The irony, however, is that the Russians are offering us an amount close to the sum we lost when Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling's actions prompted the shameful run on Kaupthing early last week.

然而，更讽刺的是，俄罗斯提供给我们的这笔钱，在总额上刚好接近上周早些时候布朗和达林对考普兴银行进行的可耻行动让我们受到的损失。

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When we reach the goal for guinea-worm disease – and we are very close – this will be the first disease eradicated by behavioural change alone, without support from a vaccine or drug.

我们现在已非常接近实现关于几内亚蠕虫病的目标，该目标一旦实现，这将是无需疫苗或药物，只通过改变行为予以根除的第一个疾病。

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New ideas are generated and our productivity increases when we locate close to one another in cities and regions.

当我们在城市和地区相互集聚时，随之而来的是新观念的产生和生产力的增长。

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Not now. Not when we are so close.

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When we are so close to a situation, it can be very hard to be objective.

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This is a giant tragedy, not just because heroic workers who only want to help kids and end disease are being killed but because we may fail to completely eradicate a scourge when we are so very, very close.

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And it turns out that when the Earth is close to and zipping by the sun, when we are moving fastest in our annual orbit, that's the time of year we in the Northern Hemisphere call fall and winter.

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