In any given office, employees can range from age 22 to 70 and beyond, and finding common ground in communication style can be a challenge.

在任何特定的办公室里，员工的年龄可从22岁跨越至70岁以上，因此对他们来说，找到共同的沟通风格是个挑战。

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Given an accurate map of the rock under the ground, geologists can recognise places where oil may be trapped.

鉴于一个在地下岩石准确的地图，地质学家可以识别在对石油可能被困的地方。

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Another explanation might be that productivity growth has ground to a halt, which is neither surprising, given its rather feeble performance to date, nor bad.

另一方面或许就是生产率的增长陷于了暂时的停顿，再考虑到它对于经济数据微弱的贡献，这一点就不奇怪了。

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This time President Nicolas Sarkozy has held firm on the retirement age, and given ground only at the margin.

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In previous crises over decommissioning it has always been the Ulster Unionists, led by David Trimble, who have ultimately given ground.

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The Republicans have also given ground elsewhere in the foreign operations budget.

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