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1. The Australian dollar was up one-cent to $0.88 and the New Zealand dollar rose a half-cent to just under $0.71.
澳元升0.5美分至0.88美元,新西兰元上涨0.5美分接近0.71美元。

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2. We now spend almost half (45 per cent) of our waking hours consuming media, as computers and the Internet have become ever more embedded in our lives.
我们现在把将近一半(45%)醒着的时间用在媒体上,电脑和互联网更是成为我们生活中不能缺少的一部分。

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3. House prices are down 20 to 30 per cent, leaving many with houses worth only half the mortgage.
房价下跌了20%至30%,使许多人的房屋价值只有抵押贷款额的一半。

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4. Almost half (49 per cent) of women suffering a miscarriage are treated alongside pregnant women or new mothers in hospital, causing them unnecessary distress, a survey has revealed.
一项调查显示,近一半(49%)的流产女性和孕妇及新妈妈在同一病房接受治疗,这引起了这些流产妇女本不必要的悲痛。

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5. In Mexico, half had no underlying health problems; in Canada 70 per cent had no major illness beforehand.
在墨西哥,半数人群没有基础疾病;在加拿大,70%的人之前都没有重病。

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6. Some 15 per cent of couples have trouble conceiving, about half of them because the man has a problem.
有15%的夫妇怀孕有问题,其中大约一半是由于男性的问题。

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7. Personal bankruptcies rose 48 per cent in first half of 2007, probably even more in the second half, which means a wave of defaults on consumer loans.
2007年上半年,个人破产上升了48%,下半年可能更多,掀起了一波消费者贷款违约的浪潮。

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8. The one bright spot in the market - smaller cities - helped propel nationwide property sales, in terms of floor space, up 13 per cent in the first half from the previous year.
小城市是房地产市场的一个亮点,推进了全国性的销售量,就地下层来看,比前年第一半年上升了13%。

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9. Sixty per cent cannot name half the ten commandments; 12% think Noah was married to Joan of Arc.
六成的人不能说出“十诫”的一半;12%的人认为诺亚与圣女贞德(Joan of Arc)结了婚。

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10. Of the 22 million square kilometres of farmland around the world about half had at least 10 per cent tree cover.
全球各地2200万平方千米的农田约有一半覆盖了至少其中的10%。

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11. In a German study, eighty per cent of those surveyed described themselves as confident in their answers on a questionnaire, yet only forty-two per cent got even half the questions right.
在一项德国人的研究中,虽然百分八十的受访者对于自己在问卷调查中的回答抱有自信,只有百分之四十二的人能答对其中一半的问题就不错了。

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12. Young Britons were found to be worst at making the effort, with nearly half -47 per cent -of those aged 16 to 24 admitting they have never spoken the foreign language they learned at school.
调查发现英国的年轻人在努力说外语方面表现得最为糟糕,16岁到24岁之间的年轻人将近有一半——具体为47%——承认,他们从未说过在学校学到的外语。

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13. And almost half (47 per cent) of non-pet owners admit they do absolutely no exercise whatsoever.
并且差不多一半(47%)的无宠物者承认他们根本就没有锻炼。

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14. Half its projects now meet profit and revenue targets, up from 15 per cent in 2000.
现在,宝洁有一半的项目达到了利润和收入目标,高于2000年时的15%。

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15. Cheap phones and charges as low as half a cent a minute are fueling growth.
廉价的手机以及每分钟半分钱的收费也大大刺激了手机销量的增长。

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16. The pound fell by more than half a cent against the dollar today, to $1.5667 by midday.
今天,英镑对美元汇率下跌超过半美分,中午时降至1:1.5667。

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17. If the stock market drops by half, households lose 20 per cent of GDP in paper wealth, similar to the impact of a 15 per cent drop of the us market on its economy.
如果股市下跌一半,中国家庭会损失相当于GDP 20%的账面财富,与美国股市下跌15%对经济造成的影响差不多。

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18. Nearly half of singles, 45 per cent of men and 50 per cent of women also admitted to feeling particularly lonely in January.
此外,近一半的单身人士(45%的男性和50%的女性)坦称自己在一月份感到尤为孤单。

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19. A Vitality Show report found that more than half of women regularly feel exhausted, and 60 per cent of over-30s feel ‘shattered’.
《活力秀》报告发现过半数的女人常感觉疲倦,而30岁以上的女性有60%感到“极度的累”。

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20. The results showed only 18 per cent- less than a fifth – to 45 per cent – less than half- of the plants and animals making up ecosystems in tropical rainforests may remain as we known them today.
结果显示,只有目前我们所知道的18%(少于五分之一)到45%(少于一半)的动植物,构成热带雨林中的生态系统。

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21. Under Florida law, a victory margin of half of one per cent or less automatically triggers a recount.
根据佛罗里达州法例,如领先双方得票率相差少于百分之零点五,将要自动重新点票。

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22. Under Florida law, a victory margin of half of one per cent or less automatically triggers a recount.
根据佛罗里达州法例,如领先双方得票率相差少于百分之零点五,将要自动重新点票。

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