But by the end of 2009, Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman's compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked?

但是到2009年末，西门斯女士却因任职于高盛公司薪酬委员会而广受批评：她怎么可能对那些巨额奖金支出视若无睹、放任它们通过呢？

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He said fire seasons were projected to start earlier, end later and be more intense.

他还称火灾季也将开始得更早，延续得更长，火势也会更猛。

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They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire.

他们还十分肯定火灾也不是由烟头引起的。

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Its long history almost came to an end two years ago when a major fire burned its South Hall building.

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If things weren't working out by the end of the summer he'd fire me and I go back to Stanford for business school, that didn't sound too terrible.

如果不行的话，他就炒了我呗,我还可以会斯坦福继续读商科，这听起来又不会太差。

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we went to a fire in the West End

我们去救发生在伦敦西区的一场火灾，

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This is particularly true of the purification-by-fire marking the end of the old year.

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He says he and his colleagues around the country are about ready for this fire season to end.

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Dividing your attention and packing your schedule full to the point of exhaustion is a sure-fire way to end up with a bunch of mediocre performances.

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