On the other hand, we can see time as a circle, or a spiral.

另一方面，我们也可以把时间看作是一个环形，或一个螺旋。

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When you open your eyes, although your eyesight tells you to walk in a straight line, your brain will trust your ears more, thus you walk in a curved line, or a spiral!

当你睁开你的眼睛，尽管你的眼睛告诉你走着笔直的线路，而你的大脑会更相信你的耳朵，因此你行走的路线是弯曲的或者是螺旋状的。

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Most signatures, with long use, develop into ciphers or symbols; some of the young, though, now start off that way, appending their personal signs in the form of a spiral or a heart.

签名签多了，就会逐渐产生花押字或符号，可如今的一些年轻人也开始那么做，签上螺旋状字符或者小桃心。

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The Bank also has to make up its mind about whether the minimum wage will have a one-off effect like a Budget tax increase, say or will set off a spiral.

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And so our credit could be downgraded, interest rates could go drastically up, and it could cause a whole new spiral into a second recession, or worse.

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Indeed, if the world's central bankers let countries like Spain or Italy default, a scary market spiral will occur.

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