"Beyond the Wild Wood comes the Wide World," said the Rat.

“穿过野树林的那一边是广阔世界。”水鼠说。

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Larry's appointment comes after a rat was spotted in two television news bulletins scurrying around outside the black door of the prime minister's residence in central London.

拉里走马上任前，人们曾在两段电视新闻中看到伦敦中部首相府邸的黑门外，有只老鼠蹿来蹿去。

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Imported farmed shrimp comes with a whole bevy of contaminants including antibiotics, residues from chemicals used to clean pens, E. coli, mouse hair, rat hair, and pieces of insects.

进口的养殖虾带着周身的污染物而来，包括航胜诉、清洁围栏的化学制剂残留、大肠杆菌、老鼠毛(mouse hair)、老鼠毛(rat hair)以及一截截昆虫。

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The rat analogy comes from modern economics, a discipline that classes itself as lab science, precious and pure.

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And so, near the top of Lord Layard's list for improving human happiness, comes the following recommendation: much higher rates of income tax to tame the rat race.

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