这家研究所花大量时间绞尽脑汁思考怎样推进美国的生产力。

The Institute spends a lot of time scratching its head about how to boost American productivity.

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不过，微软的调查者花费了大量的时间来研究大规模的盗版是如何在工厂生产复制品出来然后分发其货品到全球各地去的。

Microsoft's investigators, however, spend much of their time examining how large-scale counterfeiters produce copies at factories and then distribute their wares around the globe.

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事实上，这项关于人们如何使用时间的研究发现英国男性每天在“生产性的”工作上所花的时间比女性要稍长一些。

In fact, the study of how people use their time found that men in Britain spend slightly longer on "productive" work each day than women.

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