They grappled with the problem of connecting the electricity and water supplies. The former proved simple compared with the latter.

他们设法解决供电和供水的连接问题。前者与后者相比证明很简单。

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The problem is that early adopters will inevitably be compared with the first mover, and every aspect of their offering and its relative strengths and weaknesses will be scrutinised.

问题是早期用户不可避免地会被和先驱者进行比较，其产品的任何方面及其相关的优缺点都会被仔细检查。

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And the problem is compounded by the exceptionally high price of the services compared to other parts of the world.

与其世界其它地区相比，异常高的服务价格使得这一问题变得更为复杂。

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But the Greek tragic view does not take either of these routes, which I regard as a relatively easy escape from the problem compared to the way the Greeks got stuck.

但希腊的悲剧意识对这两种套路都不接受,在我看,相对而言,与其困扰于此,古希腊人更愿意逃避这个问题

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Your concerns about sequestration seem misplaced compared with the growing severity of our debt problem, which no one is really addressing in any meaningful way.

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The volt is not solving the problem, your just burning coal instead of gas, and compared to that gas is pretty clean.

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There were around 1000 -1, 300 street children now compared to 4-5, 000 at the height of the problem.

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