Bankers' fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but a public sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.

银行家们丰厚的薪酬招致了很多批评，但对美国来说，不奖励高成就者的公共部门体系可能是一个更大的问题。

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If people do not know how much they are eating, it can be really hard for them to stick to a diet.

如果人们不知道自己吃了多少，他们就很难坚持节食。

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If you want something to be done, then their staff do not have so much incentive to help you because he is a worker for the government.

如果你想做点什么，他们的员工没有那么多动力来帮助你，因为他是政府的员工。

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"The Department of Justice will insure the American people do not foot the bill for this disaster and that our laws will be enforced as much as possible."

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Why? This is not a Greek tradition, but it's very much a tradition in the East for kings to be considered by their people to be gods.

为什么呢？这并不是希腊传统，但在东方，统治者被人民尊为神明,却是一个重要传统。

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What I'm going to do is focus on a couple basic things that turn out to be really important for general applications, and then I'll talk not in too much detail about a few applications of DNA that you're probably familiar with to try to give you a framework to hang this on.

我要重点讲一些基础知识,这些知识在一般应用中十分重要,然后我会简略的讲讲,关于DNA的一些应用,你们可能已经比较熟悉了,我只是试着给你们打一个框架

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But if Mr Holbrooke's worst fears are realised, and fierce fighting starts around Kijevo, there may not be much for the observers to do except watch the flames.

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But it would not be much use for men unless they were willing to put their bodies through some unwelcome changes.

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This implies that there may not be much room for growth at this point as the margins have already improved a great deal.

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