Housing sales are picking up in some of the hardest hit markets, though prices are still dropping.

虽然价格仍在下降，但房屋销售量仍在一些受影响最严重的市场上升。

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With a smaller gap between a direct hit anda near miss (in terms of damage dealt), shooting at multiple targets becomesmore efficient than picking just one.

当直接命中和几近打偏只有一个小小的差距时（就伤害而言），打多个目标比专挑一个揍更有效率。

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Taxi drivers said they avoided the worst-hit districts for fear of picking up phantom passengers.

计程车司机说，他们避免把车开到重灾区，因为害怕载到幽灵乘客。

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After all, Warner, which came as close as anybody apart from Disney to mastering the hit-picking art, is currently faltering.

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