So I'm sorry to have sort of the long gloom and doom, but it seems that it's only fair to let you know what you're getting into.

所以我抱歉说了这么的冗长的规矩，但是这合理让知道你们将要面对什么。

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"It seems so long ago now, " he said.

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It all seems so long ago.

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And so because the world has waited so long to act, it now seems that the disaster-avoiding carbon tax path may itself be too economically damaging.

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