大约四分之一的成年人有良好的跑步习惯。

About a quarter of the adults have a good habit of running.

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沙漠已经占据了大约四分之一的地球表面积，近几十年来还在一直以惊人的速度增加。

The deserts, which already occupy approximately a fourth of the Earth's land surface, have in recent decades been increasing at an alarming pace.

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我们乘坐蒸汽火车走了大约四分之一的路程，然后见到了约好的司机，由他开车带我们走完其余的里程。

We took the steam train about a quarter of the way and then had a driver meet us and went by road for the rest.

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If you talk about going in for surgery, t have the exact figure in front of me, but something like a fourth of the people in Canada wait six month or more for surgery.

谈到手术，呃，我这里没有确切数据，ehm，，I，don’,但大约,四分之一的加拿大人,要等六个多月之久,才能手术。

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