Cutting each piece takes three workers (one holding the re-bar being cut in place over a rock, one hitting, one watching) two minutes.

弄断每根钢筋需要三个工人(一个人拿着钢筋抵在石头上，一个人敲击，一个人在旁边看着)，这个过程需要两分钟。

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It is the sound of workers cutting through all of the re-bar to pour the foundation for the apartment house being built next door but striking it with a small hammer, repeatedly, until it breaks.

隔壁正在兴建的公寓，一群建筑工人正在切割修建地基所用的钢筋，不过是用一把小铁锤不断地锤打，直到钢筋断裂。

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The BBC is cutting costs and re-examining the embarrassingly lucrative contracts of some of its stars.

BBC正削减开支，重审一些星级产业的利润丰富而尴尬的合同。

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Analysts say that Mr.Karzai also has been cutting political deals with local ethnic and tribal leaders to ensure his re-election.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

Making another dress would require a trip to Italy to procure the fantastic fabric, reprinting the pattern and re-cutting the style as a one-off.

WSJ: The Fashion Piece That Got Away

Private companies and charitable bodies successfully bidding for contracts will be paid according to their results in cutting re-offending.

BBC: UK

Private companies and charitable bodies successfully bidding for probation contracts will be paid according to the results they achieve in cutting re-offending.

BBC: Prison