If you see a vehicle that is in its fourth or fifth year and not doing well selling [new] retail, it would tend to not hold its value as well as its competitors.

如果你看到一辆汽车推出四五年，销量都不是很好，那么它就很难保值，也很难跟对手竞争了。

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INDONESIAN cinephiles may be in for a disappointing year. Since February imports of Hollywood films have been on hold, and cinemas are running short of new ones to screen.

对印尼影迷们来说，今年可能是一个失望之年，二月以来，进口好莱坞电影一直停滞，导致电影院可供放映的新片缺乏。

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Sarkozy sees the G20 summit as his "baby", having called for a new Bretton Woods and convinced George Bush to hold the first G20 meeting in Washington last year.

萨科奇视20国集团峰会为他的“宝宝”，曾经呼吁建立一个新布雷顿森林体系，并在去年劝说乔治·布什在华盛顿召开第一次20国会议。

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On New Year's Eve,some communities in the United States hold what are called First Night celebrations.

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The government plans to hold Burma's first election in two decades next year, but the new constitution ensures the military stays in power.

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The offer of talks comes nearly a year after New Delhi virtually put on hold a peace dialogue between the two countries following last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, which India blamed on terrorists based in Pakistan.

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And it asked anyone finding it difficult to cope with a new dog to try to hold on until the New Year before bringing it into one of its centres.

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So the new common advice is to hold off on payments until the New Year.

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The Markets might try to probe the 1248-1254 support area, but this area should hold to keep bullish composure intact into the New Year.

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