These are all fair points, though judging by the steady stream of bad news about the American economy, things may get a lot worse for Sears, and for Mr Lampert's reputation, before they get better.

前面这些论据都有道理，尽管在事情好转之前，根据不断传来有关美国经济的负面消息判断，sears境况可能会更糟和拉姆伯特的名声也会遭受些损失。

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Most of the VoIP technologies in use don't automatically compress the audio stream, so a preserved phone conversation takes up a fair amount of space on your hard drive, perhaps as much as a megabyte for a two-minute call.

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