The book he's trying to read goes back to long before even the first word was written, and it is a story of migration.

他尝试阅读的这本书可以追溯到很久以前，甚至在第一个字被写出来之前，这是一个关于移民的故事。

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Not many modern women, however frustrated with their lot, would choose to go back to long skirts, tight corsets and a general assumption that they are stupid.

现代女性不管对于周围有多不满，她们中没有几个会愿意回到一个必须穿长裙，紧身衣以及一般舆论认为女性愚蠢的时代。

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He went back to his loyal, long-suffering wife.

他回到了对他忠贞不渝、长期受苦的妻子身边。

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No one knew if they could get the spacecraft back to Earth, or if they could survive long enough to return.

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Well, you know, it goes back to the beginning of the formation of the personal computer industry, which--that sounds like a long time ago.

嗯，你知道，这要追溯到,个人电脑产业的形成初期，听起来相当久远了。

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Yeah it goes back to a long time in my life, but most immediately to my own graduate career, which I went to several different schools.

这说来话长了，就近而言，这跟我所任职的研究生院有关，我在不同的大学任职。

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All this brings me back to long-form journalism.

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The intent of this methodology is to adjust your stock holdings back to your long-term allocation targets, not to increase or decrease them beyond those targets.

FORBES: Is Now The Time To Lock In Profits?

And what a boom it would be to get back to the long-term trend!

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