Back then, televisions, refrigerators and washing machines were luxury items. Few Chinese families could afford them.

那时候，电视机、冰箱和洗衣机都属于奢侈品，在中国很少有人能买得起。

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With these new washing machines, turning stinking clothes back smelling good takes almost no work at all.

用这些新型洗衣机，把那些臭衣服变得好闻（洗干净）几乎不用花什么功夫。

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Our idyll ended, of course, and we drove back to the world of loan payments, jobs and clogged washing machines.

当然了，田园牧歌式的漫游告一段落，我们又驱车回到这个世界，还贷款，忙工作，还有洗衣机塞满了脏衣服。

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On individual credit, the annual IOF rate will fall from 3% to 2.5% per year and Brazil is also back to cutting the Industrialized Products Tax (IPI) on white line goods such as refrigerators and washing machines.

FORBES: Brazil Cuts Taxes As Economy Slows