It would be a pity to retard our development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to work and play well with less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed it does them no harm.

限制那些有足够天赋、即使睡眠少于平均值却能很好地工作和娱乐的人会阻碍我们的发展，这将是一件憾事，如果这确实对他们没有害处的话。

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The average amount of time between floodings wasn't actually 354 days.

洪水间隔的平均时间实际上不是354天。

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The average amount of time spent washing clothes also increased for rural households with no access to professional laundries.

在没有专业洗衣店的农村家庭，洗衣的平均时间也增加了。

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The average amount owed is more than three thousand dollars.

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But what's even worse is I'm going to get even less than the average amount of life.

但更糟糕的是,我活得比平均寿命还要短。

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There are people who are basically screwed by the fact that they get less than the average amount and people who are benefited by getting more than the average amount.

有些人为此而感到痛苦,因为他们活得比平均寿命短,有些人则得到了额外好处,因为他们活得比平均寿命长。

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Retailers typically have a higher than average amount clothing, shoes, backpacks and school supplies in stock.

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That was driven by a 5.5% increase in traffic and 3.8% rise in the average amount each customer spent.

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The study also revealed a picture of the average amount of time people spent with different sorts of media.

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