The areas that are now desert were, like all arid regions, very susceptible to cycles of higher and lower levels of rainfall, resulting in major, sudden changes in distributions of plants and animals.

那片现在是沙漠的地区和所有干旱地区一样，对降雨量相对更大或更小的周期极为敏感，因此那里的动植物分布发生了巨大且迅速的变化。

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Thus, while salary costs in China often are lower, the skill level and the resulting quality and productivity levels are likely to be considerably lower for many vocations as well.

因此，尽管中国的工资成本通常更为低廉，但技术水平以及由此导致的质量和生产率水平可能也要低得多，这在许多其他行业中也如是。

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The resulting lower cost and greater reliability mean that speech-based systems can even save companies money.

更低的成本和更好的可靠性意味着基于语音的系统甚至能够节约公司的开支。

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But would the resulting lower interest rates encourage prospective home buyers who now know that house prices can and do fall?

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In fact, if shorts continue to ramp up their exposure to SPWRA, the resulting selling pressure could smack the shares even lower.

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On the one side are those who argue for the renewal of the package, saying the economy is too weak at this point to withstand the shortfall resulting from higher taxes and lower spending that they project will follow the expiration.

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