Wingsuits, which have flaps between the limbs, look ridiculous but allow cliff-jumpers to float in the air for minutes at a time, changing direction at will.

在肢体间有副冀的飞行服，虽然看起来怪诞但它可以让跳崖者在空中飘浮几分钟，还可以随心所欲改变飞行的方向。

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BY THE time you read this, I will be at a cliff-side cottage in south Devon, with no internet access, mobile phone reception, television or radio.

当你读到此处，我将在南德文岛悬崖边的村舍里，没有互联网、没有移动信号、也没有电视或收音机。

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But not this time. Even as the economy did a cliff dive in the last quarter, productivity rose an impressive 3.1 per cent.

但这次不是，即使经济在上个季度跳水的时候，生产效率还是增长了3.1%。

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The guarded approach to hiring that has been evident over the last few years was sustained in part by concerns over the fiscal cliff during the time of the survey.

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The first is the fiscal cliff, which is extremely time-sensitive and has to do with December 31st deadlines that trigger, if Congress doesn't act, substantial tax increases for everyone, including the middle class, and that trigger across-the-board spending cuts, the combination of which would, by many estimates, not be very good for the economy.

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The smart money is on the U.S. falling over the fiscal cliff for a short period of time before everything gets ironed out at some point early next year.

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