Of four works auctioned at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York earlier this month, only two sold well and one failed to sell.

他的四件作品这月初在纽约克里斯蒂拍卖行和索斯比拍卖行，仅两件卖的不错，一件无人问津。

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In 2008 it fell in February, this year in January, which means that last month had only 17 working days compared with 22 last year.

2008年的春节是在2月份，今年则在1月份，这意味着与去年1月的22个工作日相比，今年只有17个工作日。

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The only reason we've been able to make this happen is because we've accumulated a nice sum each month in our LTSS.

我们能成行的唯一原因就是我们每月都在这个账户里存上一小笔钱。

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It was published last year in Britain (but only this month in the United States) and recently won the Orwell prize, an award for political writing.

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While it was withdrawn in Europe in January, it was only withdrawn in the US earlier this month.

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Mr Koizumi, the prime minister, desperately wants to push this reform through the upper house this summer, after winning in the lower house by only five votes earlier this month.

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