She may well be right if the iPad and other tablet computers take off, the prices of dedicated e-readers such as Amazon's Kindle keep falling and more consumers start reading books on smart-phones.

如果iPad和其他平板电脑退出市场的话她的预测可能是对的，但是现在如亚马逊的Kindle电子阅读器价格不断下降，越来越多的消费者开始在手机上阅读。

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The fear is that prices will soon start to fall again, touching off another round of pain for homeowners, workers and banks.

现在的纠结是担心房价不久后又将下跌，而这将引起业主、工人及银行家新一轮的痛楚。

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The cooling off in China particularly has taken copper prices down some 23% since the start of 2011, again, a more drastic decline in commodity prices than in common stocks.

FORBES: Silver Down 30%, Gold Off 11% As Panic Hits Precious Metals