This essay makes a sidewise approach to the personality self-improvement trend of the main male character by analyzing the progress of his personality transformation.

本文试图通过该文男主角性格转变的过程，从一个侧面说明坡作品中男性人格自我完善的一种趋势。

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If they view a company unfavourably, they may dismiss an improvement in quarterly profits as a blip, rather than a change in trend.

如果他们不看好某公司，很可能忽略它的进步，将其季度性的增长看作昙花一现，而不是一种改变的趋势。

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The second biggest trend in the graph is the improvement in employment between 1995 and 2005. In all countries shown, figures for both men and women improved.

但是经过进一步观察分析，我们又发现2个趋势：一个是2005年妇女的就业率不论在哪个国家都要高于1995年同期的数据；另外一个是妇女的就业率在所有国家不管在哪一年都要明显低于男性的就业率。

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This continued improvement and upward trend is at an all-time high for the video game industry and exceeds every other entertainment format, including sales of music with parental-advisory labels, R-rated movie tickets, and R-rated and unrated DVDs.

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Last week we saw jobless claims come in higher than expected, breaking a recent trend of improvement in the employment picture.

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The improvement means that the downward trend throughout the past few years is continuing.

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