Some folk kill two birds with one stone: by booking a short holiday abroad they can escape miserable winter weather and the strained atmosphere of a family Christmas with the relatives.

一些人选择一举两得的做法：短期的出国度假。这样一来，不仅避开了冬季的糟糕气候，还摆脱了与家庭亲友共度圣诞的紧张气氛。

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So the sheep waited until he calmed down and then said, "Brother Buff, I am in the same situation. I also ran away from my keeper because they planned to kill me for Christmas Eve dinner."

绵羊等他定下神来，才说：「牛哥，我与你处境相同，我也是从主人那里逃跑出来的，因为他们打算把我宰了，当作圣诞大餐。

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In 1900 Frank Chapman, an ornithologist, suggested a count instead of a kill at Christmas time.

1900年，一位鸟类学家Frank Chapman建议人们在圣诞节时观测鸟类而不去狩猎它们。

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Films will also be shown in HD, with Hollywood blockbusters Kill Bill and Sin City promised for Christmas.

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Optimists in both camps still talked about how they would reach out to the other side when it was all over, like the World War I infantrymen who played soccer on Christmas Day before going back to their trenches to try to kill each other again.

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His hesitation has been understandable: powerful lobbies on one side have insisted that fast-track deals must be Christmas-treed with onerous labour and environmental provisions, while free-market Republicans vowed to kill any fast-track so adorned.

ECONOMIST: The United States looks south