The Obama White House got some good news last week as the nation's unemployment rate continues to slowly drop, now down to 8.8 percent, a two year low.

白宫最近有一些好消息，美国失业率持续缓慢下降，3月底4月初降至百分之8.8，为两年来最低。

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Your body temperature will slowly drop after you get out of the tub, making you feel tired.

当你离开浴盆体温会逐渐下降，令你感到疲倦。

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Will slowly drop into the brine, two nostrils undertakes alternately, daily repeat twice, in a day or two, sometimes can from cold.

将盐水慢慢地滴入鼻中，两个鼻孔交替进行，每天重复两次，一两天内有时就可以远离感冒困扰。

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Inspired by his trip, Palacio decided to drop the electronic sound that was slowly dominating mainstream Central-American music and devote his sound to the traditional Garifuna music of acoustic guitars accompanied by intelligent, traditional lyrics.

NPR: Andy Palacio's Garifuna Music Lives On

Even big exchange-rate shifts can be absorbed if they occur slowly. (The 8% drop in the dollar since early 2002, for instance, has not caused any problems.) But if they happen quickly, financial markets are roiled, and at worst financial institutions are unable to cope with the strain.

ECONOMIST: Why America's deficit is hard to turn around

It's a two-character mystery spread out over 85 minutes of real time in which both characters slowly drop their pretenses and reveal their common hurt.

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