The end result, of course, is that these overpriced properties just sat there, piling up like unwanted inventory.

最终的结果当然是，这些要价过高的房屋只能放在那儿卖不出去，像没人要的库存品。

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At the ridiculous high end of the scale, however, is getting your cycling calories by piling up your plate with asparagus that has been flown by air from the other side of the world.

然而，如果将范围再扩大，那么骑车消耗的能量产生的二氧化碳就会在世界的其他角落以某种方式向大气排放，比如空运来的芦笋。

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Some of them want to go to McDonald's, but after a heated discussion the five of us end up piling into a booth at a nicer chain restaurant near a Holiday Inn.

有人想去麦当劳，不过经过一番热烈讨论，我们5个最后进了一家不错的连锁饭店房间，在一家度假旅馆附近。

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