Diogenes, the Greek philosopher who is supposed to have lived in a barrel, said, "the reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is so that we may listen more and talk less!"

希腊哲学家Diogenes(有人说他曾经住过桶里)说：“我们人类有两只耳朵和一张嘴的原因就是我们人类要多听少说！”

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TWO factors determine the price of a barrel of oil: the fundamental laws of supply and demand, and naked fear.

两个因素决定着每桶油的价格：供需的基本法则以及表露无遗的恐慌。

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Whilst they were saying so, Two-eyes rolled out a couple of golden apples from under the barrel to the feet of the knight, for she was vexed with One-eye and Three-eyes, for not speaking the truth.

当她们这么说时，两只眼从桶里扔了两只苹果到骑士的脚下，因为她烦恼于一只眼和三只眼，而不能说出真相。

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If built as planned, Shell's two GTL plants (one scheduled to open in 2008-09 and the second in 2010-11) will have a combined daily capacity of 140, 000 barrels, as compared with Sasol's two 34, 000-barrel-a-day plants in Nigeria and in Qatar.

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