Sunday, thousands of people visited the once-silent outskirts of Beichuan, creating an almost festive atmosphere.

周日，数千人光临了曾经沉寂的北川城郊，几乎让这里有了节日的气氛。

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Life gets better after age 50. A new phone survey of hundreds of thousands of Americans confirms that people tend to be happier, less anxious, and less worried once they pass the half-century mark.

成千上万的美国人电话调查证实一旦度过了半百的标志后，少着急少担心在50岁以后生活变得更好更快乐。

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Of the 17, 666 people who once lived here, at least 322 have been confirmed dead and thousands more have disappeared — still buried in the ruins or sucked out to sea.

17666名曾经在这里生活的居民，至少有322人已经确认死亡，并且有数以千计的人失踪，他们仍然被埋在废墟下或者被大海吞噬。

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In truth, nothing is ever worth that wait, which is why Disney parks have Fast Passes for favorite attractions that schedule batches of guests to come back at spaced out intervals to relieve the crush of thousands of people at once.

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The government was merely "fiddling round the edges while avoiding the biggest issue" - tackling the "thousands" of people who "overstay once here and get lost in the system".

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The system works well at what it does, which is to create a simultaneous match of thousands of people at once that is less subject to gaming than the old method.

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