French retail giant Carrefour sa Thursday said it is exiting Russia shortly after having entered the market, as it posted a 2.9% drop in third-quarter sales.

在进入俄罗斯市场不久后，法国零售巨头家乐福(Carrefour SA)周四宣布将退出俄罗斯。此前家乐福公布第三季度销售额下降了2.9%。

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They form where giant loops of magnetism, generated deep inside the sun, well up and burst through the surface, leading to a localised drop in temperature which we see as a dark patch.

当太阳内部深处形成巨大的磁力环，该处将会产生井喷并突破太阳表面，从而使表面的局部地区温度下降，看上去就像一个暗斑，这就是黑子的形成。

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This process acts like a giant refrigerator, causing the gas (and rock) temperature inside the second chamber to drop to -160C.

这一过程就像是个巨大的冰箱，使得第二个筒仓里的氩气（和砂砾）温度骤减至零下160摄氏度。

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And in cyberspace, there's the annual ritual Drop of the Giant Pi.

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Carrefour hit the brakes on a costly revamp of the French retail giant's biggest stores in the wake of a drop in profit for 2011, underscoring the challenges the new chief executive will face when he starts later this year.

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