For the first time in the World Cup finals, lots had to be drawn to decide who would finish second and third.

世界杯决赛中首次由抽签决定谁将获得第二名和第三名。

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"Developed and underdeveloped," "First world and Third world" to history, but it is still a "Them and Us" world.

我们可以把“北方和南方”、“发达和不发达”、“第一世界和第三世界”这些标签还给历史了，但这仍然是一个“她们与我们”的世界。

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Again, this is just a very brief introduction to the causes of Third World poverty, but it serves as an illustration for what we in the First World can do to help.

重申一下，这里只是很简短地介绍一下第三世界贫困的缘由，不过可以据此说明我们第一世界的人可以做些什么来向他们提供帮助。

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Born to Puerto Rican parents, who moved to New York during World War II, Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court and the third woman.

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The hedge fund world is 7.1% first to third quartile, real estate 9.3% per annum, leveraged buyouts 13.7% per annum this is over a ten-year period, so now we're starting to talk about some pretty significant dispersion.

在对冲基金中,这个差距有7.1%,不动产投资中的差距是9.3%,杠杆收购中是每年13.7%,以上都是十年期收益,我们现在谈的是,一些显著的差距

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Ghana's Under-20 national team wrapped up a fantastic three-week performance by edging Brazil on penalty kicks,4-3, to win their first title in their third appearance in the final of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup.

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Such policies, of course, helped propel Singapore from third world to first in a generation.

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They see youths burning through cash, and rich people who are totally oblivious to the sacrifices made by earlier generations that helped places like Singapore climb from Third World to First World status in just a few decades.

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While its longest serving prime minister, Dr. Mohamad instituted policies that transformed Malaysia from an impoverished, third world country, to a first class, modern nation.

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