Finally, it's worth noting that ideographic scripts like Chinese and Japanese tend to be parsimonious with characters compared to alphabetic scripts like Latin and Cyrillic.

最后，值得一提的是中文和日文这类象形文字，与Latin、Cyrillic这类字母文字相比，用字往往更少。

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But they have not been noticed because the dollar is now compared with other paper currencies-like the euro and yuan-where shifts have been nothing like as extreme.

然而，这一现象并没有引起人们的注意，因为美元现在以其他币种为参照，诸如欧元，人民币等，而这些货币的波动本身也极为剧烈。

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Compared with this sweet and nice song called "baby", I might like songs like "Fruit in Hot Summer" and "all of a Sudden" by Karen Mok.

相对于这首甜美温馨的《宝贝》来说，我可能就比较喜欢莫文蔚的那种《盛夏的果实》和《忽然之间》。

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Matalan, which is based in Skelmersdale, west Lancashire, and has more than 150 stores, said that, for the five weeks to 11 January, like-for-like sales rose 1% compared with 13.1% in the previous year.

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For the January to March quarter, like-for-like food sales were up 2.5% compared with a year ago, while non-food sales rose 1.9%.

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The effect is already showing: Sephora's like-for-like sales are growing by 11% a year, compared with around 3.5% for cosmetics sales in department stores.

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