Wall Street typically pays out roughly half of its revenue in compensation, and firms often wait until late summer to cull staff when they have a better sense of revenue for the year.

华尔街一般要在赔偿金上支付大约一半的收益，公司经常等到夏季之后开始裁员，就是当他们对整个年收益有个更好的认识的时候。

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Last year the Nenets arrived at a regular summer camping spot and discovered that half of their lake had disappeared.

去年，涅涅茨人去到一个定期的夏季露营点后，发现他们的湖泊有一半已经消失了。

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Oil prices have more than doubled from the low point they hit in the spring, but are still around half the all-time high of nearly $150 a barrel they reached in early summer last year.

比起今春的价格低谷，油价如今已涨了一倍多，但这仍只是去年初夏创纪录的每桶近150美元价格的一半左右。

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The first half of 2003, ahead of the hot summer, brought no relief, with year-on-year sales off 7% and operating profit and net income down 10% and 34% respectively.

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Most of this rise is likely to take place in the second half of the year, as contracts signed at higher prices after November 2010 start coming due this spring and summer.

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