He sang his invocations in a beautiful oaken tenor with a freckle-faced boy at his side playing conga and tambourine as if it was a full drum kit.

他唱着自己的调调，在一个美丽的橡木男高音的雀斑脸的男孩在他身边用康加舞和铃鼓伴奏，仿佛这是一个充满鼓声音的箱子。

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And boy did we need them to do that, because we soon faced full frontal assaults from the both Google and Apple.

而且，我们的确需要他们，因为很快我们就面临了来自谷歌(Google)和苹果(Apple)的全面正面挑战。

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It's become a truism that America is full of "can do" people and companies, while slow-moving Europeans are more likely to offer a "yes, but" when faced with challenge.

众所周知，面对挑战时，美国充满了“可以做事”的人和公司，行动迟缓的欧洲人则更倾向于做出犹豫不定的反应。

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And then as the financial crisis hit with its full force, America faced a hard and once unimaginable reality, that two of the Big 3 automakers -- GM and Chrysler -- were on the brink of liquidation.

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The club seemed set for elimination at every turn particularly when it faced a nearly full-strength Arsenal side but continued to defy the conventional wisdom.

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But the combined potential of Netscape's web browser and Sun's Java faced Microsoft's full fury a response that led directly to the doors of Judge Jackson's court.

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