Like the peasant girls whose foot-binding crippled them, it has gradually been adapted by the minority urban upper class and transformed into arti? Cial decorative gardens.

就像因缠足而残疾的农村姑娘，这种美学逐渐被少数的城市上层阶级接纳，并摇身变成了人工装饰出来的庭院。

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The Irish Prime Minister has stated that he has not asked for any bailout money for his crippled banking system, thus keeping the Euro on its back foot amidst uncertainty.

爱尔兰首相此前表示，没有为其国内陷入困境的银行业申请任何援助，这导致欧元受压于不确定性。

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Hundreds of thousands of rural business owners are having a torrid time due to foot-and-mouth disease, and the manufacturing sector has been crippled by the strength of the pound.

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