David was absent on Thursday last week and the week before.

大卫上周四和上上周四都缺席了。

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The U.S. Labor Department says the number of new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, reversing a decline in new claims from the week before.

美国劳工部说，新申请失业救济的人数在上星期增多， 逆转了之前申请失业救济人数下降的局面。

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Last week, as millions of viewers in the U.S. tuned in to Discovery Channel's Shark Week, probably nearly 1.5 million sharks were killed in the shark-fin industry — just like the weeks before.

上周，数以百万的美国人观看了探索频道的“鲨鱼周”节目。 和上上周一样，大约150万只鲨鱼由于鱼翅工业的需求而被杀害。

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Before last week's announcement, the total number of so-called exoplanets outside our solar system was just over five hundred.

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But the ACLU's statement, like the congressional vote, occurred before last week's potential catastrophe on a U.S.-bound jet.

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The talks taking place this week in Barcelona will be the last before a major U.N.summit in December where delegates will hash out a new deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol.

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Rose, 27, jointly led last week's Masters after the first round last week before falling back to 36th place.

BBC: Rose out of Carolina tournament

Monday will be the start of the last week before the world finally knows which direction Greece will be heading.

FORBES: Greek Election Fever Hits Wall Street Monday

Mrs Clinton spent much of last week in California, the biggest prize among primary states last week, before crossing the continent over the weekend.

BBC: NEWS | Americas | Where the election battlegrounds are