一周之中除周末外他可以一人住这座房子。

He has the house to himself during the week.

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自上世纪90年代中期以来，除德国和日本以外的发达国家一直处于一场房地产热潮之中。

With the exception of Germany and Japan, advanced countries have been in the grip of a housing boom since the mid-1990s.

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据《科技日报》报道，目前中国除县城之外的668个城市中，有2/3的城市处于垃圾山的包围之中。

Of the 668 above-town level cities in China, almost 2/3 are surrounded by mountains of garbage, the Science and Technology Daily reported.

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