The year is drawing so fast to its close.

岁忽忽而遒尽。

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Waiting for a tour of the mine, there's a sudden commotion. A wall of fire is very close and moving fast. Everyone runs.

正要去金矿时，发生了一起突然的骚动。旁边起了大火并迅速漫延，人们纷纷跑了起来。

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A single "door" shutter wouldn't be able to open and close this fast.

单一的“门窗”是无法再这样的高速下完成开启——闭合这一整套动作的。

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The greatest concern had to do with people getting too close to fast-moving, deceptive and unpredictable floodwaters.

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But Busse wants to close the gap--fast.

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With the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. saturating (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple will be looking to tap the fast-growing emerging markets such as China to grow at close to historical rates.

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