英国人本应以自嘲著称，但就连他们的幽默感也有限度，英国零售商杰拉尔德·拉特纳在付出一定的代价之后才明白了这一点。
The British are supposed to be famous for laughing at themselves, but even their sense of humour has a limit, as the British retailer Gerald Ratner found out to his cost.
也有其他人造访你们，为了他们对你们信仰的黄金般的许诺，你们付出了财富、权力和荣耀。
Others have come to you to whom for golden promises made unto your faith you have given but riches and power and glory.
尽管付出了15年持续不断的努力，但这也有助于解释为什么大浅滩的鳕鱼数量还是没法回升的事实。
This helps explain why, despite 15 years of conservation efforts, the cod of the Grand Banks have failed to recover.
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