquitous communication technology, distance is dead.

人们一直告诉我们，由于廉价且无处不在的信息技术，距离已经死亡。

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"The ratio of sand and concrete isn't right," he said. "It fell down because of cheap materials."

“沙子和水泥的比例不对。是劣质的材料造成了大楼的倒塌。”他说。

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The shutdown is bad news for the recession-hit country partly because it will lose a source of cheap electricity and be forced to import more expensive energy.

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Stocks are trading higher on pure technical momentum, not because of cheap fundamentals.

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But the first two industries started withering away because of cheap foreign manufacturers, and NCNB faced a bleak future confined to North Carolina.

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BP's return on investment in exploration and production could increase to 18.6% next year from 13.6% in 1999, mostly because of cheap reserves, says Terreson.

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