Haven't farsighted economists been telling us that in the future we will work less, not more?

有远见的经济学家们不是一直在告诉我们，将来我们会工作得更少而不是更多吗？

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Fewer cars will mean less noise and pollution in the town.

汽车的减少将意味着城镇的噪音和污染的减少。

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The thicker the material, the less susceptible the garment will be to wet conditions.

布料越厚，衣服通常就越不容易浸湿。

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Supporters of college education point out that students who attend vocational schools will make less money on average.

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So what we're going to see is less shielding, which means that it will actually feel a higher z effective.

那么我们将会看到更少的屏蔽，这意味着将会感受到更大的有效核电量。

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We asked students as we will this year to describe themselves based on gut instinct early on, do you consider yourselves among those less comfortable with computers or just the mere idea of being in this class?

我们给学生提过这样一个要求，以后也还会再提这个要求,那就是凭直觉描述一下自己，你们是否认为自己不擅长电脑,还是只是单纯地想来上这门课？

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Salaries will go up, there will be less flexibility, and the banks will be less competitive.

BBC: Osborne stands alone as EU backs bonus cap

The person from whom the unemployment funds are taken will find work less rewarding and will work less.

WSJ: Arthur B. Laffer: Unemployment Benefits Aren't Stimulus

By 2006, the government promises that in no school will less than 25% of pupils gain five good GCSEs.

BBC: Tony Blair, St Olave's