As much as if not more so than women, fathers struggle to be taken seriously when they request flexible arrangements.

（父亲们的陪产假）至少应该和女人们的产假时间一样长，父亲们力争让人们正视他们关于灵活安排假期的要求。

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Some commentators have suggested that what Mr Castro says or does these days should not be taken too seriously.

一些评论家认为对卡斯特罗先生这些日子说什么做什么都不必太计较。

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This may be appreciated by some of the male students (and professors too, sadly), but this is not the way to be taken seriously in the classroom.

一些男同学可能会喜欢这样（很遗憾的是有些教授也喜欢），但这绝不表示你需要穿这种衣服去上课。

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The precision of that,of course, is not to be taken seriously, but it gives you a general idea of when we are talking about.

当然,这个时间的精确度,并没有经过严格考证,但是它使我们对这件事的时间有个大体的概念

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But this anthem-jeering is nothing new and should not be taken so seriously.

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