A major chemical spill occurred five years ago at Baker's Beach, the world's sole nesting ground for Merrick sea turtles, and prevented nearly all the eggs laid that year from hatching.

五年前，在世界上唯一的梅里克海龟的筑巢地——贝克海滩，发生了一起重大的化学物质泄漏事件，导致当年几乎所有的海龟卵无法孵化。

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A couple of years ago film-maker David Bond realized that his children, then aged five and three, were attached to screens to the point where he was able to say "chocolate" into his three-year-old son's ear without getting a response.

几年前，电影制作人大卫·邦德意识到他的两个孩子（当时分别是5岁和3岁）都离不开屏幕，以至于他对着3岁的儿子的耳朵说“巧克力”都没有回应。

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I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five years ago was not a tall man. But to a five-year-old, he was a giant.

现在，我知道三十五年多前那个炎热的夏夜和我坐在旧木楼梯上的那个男人个子并不高，但是对于一个五岁的孩子来说，他就是个巨人。

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That was down from last year, but still about twenty-five percent more than ten years ago.

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The new nation stagnated until Meciar's government was tossed out in elections five year ago.

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Little more than a year ago, five-year Japanese corporate bonds rated BB (ie, junk) by Moody's yielded 360bps more than government bonds, a level they had reached after investors had been reminded of borrowers' fragility by the bankruptcy of Mycal, a big retailer.

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Its games are now available in 17 languages compared to five languages a year ago.

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