"This is much like 'The Hare and the Tortoise', the faster, but not the winner," thought Lizzy, who, though proud, had enough feeling to take a lesson: The quick, proud may have the start, but the quiet, steady may do more in the end.

“这就像是《龟兔赛跑》，跑得更快的不是赢家。”丽兹心里这样想着，她虽然觉得很骄傲，但也感到自己收获了教训：跑得快、骄傲的人也许赢得起点，但安静、稳重的人最终会做得更多。

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Like the global crises we are experiencing, this reality flies in the face of steady progress and promising trends experienced since the start of this century.

正如我们所面临的各项全球危机一样，这一状况是与本世纪开始以来取得稳定进展的可喜趋势背道而驰的。

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We’ll start to see in 2010, 2011, growth rates that are lower than we’ve been used to over the last several years but nevertheless fairly steady.

我们将看到，2010年和2011年的增长率仍会低于前几年的持续高水平，但会相当稳定。

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New Zealand made a steady start in reply as Craig Cumming and Jamie How took the score to 30 before Maharoof made the breakthrough by bowling Cumming for 13.

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Looking at previous Opens here on TV, having watched film of Seve here in 1984, the key seems to be to get off to a steady start, score in the middle and keep it together on the way in.

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That may start a slow and steady movement in the right direction, but I am not overly optimistic.

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