It's a little dry and salty, and it's very expensive because it comes from a special type of pig that only eats a special type of food.

它有点干、有点咸，而且非常贵，因为它取自一种特殊品种的猪，并且这种猪只吃一种特殊的食物。

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It is reported that more and more people prefer to buy organic food even though it is more expensive.

据报道，越来越多人喜欢购买有机食品，尽管它们更贵些。

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Tape is expensive and loses sound quality every time it is copied.

磁带很贵，而且每被复制一次，音质就会有所降低。

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Shark fin soup is usually served at weddings and at banquets, and it's very expensive."

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And that's how it actually gets to be so quiet when you have on, supposedly, these quite expensive headphones.

所以你戴上它后会觉得,周围非常安静，可想而知,这种耳机非常贵的。

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And so, Columbia helps us pay our housing so, because it is very expensive to live up here.

而哥伦比亚大学帮助我们付了房租，因为在这儿住实在太贵了。

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If indeed Obamacare degrades health care (and makes it more expensive and an even bigger hassle) it will prove more of a political liability than an asset.

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And we're reminded today the status quo is expensive, it's expensive and it's directly out of the pockets of millions of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet.

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Officials realize that it will never be 100 percent successful, and it is labor-intensive and expensive, but it may very well be among the approaches that U.S. officials will consider as they work out how to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and rehabilitate the 700 or so prisoners.

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