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The salvage teams are already hard at work trying to deal with the spilled oil.

那些救援队已在拼命工作，设法处理泄漏的油。

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Isn't that like trying to maintain a smile at your wedding reception while some relative gives a toast that amounts to "marriage is hard work”?

这是不是就像你在你的婚宴上试图保持微笑，而一些亲戚给你敬酒，相当于告诉你“婚姻是件苦差事”？

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We're all out here trying to work hard and trying to clean up this mess."

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

But he is hard at work. He and his team currently are trying to make algae that can change carbon dioxide back into fossil fuel.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

The young people here are hard at play, and the Muslim elders are hard at work trying to keep them engaged in positive activities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

And we find people trying to work hard at more jobs and other things to try to be - to try to hold on to what they had.

NPR: NAACP Seeks a Moratorium on Sub-prime Foreclosures

Ms. AL-SUWAIJ: There is always a hope, and we are trying to work so hard to achieve that.

NPR: Iraqi Women Fight for Rights in New Constitution

You know, the people who I meet now that I find most inspiring who are successful I think are people who are not only willing to work very hard but are constantly trying to improve themselves and to think in new ways, and not just accept the conventional wisdom.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds Town Hall with Chinese Youth