The only company that didn't have anything to announce this week was Amazon, which is now in danger of losing its early lead to Sony and Barnes &Noble.

而这周未发布任何消息的公司就只有马逊了（link），它现在有失去之前领先于索尼和巴诺书店优势的危险。

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The e-reader market experienced a mini price-war last month, when Barnes & Noble sliced the cost of its broadband-enabled Nook device to $199 and introduced a new, wi-fi only Nook for $149.

上个月，电子阅读器市场经历了一场小规模的价格战争。 巴诺将具有宽带功能的Nook降价至199美元，并推出了一款带有WiFi、售价仅有149美元的Nook。

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The only surgeon was one who combined the occasional exercise of that noble art with the daily and habitual flourish of a razor.

唯一的外科医生则是一位每日惯于操刀为人忙于理发的人，只是偶尔才实践一下这种高贵的技艺。

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Her remaining loyalty to the craziness and intoxicants of her youth is, finally, the only noble stance taken by any of the characters.

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But wine writers aren't the only ones putting up noble frontage.

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The break-up text is only this much more noble than ghosting on someone you're dating, letting the silences grow longer and longer until you can tell yourself it was a mutual separation and then scuttle into the night like a cowardly cockroach.

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