He said bartering is particularly good for single people like him, since most commodities given by bosses are impractical for them.

他说这种交易很适合象他这样的个人，因为大多数老板发的货物是不实用的。

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Frank Field, an iconoclastic Labour MP, notes that benefits for single mothers penalise those in stable relationships, which are clearly associated with good parenting.

反传统观念的工党议员弗兰克·菲尔德指出，给予单身母亲福利对婚姻稳定者并不公平，而稳定的婚姻显然与良好教养有关。

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When good students turn in an essay, they dream of their instructor returning it to them in exactly the same condition, save for a single word added in the margin of the final page: "Flawless."

当优秀的学生上交一篇文章时，他们梦想着老师能把它原封不动地还给他们，除了在最后一页的空白处加了一个词：“完美无瑕”。

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Getting good at this is probably the single most important skill for debugging.

熟悉这一点对调试来说,可能是最重要的技能了。

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But let's get back to why more and more people are willing to spend so much for good single malt.

FORBES: Super Single Malts

Other countries riding high today because of good prices for a single commodity, such as Botswana, which is doing well from diamonds, should stimulate new, competitive industries, such as tourism.

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Many good companies are selling for single-digit multiples of expected 2009 earnings, among them Boeing and Pfizer.

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