海地在过去遭受过地震的侵袭，将来也会(所有加勒比群岛都是如此)。

Haiti has suffered large earthquakes in the past, and will do so again (same as all the islands of the Caribbean).

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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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道格拉斯看起来比过去更加“柯克”化了，在影片的大部分时间都是一副趾高气扬的样子，让人觉得有些过于滑稽；即使他担心盖柯会太有魅力，也不会在他十足推销员般的微笑中显露出来。

Douglas, looking more Kirkian than ever, struts through most of the movie having almost too much fun; if he was worried that Gekko would be too appealing, it doesn't show in his born-salesman's smile.

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