Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding why a foetal blood vessel can fail to close shortly after birth, causing serious health problems.

科学家在理解为什么胎儿在出生后不久血管不能愈合这个问题上取得重大突破，该问题会导致严重的健康问题。

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A country that became best known for famine, when Mr Gill first covered it as a television reporter, Ethiopia remains uncomfortably close to the brink every time the rains fail.

当时吉尔先生还是一个电台的记者，并且首次报道了此事。从此，只要是不下雨，埃塞俄比亚就会在饥荒的边缘地带游荡。

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As one bank after another toppled, or came close to doing so, regulators worried that cashpoint machines would fail to operate and that companies would be unable to meet their payrolls.

随着银行一家接一家地倒闭——或是接近于倒闭，监管者担心自动提款机无法运转，公司也不能正常发放薪水。

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Blabbermouths often fail to close the deal, win the capital, or get the girl.

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Schools in England will no longer be rated as "outstanding" by inspectors if they fail to close the attainment gap between poor and affluent children.

BBC: Schools told to narrow gap between rich and poor

Higher taxes, however advisable or not, fail to come close to solving the problem.

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