The communique's salient point is that the G8 agreed to begin talks this year on a successor to the Kyoto treaty, due to expire in 2012.

此次会议联合公报的亮点是，G8同意今年开始就2012年将到期的《京都议定书》的后续协定展开谈判。

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The salient point that I want to bring out here is the contrast Chris made between 20th Century “free” and 21st Century “free”: 20th Century free wasn't really free since there was always a catch.

在这里我想提到的重要观点是Chris把20世纪的“免费”和21世纪的“免费”作比较：20世纪的“免费”并不是真的免费，因为总是需要先付出一些东西。

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The salient point of his plan is summed up in this report.

他的计划的要点在这个报告中酌此概括。

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The salient point is that U Conn did not earn that opportunity on the field, where the products of each school competes in the marketplace.

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The salient point here is that they were not men who spent their professional lives following the evidence wherever it led: They had decided where it was all going to lead by their sophomore year of college!

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The language is loaded, but the last point is salient.

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