Given the amount of time we spend in classrooms, and the number of shoes that pass through them every day, you may well understand me if I were to propose a no-shoes-in-the-classroom rule.

考虑到我们待在教室里的时间，以及每天在教室里走动的鞋子的数量，如果我要提出一条“教室内不穿鞋”的规则，你可能会非常理解我。

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"We estimate in WHO that over thirty million lives can be saved in the next ten years by simple measures -- reducing the level of salt by fifteen to twenty percent, reducing the amount of tobacco, and increasing the number of people who are at risk of a heart attack and stroke to be on simple preventive treatment."

VOA: special.2011.05.11

Suppose someone has a contract that promises to pay an amount each period over a number of years.

假设某人有一份合约,承诺在数年内的不同时段内分开支付

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

That means that the price of each share should decline by the amount they paid out divided by the number of shares.

这就意味着每股价格会降低,降低值为,总开支除以总股数

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

However, so far this month the amount and number of announced buybacks has been slowing.

FORBES: Nothing Has Changed, But Bulls Are Becoming More Bullish

S-corps that have a material amount and number of non-owner professionals would be exempt from self-employment tax.

FORBES: Tax Extenders Bill Dies Many Times Before Its Death

This might not seem like much of an improvement, but 19 calories lost per meal over a number of years can amount to a number of pounds lost.

FORBES: Why Soda Ban Will Work In Fight Against Obesity; Food Regulations Have Proven Record