In 2001, the younger Lei found a job in Shanghai and began to read books related to ancient poems at bookstores or libraries in his spare time, since he didn't make much money.

2001年，小雷在上海找到了一份工作，由于收入不高，他开始利用业余时间在书店或图书馆阅读古诗的相关书籍。

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A cold summer in Canada and the United States in 2009 meant that the following winter saw fewer monarchs in Mexico than at any time since records began in 1994.

在2009年，因为加拿大和美国那个寒冷的夏天，冬天来到墨西哥的帝王蝴蝶创下了自1994年有记录以来最低水平。

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Graduate salaries were frozen last year for the first time since records began and will also stagnate this year, a survey of major employers suggests today.

一项针对今日雇主的调查表示，应届大学生的薪水于去年首次停止上涨，且今年仍处在停止状态。

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Mr.Obama says the U.S.auto industry has added 45,000 jobs since General Motors emerged from bankruptcy, and Chrysler has reported a profit for the first time since the economic crisis began.

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Deborah, there was a truce this afternoon and for the first time since the fighting began, trucks began carrying emergency supplies into the camp, but they almost immediately, it sounds like, came under fire.

NPR: Lull in Fighting Allows Refugees to Flee

It seems to me that the 'can of worms' that Bush and Blair have opened will continue to wriggle and writhe, as it has since time began, until long after they have gone, breeding even more deadly 'worms' to contend with.

BBC: NEWS | Have Your Say | Does Iraq violence threaten democracy?

In other Bosnia-related news, bus service was re-established Wednesday between the Serb-held Ilidjza suburb and the rest of Sarajevo for the first time since the war began.

CNN: Bosnian Serb-NATO rift threatens accord