Business has been thriving in the past year. Long may it continue to do so.

在过去的一年里生意蒸蒸日上。但愿这种情况能持续下去。

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No wonder that people who stroll around exhibitions are filled with nostalgia; the evidence in museums indicates that life was so much better in the past.

难怪逛展览的人都充满了怀旧之情；博物馆里的这些证据表明过去的生活要好得多。

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It's no accident that so many Chinese films are set in the imperial past.

如此多的中国电影以古代帝国为背景并非偶然。

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And,U2's manager says the band has worked hard to make sure tickets are lower in cost than in the past so that fans can afford to attend the shows.

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So this is a very popular theory, believed by many famous economists today, and in the past.

所以这是一个很受欢迎的理论,从古至今都有很多经济学家相信它。

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So, in her first minute of San Narciso, a revelation also trembled just past the threshold of her understanding.

所以当她第一次，见到San，Narciso时，她获得了超过理解力范围的，震撼的启示。

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"The council has never done a minute's silence for any national politician in the past so if we did it, it would set a precedent, " she said.

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"It's easy to jump to the conclusion that it's exceptional because it's the first time we've recorded it, but we do need a baseline of how things have been in the past so we do need to be cautious, " said the University of Kansas researcher.

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India and China have seen high growth rates in the recent past so it makes sense why each of them has sent over 650, 000 immigrants in the last decade.

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