Some liberal groups that support the Obama plan are starting to fight back, fearful that reform critics have effectively slowed down the efforts of the White House and congressional Democrats.

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Sometimes we can't help but slow down because everybody is slowed down in front of us, we have no choice.

有时我们不得不慢下来因为前方,每个人都已减速，我们别无选择。

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We have the pulse being slowed down and almost like a law of physics or something, now comes a reaction- now John Kander makes the music accelerate so let's watch a wonderful example of accelerando here.

这里我们听到节奏慢了下来,但是,与物理类似,反作用出现了,现在约翰·肯德尔加快了音乐的节奏,让我们看到了一个渐速音的好例子

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