Last week, however, the science world celebrated a (short-lived) breakthrough.

但不管怎样，科学界在上周还是取得了突破，尽管只是暂时的。

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Iran last negotiated with the West over its nuclear program in October 2009 but there was no breakthrough.

伊朗同西方国家最近的一次核计划谈判是在2009年的12月，但毫无突破。

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A major breakthrough came last September, when India announced that its Chandrayaan-1 craft had detected that chemical reactions producing water are still taking place.

去年9月，印度宣布其月船1号航天器探测到产生水的化学反应，事情终于有了重大突破。

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And that focus has paid off. Demong and Lodwick led a U.S.breakthrough at last year's World Championships in Liberec, the Czech Republic.

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England Under-20 international Arr, 19, made the first-team breakthrough last season but has only started one Premiership game.

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Clothing sales made the biggest breakthrough last year, with apparel and accessories displacing computer hardware and software as the top non-travel category in online retail.

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Nikolai Vasilyev, who led the team from the St Petersburg Mining University for the Vostok breakthrough last week, insisted that "absolutely nothing fell into the lake".

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