In New York, more than ten million square feet [ 929000 square metres] of rooves have been coated with white heat-reflecting paint.

Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them ．

一些语言专家认为,一万年前,当世界上只有五百万到一千万人口时,人们之间可能存在12000种语言。

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There is no need to fear the loss of this tailwind; India alone could add three times more people to its workforce than China will lose, and other countries such as Nigeria and Bangladesh are on a similar upswing.

担心这种福利消失是没有必要的；仅印度一国的劳动力增加量，可能就三倍于中国的劳动力减少量，而尼日利亚和孟加拉国等国家也将出现类似的劳动力大幅增长。

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And if you take advantage of that tailwind by doing what you love, striving for perfection, constantly learning, believing in yourself as well as believing in others, you are bound to conquer the world.

而且，如果你利用这种推动力并做你喜欢做的事，努力做到尽善尽美，不断学习，相信自己并相信他人，那么你必将征服世界。

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Her facts were right and she even included relevant context such as the possibility of Brexit ( although she was of the dubious opinion that it would be a "tailwind" for the UK economy).

她列举的事实正确，甚至包括了相关背景，例如英国退欧（Brexit）的可能性（不过，她认为这将“推动”英国经济的观点让人存疑）。

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So use this opportunity while you can, that tailwind of low interest rates, to accelerate your debt repayment so that youre not having to do so in a less favorable interest rate environment next year or the year after.

所以在你还能够的时候利用这一时机，（搭上）这架低税率的顺风车来加速你的债务偿还，这样你就不必在明年或者后年，在相对不利的税率环境下去做这事了。

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In some developing countries, momentum behind pension and social security reform has flagged, despite the fact that demographics is turning into a headwind, rather than the tailwind it has been for some time.

在一些发展中国家，尽管人口状况正在变成利空，而不是一段时间以来一直呈现出的利好，但养老和社保改革背后的动力已有所减弱。

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Arthur Kroeber of GK Dragonomics, a consultancy, says the country still enjoys a considerable tailwind from urbanisation and a huge potential for productivity gains as it adopts new technology.

中国龙经济咨询公司的阿瑟·克罗伯指出，中国还可乘上城市化的顺风而且新技术的采用将使它拥有提高生产效率的巨大潜力。

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Yet, in spite of these monetary tailwinds, analysts warn that piling in to the Hang Seng purely on the basis of its low P/ E ratio would be a mistake.

尽管货币政策较为有利，分析师们仍警告称，单纯因恒生指数市盈率低而入市，可能是个错误。

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Mr Wright has seen his former prot é g é rise to heights he himself could never have dreamed of, and he has been caught up in the tailwinds.

赖特眼见昔日门生平步青云，达到了自己连做梦都无法企及的高位，而此时自己却因这位后生陷入舆论风波。

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One of the lessons your management has learned-and, unfortunately, sometimes re-learned-is the importance of being in businesses where tailwinds prevail rather than headwinds.

你们的管理层所学到的，不幸的是有时是反复学到的一个教训就是，在一个处于顺风而不是逆风的行业有多重要。

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A closer look at the data, however, illustrates why the economy is less of a tailwind for Mr Obama than it was for the Gipper.

但是仔细观察数据就会发现奥巴马执政期间经济不如里根顺利了。

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We believe risk/ reward remains favorable predicated on gross margin tailwinds, revenue growth opportunities, anticipated upward revisions to EPS and valuation.

基于苹果的毛利率继续上升；存在收入增长机会；并且预期每股盈余以及估值会向上调整，我们认为苹果公司股票的风险回报率仍然很高。

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Berkshire is always a buyer of both businesses and securities, and the disarray in markets gave us a tailwind in our purchases.

伯克希尔通常购买整个生意或者证券，市场的紊乱给我们可以更加顺利地进行收购。

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The markets have thrown systemic caution to the tailwind of improving manufacturing business surveys from China, the eurozone and the US.

在中国、欧元区和美国的制造业商业调查都出现起色的推动下，市场把系统性的谨慎抛在脑后。

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Gold mining companies are benefiting from the tailwind of the gold price that is massively increasing their revenue and future cash flow.

黄金矿业公司搭乘着金价上涨的顺风车，这显著增加了它们的营收和未来的现金流。

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There will be far fewer macroeconomic tailwinds.

今后可以借势的宏观经济“顺风”将会少得多。

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Slow global economic recovery and depreciating foreign currencies has provided a decent tailwind to this endeavour.

全球经济复苏缓慢以及外币贬值，为中国的这一努力提供了不小的便利。

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This has been a tailwind for technology companies and manufacturers, a bright spot in the otherwise slow economic recovery.

要是没有这些亮点行业，美国经济的复苏将是缓慢艰难的。

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Optimism isnt a life plan, but it is a great tailwind to have at your back.

乐观不是生活计划，但它是你身后强大的推动力。

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Word has it that even models have registered to take this flight attendant exam.

据说连模特儿都来报考这次空服员招考。

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