Since 1978, the amount of money available to buy books has fallen by 17%.

自1978年以来，可供买书的钱已减少了17%。

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Some individuals would therefore not have been caught, since no baited hooks would have been available to trap them, leading to an underestimate of fish stocks in the past.

因为没有可利用的带诱饵的钩子来捕捉它们，个别的鱼没有被捕获，这导致过去人们低估了鱼类的数量。

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But since water is much cheaper than wine, and many of the fancier brands aren't available in stores, most diners don't notice or care.

但由于水比酒便宜得多，而且许多高档品牌的酒在商店里都买不到，大多数用餐者都不会注意或在意。

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The amount of food available is striking, I mean in the period of time I was--since I was a child there are a lot of changes that have occurred, and I mentioned some of this in the last class-- but when I was a child you didn't have rows and rows of food at a drugstore.

现有粮食的数量是惊人的,当我还是小孩的时候,身边就发生了很多变化,我上节课曾提到过一些,在我小的时候,药店里还没有满货架的食品

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