He said for the first time, the rate of deforestation has decreased around the world.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

The typing coming from here is going at that rate, being Stanford alumni, of course the first thing you could type here would be Shakespeare.

打字的速度就是这样，作为斯坦福的校友，我想大家能够想打出的第一个便是，莎士比亚。

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He is a house-servant, first-rate cook, and splendid carriage driver.

他是个仆人,一流的厨师,出色的马车夫

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The growth rate in the first three months of this year was nearly twelve percent.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

Let's say that the British Government didn't say that they'll pay one pound per year, but it'll be one pound the first year, then it will grow at the rate g and it will eventually be infinitely large.

我们假设英国政府并没有说,他们会每一年支付一英镑,但它会是第一年支付一英镑,然后它会顺着利率g上涨,最后它就变成了无尽大的数目

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This translates into an 87 percent cure rate, which,for the first time, exceeds the 85 percent global target set in 1991.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

At this rate, car sales in China are expected to overtake the United States for the first time this year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

But the unemployment rate has also topped double digits for the first time in 26 years.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

And this year, for the first time since 1991, that rate is on the rise.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12