让他们没有想到的是在这些物体出现之前，屏幕显现出了平静，生气或者是害怕的面孔。

What they didn't realize was that immediately before each object appeared, the screen flashed either a neutral face, an angry face, or a fearful face.

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但那些怀疑论者们又一次开始辩解了：离婚率升高及随意约会增加在第一个在线做媒网站出现前就显现了。

But again some scepticism is warranted. Rising divorce rates and a growth in casual dating were apparent well before the first online matchmaking sites came into being.

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实际上，在当前这场危机出现之前，国家的这种新型的重要性就已经显现了。

In fact, the new importance of the state had become obvious well before the onset of the current crisis.

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