As long as energy and food costs level off, core inflation ought to slow over the next year, Stern said.

只要能源和食品价格持平，核心通胀应该会在明年慢慢结束。Stern表示。

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He kept thinking of how gentle the sunflower was, so different from the stern and harsh mountain, so different from the slow tortoise.

他一直想着那朵向日葵花是多么轻柔，完全不同于大山的严酷和冷峻，也有别于那只慢吞吞的乌龟。

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When people wore pajamas and lived life slow, where laws where stern and justice stood and people were behavin' like they ought ta - good.

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