The rates,he says,were about twice as high for seven- and eight-year-olds compared to earlier studies.

VOA: special.2010.08.18

So using stroke as the outcome here, what you see is that people with the metabolic syndrome, the red bar, compared to the people without it, the yellow bar, have about twice the amount of risk.

首先是中风,我们可以看到,红柱子表示的患有代谢综合征的人,比黄柱子表示的没患有代谢综合征的人,中风的风险高两倍

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And I was there. I've been there twice, most recently about four years ago.

我去过法国，去过两次，最近的一次是四年前。

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The Commerce Department says retail sales rose 0.6 percent in June, about twice what economists had expected.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

Water in the South Korean portion of the Imjin River surged Sunday more than four and a half meters, about twice its usual level.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

And the other part about it is if feathers were twice as heavy, or half as strong, then birds couldn't fly."

VOA: special.2010.06.01

"I don't have to be concerned about the young dealers and gang-bangers coming in my house, because I believe now that they think twice."

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

"It is not a magic bullet, but it will at least force the Iranians to think twice about continuing to flout the will of the international community.,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

And as governments invest heavily in economic stimulus plans, their deficits are expected to soar to about 7.5 percent of gross domestic product - more than twice the limit allowed under EU rules.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04