"When you put that all together it suggest that we are going to need something like 50 percent more, perhaps 100 percent more, food from our existing land and that is a very significant challenge and we believe we need to be thinking seriously about that right away,"

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And the top answer that was 82% was the Internet, something like 60% said they thought the availablity of guns was a significant factor in the Columbine's shooting.

高达82%的人认为是因为网络，约有60%的人认为,枪支的使用是一个重要因素,造成了这起枪杀案。

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Nevertheless, to secure the distinction in actual practice, to say, "Okay. This is the meaning and now this is how I'm going to make it significant" -well, it seems unlikely indeed that this is something anyone could ever accomplish.

然而，若在实际操作中,你试着去体现这个区别，你会说，好的，这是意思,现在我来将它变成意义“,可是，实际上似乎谁都,无法完成这个任务。

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You would think that any rational woman in the nineteenth century would reflect on the fact that there's a significant probability that her husband will die of something while you still have children.

你可能会觉得当时任何一名理性的妇女,都会意识到他们丈夫很可能会在,孩子长大之成人前去世

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