为了对抗经济低迷，增值税(一种消费税)税率在过去的13个月里都是15%，在2010年初，税率重回17.5%，消费者或许会感到受了打击。

Consumers may well have been discouraged when the main rate of VAT, a consumption tax, was restored to 17.5% at the start of 2010 after 13 months at 15% to counter the downturn.

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十月初，现代公司开始在新的微型网站HyundaiMomentum.com打广告。 网站是为了让人们以第三种方式了解关于公司旗下的轿车和卡车的介绍。

In early October, the marketer started advertising the new HyundaiMomentum.com microsite, a place for people to see what third parties are writing about the brand's cars and trucks.

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四月初的头场雨前，要把西红柿种播子下。

Early in April, just before a rain begins, broadcast tomato seeds.

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