Be cautious of certain scientists making sensational claims about large death tolls - the more serious the disease, the more money they may receive for their research.

谨慎对待某些科学家做出关于大量死亡人数的耸人听闻的主张——一种疾病越严重，他们获得的研究资金可能也就更多。

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That sounds fine in theory, but if recipients were serious about it they would be expected to be saying no to offers of aid that don’t fit in with their plans.

这在理论上听起来不错，但前提是受助国家在他们的计划需要与不需要那些援助这个问题上要认真对待。

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A person told their credit card is about to be taken away because of serious debt cheers themselves up with a spending spree while they've still got it.

有人说他们的信用卡将因其严重的负债状况而被吊销，然而他们仍在过度消费。

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It said the global community needed to be as serious about committing resources "on the same scale" to combating global warming as countries were during the the rescue of global economies during the financial crisis.

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Just like there's no danger in talking of the mind from the physicalist perspective there wouldn't be any serious danger in talking about a soul.

如同从物理主义的角度探讨心灵一样,探讨灵魂也不是什么特别危险的事情

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"I think that there will be a refocusing of how the UK can operate within Pakistan and Afghanistan, but also there will be some serious questions about whether or not the UK can maintain this expeditionary role" TV debates, a first in British politics, have thrust the outsider Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats into the role of kingmaker in a close election.

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"We should all be concerned about serious incidents of this sort and the personal tragedy they represent, " said Peter Johns, director of the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales.

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We could laugh and be silly, or be serious and talk about both of our interests in international policy.

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And I clearly understood that the Department's reputation at that time back in 2002, no matter what we wrote, there would be a serious doubt about some of the Department findings.

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