眼下，做一名补助金少得可怜、职业前景渺茫的学生可真不容易。

Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.

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对这种具有异国情调的面料的需求最终创造了有利可图的贸易路线，即现在所说的丝绸之路，这条路线把丝绸带向西方，把金、银和羊毛带到东方。

Demand for this exotic fabric eventually created the lucrative trade route now known as the Silk Road, taking silk westward and bringing gold, silver and wool to the East.

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退休后的收入可包括银行存款的利息及公司退休金。

Their income after retirement may include interest on bank savings and a company pension.

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Along these lines, the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins took the general step of suggesting that animals are the vehicles through which genes exploit to reproduce.

按此种方法，进化论生物学家理查德·道金斯,采取常规方式建议到动物是工具,可被用于繁衍基因。

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