What was surprising was the exact form of the question.

让我真正奇怪的是问题的侧重点。

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What was surprising was how sensitive the animals were to increasing CO2.

令人惊讶的是这些动物对于CO2的增加的敏感程度。

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What was surprising was that the rules were exploited in unexpected ways.

让人惊奇的是规则以出乎意料的方式被利用。

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lead author Matthew During of Ohio State University, described what happened after just three weeks, "And what was surprising to us was that the animals in the enriched environment, the cancers are 40 percent smaller" "When we moved that enrichment to six weeks,now, the cancers were approximately a dramatic effect,and not only that, but 17 percent of those animals had no tumors whatsoever."

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What was surprising, however, was the cute little device you see pictured above.

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What was surprising was the absence of SanDisk, the company largely responsible for putting Kodak into that position.

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What was most surprising however was that the city let things escalate to such a level.

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