The fall foliage viewing season is clearly past its prime, but there are still some nice opportunities for capturing something pretty for the camera.

观赏秋天落叶的季节已经明显地过了它的早期，可是我们仍然有机会去拍摄一些优美的东西。

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When you can see white midsole material poking through the outsole or when the sole under the heel looks crushed, the shoes are long past their prime.

当你看到白色的中底材料已经穿透大底，或者脚跟处的大底看起来已经裂了，那么这双鞋早就寿终正寝了。

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The price of powdered milk, a prime ingredient, has doubled over the past year.

今年奶粉和基本配料的价格比全年的翻了一番。

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Britain's political life has been dominated for the past three decades by two parties - the Conservatives, now led by David Cameron, and Labor headed by current Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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Although three settlers have been killed in the past month, the prime minister or so the settlers fear is still trying to reach an agreement with the Americans and Yasser Arafat.

ECONOMIST: Israel

Even if that is not what Downing Street is up to, the past behaviour of the prime minister's spin doctors will leave many suspecting this is what is going on.

BBC: Prime Minister's Questions

They account for seven of the past ten prime ministers, including Dominique de Villepin, the current one, as well as President Jacques Chirac.

ECONOMIST: The long reach of the class of 1980