As spring progressed, warmer temperatures began melting snow, which raised the rate of inflow to the lake.

随着春天天气一天天变暖，雪开始融化，提高了湖泊的入流速度。

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These precedents suggest that the unemployment rate, which has already gone up from 5.4% in spring 2008 to 7.1%, will carry on rising and end a lot higher, almost certainly above 10%.

鉴于失业率已经从2008年春季的5.4%上升到现在的7.1%，上述事实预示失业率可能继续保持增长，肯定会超过10%。

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Further increases in the cost of imported commodities and this month's rise in value-added tax (VAT) are likely to push the rate above 4% by spring.

十二月的通胀率升至3.7%。进口商品的进一步涨价以及本月增值税的上升可能把春季前的通胀率推向4%。

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Democrats say the most contentious debates will be over a Republican plan to do away with the alternative minimum tax on corporations and a Republican measure that accelerates the income tax rate cuts enacted last spring.

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As long as the unemployment rate keeps falling through the spring, he should be home and dry in next year's election.

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It might be necessary next to regulate the rating agencies (perhaps by using information from the agencies that would spring up to rate the rating agencies).

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