Being a writer can also be hard on the back; ask Philip Roth who often works at a stand-up desk.

当作家也对脊背不好；关于这一问题，可以问问飞利浦·罗丝。他经常在一张特制的工作台前站着写作。

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Our habit of kicking the slippers on ahead, and catching them up again, made them work none the less hard, through effectually defeating at every step the reason of their being.

而是把拖鞋踢到前面去，追上去再踢，这种习惯使得每一次拖鞋都受到重击，跟拖在脚上一样容易磨损。

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The challenge is pretty obvious, to climb all the way up, the short hard routes on the side being hard, but relatively, short!

挑战太明显，这样子一路攀爬上去，线路又短又难！

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But the oil business fell on hard times in the 1980s, and his company ended up being bailed out not once, but twice.

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They will have a very hard time returning any capital because you end up being a lot less selective on deals.

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Wigan's Emerson Boyce looped a header just over from a Jason Koumas corner but Sunderland could have gone two up when, one-on-one, Cisse smashed the ball hard and low after being put clear by Malbranque only to be denied by an outstanding save from Kirkland.

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