虽然身高减少的部分原因是衰老所产生的骨骼收缩以及其他生理现象，但一些研究人员说这绝非巧合。

While this loss of stature is attributed partially to shrinking bones and the other physiological effects of aging, some researchers say this is no coincidence at all.

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人类(智人)大脑的尺寸在过去的这段时间里减小了10%——从1500立方厘米减少到了1359立方厘米，减少的部分有一个网球那么大。

The average size of modern humans - the Homo sapiens - has decreased about 10% during that period - from 1, 500 to 1, 359 cubic centimetres, the size of a tennis ball.

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制定这个计划是为了减少该公司的一部分巨额债务。

The plan is designed to reduce some of the company's mountainous debt.

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Separating our water supply from sewage and learning how to do wastewater treatment was a really important part of reducing infectious diseases.

把净水和污水分开,以及学会污水处理的方法,是减少感染性疾病传播方法中的重要部分

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