It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.

希望他只是在招揽生意。

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It is nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her, as he ought.

在地铁或公共汽车上，一个身强力壮的男学生在冲向最后一个座位时，用胳膊肘把老妇人推到一边，这算不了什么，更不用说他本应站起来给她让座了。

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One said to the other, "Look at that farmer. I feel very sorry for him. He works so hard in the field, but now it is drying up. I wish I might help him."

一个对另一个说：“看那个农夫。我非常同情他。他在田地里辛辛苦苦地劳作，但如今田地都快干了。我希望我能帮助到他。”

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But he also says it is up to Iranians to decide who their leaders will be.

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So he said, I guess maybe it is my idea I was the first person to write it up.

我斗胆以为这也许是我的想法,有可能真是我第一个将其记录

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that he is not going to pick up his phone, that just the day looks very dreary and rainy even when it's sunny outside.

他都不想接电话，即便外面艳阳高照，每一天对他来说都是沉闷的阴雨天。

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He says it is up to donors to support it.

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"He arranged it all for us, and now it is up to us whether we will carry it out or not, " he said.

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He has applied the brake, he has swung the wheel to the side, he has offered up a silent prayer, but it is too soon to see whether he has done these things in time.

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