They put down wooden boards, and laid new carpets on top.

他们安装了木地板，还在上面铺了新地毯。

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Last week, we conducted research into how laid-off workers get their new jobs.

上周，我们调查了下岗工人是如何获得新工作的。

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TEPCO hopes to restore electrical power to the Fukushima site by means of a new cable laid from the outside.

东京电力公司希望通过由外部铺设一条新的电缆来恢复福岛核电站的电力供应。

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How do you get there? You go to go here, here and these could be busy roads, and so parents don't want to do it because of safety reasons, so you see how--when the country used to be laid out in a grid, like say New York City still is today, then people walk to get to places.

那要怎么才能去呢,你得绕道这里,还有那里的繁忙路段,出于安全原因家长们不允许孩子们这么做,可以看到,规划为网格状道路的地区,比如依旧保留了传统规划的纽约,人们出行是靠步行

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But throughout my trip, I can't help but wonder whether there's a whiff of resignation in this new artsy-craftsy, laid-back Taipei.

WSJ: In Taipei, Taiwan, Life in the Slow Lane

If they can deliver, it will encompass almost 9 million miles of fiber strands--four or five times as many as the new networks laid by big rivals like Qwest (nyse: Q - news - people).

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Although New Orleans is still a laid-back place that likes a good time, the trauma of the storm and the long slog back to normality seem to have energised it.

ECONOMIST: New Orleans is recovering its energy, but not its people