Now on one level of this passage, Milton's describing this modern condition as the product of the Fall.

这段中从某个程度来说，弥尔顿描述了现代的情况是秋天的产物。

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But since its declaration on June 29th, the truce has led to a dramatic fall in the level of violence.

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The World Bank expects some 53m people to fall below the level of extreme poverty this year (see article).

ECONOMIST: World economy: The jobs crisis | The

What the Bank of England is and should be watching, however, is not the level of house-prices but the level of borrowing: a substantial fall in house-prices now will be far better than an escalation of debt to levels that would result in a prolonged deflationary slump such as that experienced by Japan and other Asian countries.

BBC: NEWS | Business | UK house prices go into reverse