NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — Poking out of the ground near the smokestacks of the Mountaineer power plant here are two wells that look much like those that draw natural gas to the surface.

纽黑文——美国“登山者”发电厂外面的两个大烟囱附近有两口井伸出地面，看上去好象是用来提取提取地面下的天然气。

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A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground.

两个来自新泽西州的猎人跑到森林里去打猎，其中一个掉落到地面上(估计他们是在爬树)。

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As proof of his efforts, he took out a new commercial driver's permit and a bartending license, and then threw them down on the ground like jokers, for all the use they'd been.

为了证明自己的努力，他拿出了新的商用车驾驶执照和调酒执照，然后把执照扔在了地下，就像甩扑克牌一样，因为它们已经没用了。

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In addition to the Dow's record finish, a number of other closely watched measures also staked out new ground.

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It remains to be seen how that Motorola performs in real life, but it seems certain Apple has not staked out new ground on battery life here.

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Or it may have been a calculated attempt by FDA to stake out new policy ground in the context of a firm that was unlikely to garner much sympathy.

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