By the time 250,000 were on the bridge, engineers noticed something terrible: the roadway was flattening under what turned out to be the heaviest load it had ever been asked to carry.

当25万人在桥上时，工程师们注意到一件可怕的事情：路面被有史以来最沉重的负荷压扁了。

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A more realistic scenario — given signs Beijing remains determined to cool the market — is of on-year prices flattening out and even falling as 2010 progresses.

鉴于北京决心给房地产市场降温的迹象，更现实的推测是2010年房价同比持平，甚至下跌。

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The worry is not that yields are flattening out in farmers’ fields, where agronomic practices or the weather or any number of things may be responsible.

令人担忧的是农田的产量降低不尽与农艺实践、天气或其它更多的情况相关。

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At 171-6 Australia's score did not look competitive on a wicket that appeared to be flattening out.

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