Discovering that I was only self-possessed with peo - ple I knew intimately, I would often go to a strange house where I knew I would spend a wretched hour for schooling sake.

我发现，只有在面对熟人之时自己才能做到镇定自若，于是我便来到一座陌生的屋子，尽管知道这一个小时会很难熬，但毕竟能受教良多。

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In the current economic downturn, the firm has no doubt already laid off a good number of bright young peo-ple like Ms Clinton.

在美国当今经济不景气之际，这家公司无疑已经裁减了大量的像克林顿小姐一样聪明的年轻人。

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For exam- ple, the “slowfood” movement, which encourages the longer, savory experience of eating agradually cooked meal at a restaurant, has emerged as the antithesis tofast food.

比如这股‘慢食品’风潮，它鼓励花时间在餐馆慢慢品味缓慢烹调的食品，成为快餐的对立面。

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