They fear that local students would look down upon and bully their children.

他们担心当地的学生会看不起和欺负他们的孩子。

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Mr. Lin, an accountant at New Link, told a local newspaper: "If I use a calculator when I'm sleepy, I have to double-check my work for fear of making mistakes, so it takes longer."

林先生是 New Link 的一名会计，他对当地一家报纸说：“如果困倦的时候使用计算器，我必须得复核一遍工作，以免出错。所以耗费的时间也就更久。”

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Tristan Cooper of Moody’s, a rating agency, says many sheikhs fear the social consequences of too many local staff being laid off as a result of consolidation.

Moody的评级机构Tristan Cooper说很多酋长担心因合并重组导致地方裁员引发社会问题。

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As a result, Chevron is moving in where local companies fear to tread.

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Firstly on social care - local authorities fear that multi-party talks on reforming the system of social funding have stalled.

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But both national and local officials fear that the resulting job losses would cause instability, so progress has been modest.

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