他们对这种威胁作出的反应要比那些读伊索寓言更强烈，因为它没有改变他们的世界观。

They reacted to this threat by affirming their cultural identities more strongly than those who had read Aesop's fable, which didn't challenge their world-view.

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日益加剧的威胁已经迫使现有的银行作出改变：比如说，他们对于如何收取透支费用及其他服务费用的政策更为透明。

The growing threat of competition is already forcing a change in existing banks’ behaviour: they have become more transparent about how they charge for overdrafts and other services, for example.

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林肯获胜的结果就是一些南方各州兑现了他们在大选前他作出的威胁，他们开始一个个脱离合众国。

But, Lincoln won the election. And, as a result, southern states carried out their earlier threat.

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