But,she warns this progress is fragile. She says the momentum for health development could come to a grinding halt because of problems stemming from the food and financial crises, the changing climate and the H1N1 influenza pandemic.

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And the first year of law school was notorious for being difficult and grinding, you know, it was like that.

法学院的第一年是众所周知的——课程很难，让人难以忍受。

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