Local police officer said beachgoers should not feel threatened by sharks because the fish never attack human beings on their own initiative.

当地警察称，沙滩游客无须担心受到鲨鱼的威胁，因为它们从不会主动攻击人类。

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More recently, they have tried to appropriate Europe's debt problems on behalf of their own agenda, never mind the fact that events in Europe actually point the other way.

最近以来，他们一直试图按照他们自己的计划来诠释欧洲债务问题，却置事实于不顾。事实上，欧洲发生的事情实际上指向另一个方向。

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Tony proposed on their own timetable - on Valentine's Day - and her mother was never the wiser .

托尼按照他们自己的时间表，在情人节这天向她求婚了，而希瑟的妈妈仍然一无所知。

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