There was discussion about the fire and its likely cause.

对那场火灾及其可能的起因进行了讨论。

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New York was the place where the "new" America was coming into being, so it is hardly surprising that the modern newspaper had its birth there.

纽约是“新”美国开始形成的地方，所以现代报纸在那里诞生也就不足为奇了。

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The beetle lay there working its helpless legs, unable to turn over.

那只甲虫躺在那里，用它的腿无奈地挣扎着，翻不了身。

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"It's sort of like a world on its own. There's no other sport where you're really going up and down.

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Very similar, parallel stories, and yet there are significant contrasts between the Mesopotamian story and its Israelite adaptation.

比较苏美尔版与犹太人版的故事,非常相似，但是同时有很大的对比。

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Fourth, there's generally some arrangement, either for the publication of the treaty, or its deposition, its safe-keeping in some sort of shrine.

第四是一些笼统的安排，对条约的公布，或者废除，然后放在圣坛里，安全保管。

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"I want to put (the Health Service) on a solid long term financial footing so people know its there when they need it, " he said.

BBC: Brown's daughter was 'inspiration'

Mr. PICKER: When I need that money, I'd like to know that whatever I need I can take out of that account and its there without having to diminish it by having to pay taxes on it.

NPR: New Option in Retirement Savings: Roth 401Ks

The firm generates about one-third of its income there, with its 85% share of the American market for machines that make posh Italian ice-cream and 30% for machines that make soft ice-cream.

ECONOMIST: Italian champions (2)