The measure, believed to be dead a few months ago, now looks likely to pass by the end of the month.

几个月前本来都认为规章制度有可能胎死腹中了，如今看起来很有可能在本月底通过。

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Chan tells the girls and boys in a firm tone: birds can pass on avian influenza to people; so it's important to stay away from sick and dead birds, especially chickens.

成龙以坚定的语调告诉这些女孩和男孩：禽类可将禽流感传播给人，因此极其重要的是远离病禽和死禽，尤其是鸡。

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Animals such as cats, dogs and possibly other mammals can also become infected by eating infected dead birds; however, it is not yet known whether mammals can pass the virus back to live birds.

猫狗等动物可以应食用病死鸟类而感染该病，但哺乳动物是否会将该病毒传染给鸟类则不明确。

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She would quickly do the work required for a new dead reckoning direction and pass the information to her husband.

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So, I said, okay, I didn't want to assume so we clicked senior and frankly it was then a dead end because apparently to get some senior discount you need to have some special pass or something like this that we didn't have and yet that certainly wasn't obvious here so now we together and this person in particular had to figure out how you go back and then restart this process.

我说，好的，我不希望揣测，所以我点击了老人票,然后问题就来了，因为似乎,需要特殊的号码之类的东西来购买老年票,但是我们没有,明显我们不应该走这步,现在我们一起必须找出,怎样返回，然后重新开始这个步骤。

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