自从戴姆勒-奔驰(Daimler-Benz)1998年吞并了克莱斯勒(Chrysler)以来,它已经三次将这一命悬一线的美国轿车制造商拉到恢复的边缘,结果却只能目睹病情一再复发。
Since Daimler-Benz swallowed Chrysler in 1998, it has brought the struggling American carmaker to the verge of recovery three times, only to see the patient repeatedly relapse.
2006年,72岁时他在中国从北部骑到南部,其间只换了三次刹车皮,一根失灵的后刹车线和把手上的皮带。
He crossed China from north to south-in 2006, at 72-with just three brake-block changes, one jammed rear-brake cable and a change of tape on the handlebars.
拟和线是一个三次多项式的形式,但是任何形式的平滑都会告诉你有一个大的上升趋势。
The fitted line in the figure is a 3rd-degree polynomial, but any sort of smoothing would tell you that there is a massive upward trend.
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