购物前，他们一般先拟好购物清单。

Before going shopping, they usually make out a shopping list.

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我一般会先敲下门。

I always knock first.

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总共258块硬木地板，先空运到飞行甲板上，再像拼图般组合起来。

Pieces of hardwood, 258 in total, were airlifted onto the flight deck and assembled like a puzzle.

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What happened finally, is that the press got wind of this and the scientific evidence grew to such a large mass that the evidence was pretty overwhelming, and then finally, government took action on this.

最终是先由新闻界得到风声,然后科学依据如雨后春笋般涌现,强而有力,势不可挡,最后终于让政府按耐不住,开始行动

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