WHEN Nels Hawkinson made his first trip to China in 1979 to play basketball, he had not expected to return some day as deputy head of the U.S..

1979年，第一次来中国参加篮球比赛的内尔斯·霍金森没有想过，有朝一日，他会以美国大运代表团副团长的身份再次来到中国。

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A 19-year-old freshman who had just filed her first tax return and learned, the day before she died, how to make a pumpkin pie.

一个刚满19的大学新生，刚申报了她第一次税务单；就在离世前的一天，刚学会烤出第一只南瓜馅饼。

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For free applications, only about 20 percent of users return to use the app the first day after they download it, and then it quickly drops off from there.

特别是免费程序，只有百分之二十左右的用户再下载程序当天过后再度使用过它们。用户们下载这些程序，然后就把它们遗弃了。

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And what you will give me in return is on the first day, one cent-- one penny; on the second day, two cents; third day, 4 cents... Every day, twice as much as the previous day, starting with one.

你们给我的是，第一天，一分钱;,第二天，二分钱，第三天，四分钱。,每天给我前一天的两倍钱，从一分钱开始。

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Crew finally got their wish on Wednesday, and their patience was rewarded with a hefty first-day return.

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Staged at the Folk and Transport Museum at Cultra, the three-day event coincided with the first anniversary of a return of devolution to Stormont.

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The band's return was first hinted at last week, when a 10-day countdown clock appeared on their official website.

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