Just as the mind papers over the blind spot in the eye by assuming that what can't be seen is pretty much like what's next to it, the imagination assumes that tomorrow will be pretty much like today.

正如大脑通过假设看不到的东西应该跟它旁边的东西差不多来掩盖盲点，想象力也会假设明天跟今天差不多。

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Chinese spot prices, having traded above the contract price for five years, have crashed from $186 a tonne in July to $80 a tonne today and continue to slide (see chart).

过去五年中，中国的现货交易价格都在合同价格之上，如今已经从7月份的186美元/吨下跌到了80美元/吨，并还在持续下跌中（如图）。

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Tina: "I think the Saudi Arabian will hit the spot today."

Tina也开个玩笑，说“I think the Saudi Arabian will hit the spot today.” 我想今天来点阿拉伯口味挺合胃口的。

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Of course, the mudslinging--er, campaigning--is hardly confined to the 30-second television spot today.

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Another approach is to borrow bullion to sell today in the spot market and repay the gold, with interest, from the mines' future production.

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At the same time Intel, which just squeaked into the Top 100 in 1987, leaped to the number-five spot today, with a market value that exceeds that of Detroit's big three combined.

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