Could this email be shorter?

这封邮件能不能再短些？

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And one other thought: this could be the first generation of children, in a very long time, that has a life expectancy shorter than that of their parents.

另一个想法是：在很长的时间内，这可能是期望寿命比其父母还要短的第一代儿童。

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This arrangement allows for much shorter shutter speeds than could be achieved by moving a single door. The animation below explains this more clearly.

这种设置使得相机获得了更短的快门速度。

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With the army, I think it could be shorter.

加上军队，我想这个时间应该会短些。

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However, the sentence could be shorter because Corkins has no prior criminal record.

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In China, the release gap could be even shorter.

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Other areas could be attacked by shorter-range missiles launched from ships off the United States' East and Gulf coasts with little, if any, probability of interception.

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