Home prices appear to have hit bottom in some areas of the country, but construction remains weak.

住宅价格似乎在该国的一些地区已经触底，但建设业仍然薄弱。

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the state agency that runs the subway, is still about $875m short; but construction crews are expected to start work on April 23rd.

负责地铁运营的国家机构纽约市大都会运输署（以下简称MTA）目前尚缺少8.75亿资金，而地铁建设人员4月23日就要开工了。

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"The road probably doesn't rank with the pyramids as a construction feat, but it is a major engineering achievement," said his colleague, geologist James Harrell of the University of Toledo.

他的同事、托莱多大学的地质学家詹姆斯·哈雷尔说：“这条路可能不算是一项与金字塔相媲美的建筑壮举，但却是一项重大的工程成就。”

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You could work at the bookstore, for example, but not for a construction company that is building something on campus.

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They have a slightly smaller body to them but violins and violas have the same general construction.

小提琴的外形比中提琴稍微小些,但它们的构造大体相同

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And he is a violist, not a violinist, but the principle here is pretty much the same, so tell us about the construction of the instrument.

他是位中提琴手,不是小提琴手,但提琴的原理都很相近,跟我们讲解下乐器的结构吧

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But construction is still soft and solid recovery in property is a long way away.

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The school had previously hoped to complete the move in the spring but construction problems have continued.

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Four aircraft have been built so far, but construction of the fifth has been accelerated in recent weeks.

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