A recent study found that the number of Americans with high-speed Internet at home today actually fell during the last two years, and 15% of people now consider themselves to be "cord-cutters".

最近一项研究发现，过去两年中，装有家用高速网络的美国人数量实际上有所下降，有15%的人认为自己是“掐线者”。

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Coming from a country where there is not much awareness and resources for dealing with post-spinal cord injured victims, my return home was indeed an enormous challenge.

国内对后脊髓损伤受害者的治疗问题认识不足，且资源有限，回家对我而言同样是一种巨大的挑战。

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When he gets home, he said, "I take my briefcase out, I put the extension cord in and I feel very patriotic."

当他到家时，他会说“我把公文包拿出来，把延长线放进去。我觉得很自豪。”

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Daniel Grant, who was two-and-a-half years old, became entangled in a blind cord at his family home.

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Of course, similar to the situation that sees Showtime favorites like Dexter available on Netflix in Latin America but not here in the States, it doesn't make it any more likely HBO will suddenly become cord-cutter friendly at home -- this is an international deal only.

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Perhaps some home organizing stuff like big plastics boxes or cedar hangers or maybe some office supply stuff like cord bundlers or reusable envelopers.

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