For the country's 45 million people, it is widely seen as an important step in nation building after years of oppression and inequality.

对于这个国家四千五百万人民来说，这被广泛认为是继长年压迫与不公之后国家建设的重要一步。

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One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late. "It was so slippery out that for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two."

在某个冬日的早晨，员工在向老板解释为啥迟到了45分钟：“地上太滑了，我每向前迈一步，就向后滑两步。”

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Breaks every hour. I usually work for about 45 minutes and then take a 15 minute break when I step away from the work and do something completely different.

每个小时都要休息。我通常工作45分钟然后休息15分钟，停止工作，做一些完全不同的事情。

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It's a great step forward for us to celebrate as 45 South Africans when we get home on Tuesday.

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"Today's settlement of 45 cases is a positive step forward in the church's efforts to promote healing and reconciliation for those who have suffered abuse by members of the clergy, " said Cardinal Mahony.

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The next step came in Austria, on April 30th, when the United States joined 45 other countries in promising to work for a United Nations protocol on small-arms traffic.

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