Three people died in a multiple pile-up in freezing fog.

有三人死于冻雾引起的连环车祸中。

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But the scale of collapse was broadened and deepened by the freezing up of the machinery of global finance, a dramatic collapse in confidence and stock-slashing.

但在在冰冻的全球金融机器影响下，崩溃的规模被拓宽和加深，造成了信心的戏剧化崩溃，以及股票的暴跌。

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Whales, seals and penguins cope with the consequent danger of freezing up by burning vast amounts of food to keep their bodies warm and by insulating themselves with thick layers of fat.

鲸鱼，海豹和企鹅要应付随之而来的冻僵危险，可通过消耗大量的食物保持体温及自身一层厚厚的脂肪保暖。

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But, he explained, "we need to balance that against the objective" -- which is to get investors to buy the things that are killing banks' balance sheets--and freezing up business loans and the economy.

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Managing director Mark Price said the John Lewis-owned firm would set up its own freezing plant to prevent cross-contamination.

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While there are still risks of a double-dip recession and a freezing up of the credit markets, UBS notes that companies have more cash on hand now than they did when the credit markets were shut in 2008 and early 2009.

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