In the poll, 81 percent of respondents said they believed "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track," up from 69 percent a year ago and 35 percent in early 2002.

在民意调查中有81%的被调查者表示，“美国在错误的道路上下滑，情况已经相当严重，”持此观点的人去年为69%，而2002年初仅有35%。

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“I’d gotten to a point, just before the surgery, where I was sure I had cancer, ” she told me. “The fact that my doctor recommended immediate surgery sent me off on this huge emotional ride.”

“还没有手术，我觉得自己已经得了癌症似地，”她说，“医生即刻手术的建议让我的心犹如坐上云霄飞车直落谷底。”

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Phenomenal part of growth on the Mac, has gotten off to an unbelievable start, customers love it.

Mac电脑销售的快速增长是一个令人难以置信的开始，其产品深受顾客欢迎。

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Enter one Osman Bah, 25, Owings Mills, MD, who truly seems to have gotten off on an exceptionally wrong foot at an early age.

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People along the Chesapeake Bay have lost their once-plentiful fish and crabs, mostly because algae has gotten fat on fertilizer running off from farms.

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But sometimes an employee has already moved on, or gotten laid off, before hitting that mark.

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