Larger prospects for growth are being proclaimed by government officials after this year's defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels, which brought an end to a quarter century of civil war.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

They shared fun with firecrackers, which was a disastrous thing which nearly brought the experiment to an end.

让他们一起玩烟花，结果变成一场大灾难,差点害得连实验都做不下去了。

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