Babies born during the autumn of last year were conceived during one of the coldest winters for years and January 2009 was the coldest since 1997.

去年秋季出生的婴儿是在多年来最冷的一个冬季孕育的，2009年1月是自1997年以来最寒冷的冬天。

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Maybe the saddest defect of autumn in America is the fact the country is so large that some regions do not get to experience it-southern California, for one.

也许美国的秋天最令人惋惜的缺点是：我国版图太辽阔，有的地方经历不到秋天，南加州就是其一。

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Once the target had been softened up, and the civil servant identified as public enemy number one, the first cuts could begin - along with bleak forecasts for the autumn.

目标一经狂轰滥炸，公务员已被认定是头号敌人。接着就开刀了——伴随冷冰冰的预告：秋天还有大动作。

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Baroness Ford wants to avoid leaving a costly legacy to the public purse and, with other venues such as the aquatics centre, velodrome and media centre also requiring legacy tenants, will choose one or two preferred bidders for the stadium in the autumn before making a final decision before Christmas.

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These living fossils are wildly popular (last autumn one Surrey grammar school had to call the police for crowd control when 1, 500 children turned up to sit its entrance exam for 126 places), but their freedom is being eroded.

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The government has mooted reforms that would reduce May Day observance to a single day and distribute the rest over a series of one-day holidays for the traditional Tomb Sweeping day, Dragon Boat festival and Mid-Autumn festival.

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