No summer wardrobe should be without one, but the perfect cotton dress is notoriously hard to find.

纯棉连衣裙在夏季衣橱中不可或缺，不过要找到合心意的棉质连衣裙却极其困难。

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Countries dependent on commodities exports have been hit especially hard, with prices for commodities as diverse as coffee, cotton, rice, soybeans, and precious metals at or near historic lows.

由于咖啡、棉花、大米、大豆、贵金属等各种商品的价格都跌至或接近历史最低水平，使得依赖于初级产品出口的国家受到尤为严重的打击。

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If I concentrate really hard, the cloud kinda looks like a rabbit. Actually, now I'm seeing that rabbit, as the wind slowly morphs the cotton candy-like texture, it looks more and more like a rabbit.

我正从我的办公室窗户向外看去，看见一朵加利福尼亚特征性的孤零零的云，如果我注意力非常集中，这朵云有点象野兔，事实上，现在我正在看着那只野兔，当风慢慢地使棉花糖的质地变性后，云看起来越来越象一只野兔，象一只蹲着的野兔，在吃一束青草，那束青草正在那带绒毛的鼻子下边。

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After a while, we reached a group of eight workers in cotton shoes, hard hats, and military-surplus uniforms.

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In Arkansas, which Mr. Romney carried by 23.7%, Mark Pryor would be hard-pressed if freshman Rep. Tom Cotton, an Iraq and Afghan war vet, runs.

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The collapse in cotton prices has hit their farmers particularly hard.

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