But in recent decades, as less and less rain fell during the wet seasons, Tuareg families struggled to sustain sizable herds.

然而最近数十年，即便在雨季，雨水也越来越少了。图阿·格雷人尽力维持畜群的规模。

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Less sport, and fewer meetings with peers correlated with lower wellbeing, as did less time reading print media (newspapers) and, surprisingly, less time doing homework.

运动量少、与同伴聚会少、阅读印刷媒体（即报纸）少都与幸福感较低有关，但令人惊奇的是，做作业的时间少也与幸福感较低相关。

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Critics say that as a result these schools are discriminating against women and admitting less qualified men.

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They became more self-sufficient, less dependent on other people as rated by themselves and as rated by their family members.

变得更加自立，更少依懒他们，不论是他们自己,还是家庭成员的评估都是如此。

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So a lot of teaching and learning can be thought as less synchronic activities and more diachronic one.

所以很多教学可以被看成是,不限于一时的而有历时变化的。

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