Americans were initially 14 for they had not raised the money to pay for the erection of the base.

美国人最初是14岁，因为他们没有筹集到建造基地的资金。

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It was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research, I was allowed to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre.

能被邀请到非营利性熊猫基地的后台，我感到非常荣幸。在那里，门票收入用来支付研究费用，我可以在600英亩的中心近距离地接触这些可爱的动物。

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If the ratio of broad to base money were constant, such fears would be warranted.

如果广泛货币与基础货币比率是常数的话，这种担心不无道理。

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Endless rounds of QE have increased money base.

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If expansions in base money were correlated with predictably higher GDP growth, and contractions in base money were correlated with predictably lower GDP growth, the slope of the line would be flatter and the fit would still be reasonably good.

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You could even pledge enough money to base jump from the top of the tethered research tower, which will be held aloft by helium balloons.

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