These riots should be a wake-up call for the government.

这些暴乱该为政府敲响警钟了。

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We might be wasting an exciting opportunity to wake up our taste buds when we swallow a sandwich at our desks.

当我们在办公桌旁吞下三明治时，我们可能在浪费一个唤醒味蕾的大好机会。

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By the time we wake up to the threat posed by climate change, it could well be too late.

等到我们意识到气候变化带来的威胁时，可能为时已晚。

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He says the financial crisis should be seen as a wake-up call to change systems and ways of thinking, and to re-establish trust.

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There'll be something here that,you'll wake up and you'll say, What am I doing in this new body? What happened to my beard?

这里会发生一点状况，你醒来之后会说，我怎么会在这个身体里？我的胡子呢？

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I mean, it will wake us up in the morning. It will be the color of a beautiful bird.

我是觉得，那样的颜色会让我们在早上惊醒。它会是一只漂亮的鸟的颜色。

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But it might be a wake up call to the MLS itself, which made the adolescent mistake of wanting everything yesterday.

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His typical routine would be to wake up at noon, work from 2pm to 10pm, have dinner then go on a bike ride in the still-clear light, returning at 1am for a little dessert.

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Mr. DAVID KEENE (American Conservative Union): What the Republicans paid the price for was not their vision, but their performance, and from that perspective it should be a wake up call to Republicans around the country that they've got to back to the values that brought them here in the first place.

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