The factory closed its doors for the last time in 2002.

这家工厂最后于2002年关闭。

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Xiao Wang is quite skilled and experienced though he's been in the factory for only a short time.

虽说小王来厂的时间不长，可是技术已经很熟练了。

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Working in a busy factory, he doesn't find much time to visit his hometown.

他在一家繁忙的工厂工作，没有太多时间回家乡看看。

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He worked hard. In time,he earned enough money to take control of an iron factory.

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The time was in the early 70s, so factory farming was not well-known, was not as dominated as it is today, but it still existed.

那时是70年代早期，工厂化养殖并不为很多人所知,也不如今天这样占主导地位，但当时已经出现了这种方式。

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But here's a four-year instead of factory blocking my view, it's the miss of time blocking my view.

但这里有四年,不是被工厂挡住视线，而是有一段时间没看到。

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It was the first time factory orders had fallen for four consecutive months since the government began assembling the data in its current form in 1992, the Commerce Department said.

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He does expect the efficiency of its solar panels to be even higher than 12.8% by the time the factory opens in 2013, noting that as efficiencies increase, systemwide costs drop.

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If that sounds a bit arty, it is: Mr Schmitt is a former art student from Germany who used to cadge time on factory lathes and milling machines to make mechanised sculptures.

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