A competitor of Mars,Hershey's, supported the gene mapping of the Criollo, a far less common cacao tree.

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But I also have a weakness for the less common mental disorders that I think tell us something really interesting about mental life.

但我对那些不太常见的心理障碍,也并不是非常了解,不过我倒认为这些不常见的心理障碍,却向我们展示了心理活动有意思的一面

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Another situation is perhaps less positive, maybe more common.

另一种情况可能没这么正面了，但是更为常见。

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This is less of a problem in modern life then it used to be, but because things are supplemented and fortified-- overly so in some cases-- but still the deficiencies are less common then they used to be.

相比过去,这在现代社会中已不太多见,因为如今很多食物有人工添加的微量元素,有些甚至是过度添加了,但相比过去,缺乏微量元素已不那么常见了

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The second thing I want to say is less about paper writing, and more about the trajectory of this course and what we're seeing in common between these novels.

第二件我想说的事情是，不是关于写论文的，而是关于这门课的轨迹的,我们会在这些小说里看到一些共同点。

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But more or less, who really have common belief about certain political issues. So there is that.

但是，他们可能大致上有相同的,政治见地，是有这样的。

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