This type of pressure lights a fire under even themost laid-back personalities.

这种压力会点亮即便是最懒惰的性格下的心中之火。

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Rubbish collection would be reduced. (This is all worryingly close to the New York of the 1970s, when rubbish went uncollected, fire stations closed and police officers were laid off.)

垃圾处理站将被消减(这简直和70年代的纽约并无二异了，那时候垃圾无法及时处理、消防局关门，警察下岗的窘境令人担心。)

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That's largely because of a system called "flexicurity" that gives employers the freedom to hire and fire, while the state supports laid-off workers with generous benefits and retraining.

这主要是因为一种名为“灵活保障”的制度，它使得雇主拥有解雇和招聘（员工）的自由，同时国家给予岗职工优厚的福利待遇和再就业培训。

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Olmert also said Israel is committed to the cease-fire as laid out in United Nations' Resolution 1701.

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She said she was worried about all of the employees that had been laid off as a result of the fire.

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Mr Adair used underground water to soak the area for miles around and then laid explosives, with which he blew out the fire.

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