The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell over the last two years.

该公司削减成本措施的结果在利润上体现得很明显，在过去两年利润下滑之后，今年前三个月的利润增长了5%。

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It has consequences: South Africa's ongoing drought—the worst in three decades—will cost at least a quarter of its corn crop this year.

它的后果是：南非持续的干旱——三十年来最严重的干旱——将导致它今年至少四分之一的玉米作物受损。

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This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn't be more out of date or at odds with the feverish world described in Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline's three-year indictment of "fast fashion".

于伊丽莎白·克莱恩在对“快时尚”三年的控诉，《过度着装》一书中描述的狂热世界而言，这种自上而下的时装业概念已经太过时或格格不入。

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The research company IDC says fifty-five million smartphones were sold worldwide in the first three months of this year.

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released this year. He was born in New York City in nineteen forty-three.

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While the unemployment rate is rising, the pace of layoffs has slowed from early this year, when nearly three-quarters of a million jobs were lost in January.

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As a result, the renminbi appreciated 9.4% against the dollar in this three-year period.

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In bourbon country, this three-year-old operation amid a sea of old-timers is doing surprisingly well.

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Boston also nearly blew a 3-1 series edge in the opening round this year against Toronto, before rallying from a three-goal deficit in the third period and capturing Game 7 in overtime.

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