Once built, it is covered in many layers of varnish, in a colour palette ranging from yellow through all shades of brown to a deep, vibrant red.

一旦完成了小提琴的结构制作，下面的任务就是上色了。一把小提琴往往要涂上数层清漆，颜色从黄色到棕色再到鲜艳的深红。

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What does this all mean? It means that Brown is right to warn against complacency.

这都意味着什么呢？

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Even if all the tax they pay is VAT on expensive meals in London restaurants or stamp duty on flats in Mayfair, it is still additional income for Mr Brown.

即使他们纳的税全是伦敦餐厅大餐的增值税或住在梅菲尔(译者注：伦敦上流住宅区)的公寓所上交的印花税，仍是布朗的额外收入。

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It turns out that what Brown discovered called Brownian motion is useful in studying all sorts of random phenomena, including financial risk.

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But Mr Brown, an arch meddler, is wrong to suggest that the government can or should make it all better.

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