Other advice includes buying flowers planted in a pot instead of a bunch of cut ones. Those who insist on buying chocolates are urged to buy ones with the least packaging.

其它建议还有：用盆栽植物取代花束；非要买巧克力的可以买外包装最简单的那种。

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Like crabs in cold water, property speculators are getting cooked, but the smart ones still have time to escape the slow hot-pot treatment.

就犹如把螃蟹放到凉水里，“炒楼投机商”正在被慢火轻炖着，无非聪慧的玩家还是有时光逃离这个迟缓升温的“螃蟹暖锅”的！

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From somewhere in Belgium the convoy had bumped along pot-holed dirt roads and some paved ones also in bad shape, hour after hour with frequent delays.

NPR: Kate Nolan, WWII Combat Nurse