This is what an empire looks like when it falls.

一个帝国衰落的时候看起来就是这样。

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From what I remember, water changes back and forth from water in lakes and oceans to vapor, and then back to water again when it falls as rain or snow, as precipitation.

根据我的记忆，水往复地变化，从湖泊和海洋里的水变成水蒸气，然后当它以雨或雪——也就是降水的形式落下时又变成水。

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When it falls on snow it greatly increases the amount of sunlight absorbed.

它落到雪山上会大大增加太阳光的吸收量。

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And when it falls back down that energy is given off.

当它回去的时候,它的能量也消耗殆尽了。

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So, that's a funny property of conventional mortgages -that the mortgage balance declines very slowly at first and then it falls rapidly when it comes to maturity.

这是普通贷款很有意思的特性,即贷款余额在起初减少的非常缓慢,但随着到期日的临近,便会加速递减

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Now this is a rain gauge, and it's sitting on a roof of a building, and when the water falls into this gauge, it sends a signal to the logic unit of the computer, which immediately notifies the memory bank of the computer to seek out its instructions for a rainy day.

这是一个雨量测量器，安装在一个楼房的,屋顶上，当水流入到这个测量器，它就给计算机的逻辑部件发送一个信号，计算机立即通知内存条,为下雨天找出相应的指令。

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When it falls in value the nominal price of commodities zooms up, with the poor being hurt disproportionately.

FORBES: We've Seen This Movie Before

Management typically gets too much credit when a stock has risen to extremes and too much blame when it falls.

FORBES: Apple's Shares Probably Saw Their Bottom

When it falls short, inflation falls, and in the extreme becomes deflation.

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