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1 lit. one object bests another object
2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock

三下两下

sān xià liǎng xià

1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)

上下其手

shàng xià qí shǒu

1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
2 fig. conspiring to defraud

上有天堂，下有苏杭

shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng

1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven

上有政策，下有对策

shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè

1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

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然而，线上教学不能完全代替线下教育。不少师生反映，学生在家上课，缺乏学习氛围，容易出现注意力不集中、反应速度下降等问题，而缺少面对面的互动也是网课的一大弊端。

ránér ，xiànshàng jiàoxué bùnéng wánquán dàitì xiànxià jiàoyù 。bùshǎo shīshēng fǎnyìng ，xuésheng zài jiā shàngkè ，quēfá xuéxí fēnwéi ，róngyì chūxiàn zhùyìlì bù jízhōng 、fǎnyìng sùdù xiàjiàng děng wèntí ，ér quēshǎo miànduìmiàn de hùdòng yě shì wǎngkè de yīdà bìduān 。

However, online teaching cannot be substituted for offline education completely. Many teachers and students reported that there is a lack of learning atmosphere when studying at home. Students tend to be inattentive and respond slowly. The lack of interaction in person is another disadvantage of online courses.

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但即使反射出去了，因为稀薄的大气层，水星在需要留住太阳光的温度时仍然留不住，所以到了晚上，温度又会急速下降到零下173摄氏度。

dàn jíshǐ fǎnshè chūqù le ，yīnwèi xībó de dàqìcéng ，Shuǐxīng zài xūyào liúzhù tàiyángguāng de wēndù shí réngrán liú bù zhù ，suǒyǐ dào le wǎnshang ，wēndù yòu huì jísù xiàjiàng dào língxià yībǎiqīshísān Shèshìdù 。

But even though the sunlight reflected, Mercury can't remain the heat of sunlight owing to the thin layer of atmosphere. So when night arrives, the temperature nosedives to -173 degree celsius.

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去年全球唱片收入下降至一百五十亿美金，在唱片的黄金时期，一九九六年的时候，当时的音乐产值高达六百亿！音乐产业价值整整萎缩了四分之三，这对唱片公司以及歌手都是相当重大的打击。

qùnián quánqiú chàngpiàn shōurù xiàjiàng zhì yībǎi wǔshí yì měijīn ，zài chàngpiàn de huángjīn shíqī ，yī jiǔ jiǔ liù nián de shíhou ，dāngshí de yīnyuè chǎn zhí gāodá liù bǎi yì ！yīnyuè chǎnyè jiàzhí zhěngzhěng wěisuō le sì fēnzhī sān ，zhè duì chàngpiàn gōngsī yǐjí gēshǒu dōu shì xiāngdāng zhòngdà de dǎjī 。

Last year global record revenue fell to 15 billion USD. In the golden years of record sales, back in 1996, the music industry was worth up to 60 billion! The value of the music industry has fallen by three quarters in total, which has hit record labels and singers quite heavily.

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过去歌手只要把音乐做好，加上唱片公司的适当宣传，唱片就能够得到歌迷的支持，音乐产业也得以支撑下去，但是如今实体唱片销售大幅下降，歌手与唱片公司必须另寻出路，于是现场演出与演唱会变成是音乐产业的主要收入来源。

guòqù gēshǒu zhǐyào bǎ yīnyuè zuò hǎo ，jiāshàng chàngpiàn gōngsī de shìdàng xuānchuán ，chàngpiàn jiù nénggòu dédào gēmí de zhīchí ，yīnyuè chǎnyè yě déyǐ zhīcheng xiàqu ，dànshì rújīn shítǐ chàngpiàn xiāoshòu dàfú xiàjiàng ，gēshǒu yǔ chàngpiàn gōngsī bìxū lìng xún chū lù ，yúshì xiàncháng yǎnchū yǔ yǎnchànghuì biànchéng shì yīnyuè chǎnyè de zhǔyào shōurù láiyuán 。

Previously singers only needed to concentrate on making good music, along with appropriate promotion by record labels, then records would gain the support of fans, which enabled the music industry to sustain itself, but nowadays actual record sales have fallen greatly, singers and record labels have had to find another way of getting by, so live concerts have become the main source of revenue for the music industry.

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3）保持健康的生活方式和积极的社会交往，坚持力所能及的活动和锻炼。随着年龄增长的：老年人体脂百分比增高、瘦组织减少，也就是说，老年人不可避免地会出现肌肉的衰减，导致身体活动能力逐渐下降、容易摔倒等。

）bǎochí jiànkāng de shēnghuó fāngshì hé jījí de shèhuì jiāowǎng ，jiānchí lìsuǒnéngjí de huódòng hé duànliàn 。suízhe niánlíng zēngzhǎng de ：lǎoniánrén tǐ zhī bǎifēnbǐ zēnggāo 、shòu zǔzhī jiǎnshǎo ，yějiùshìshuō ，lǎoniánrén bùkě bìmiǎn de huì chūxiàn jīròu de shuāijiǎn ，dǎozhì shēntǐ huódòng nénglì zhújiàn xiàjiàng 、róngyì shuāidǎo děng 。

3) Maintain a healthy lifestyle and positive social interactions, and adhere to activities and exercises that are within your power. With the increase of age: the percentage of body fat in the elderly is increased, and the lean tissue is reduced. That is to say, the elderly will inevitably have muscle attenuation, which leads to a gradual decline in physical activity and easy fall.

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我们每年也都要来不来的。毕竟我们一些大客户都是之前在展场碰到的，但是来了又觉得开销大，再加上每年参展人数跟买气都在下降。

wǒmen měinián yě dōu yàolái bù lái de 。bìjìng wǒmen yīxiē dà kèhù dōu shì zhīqián zài zhǎnchǎng pèngdào de ，dànshì lái le yòu juéde kāixiāo dà ，zài jiāshang měinián cānzhǎn rénshù gēn mǎiqì dōu zài xiàjiàng 。

We're always on the fence every year as to whether or not to come. After all, some of our biggest clients we met at previous expos. But the costs of attending are high and fewer people attend the expo each year and those that do are less willing to buy.

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这个季度公司的销售额比上个季度下降了20%

zhè ge jìdù gōngsī de xiāoshòu é bǐ shàng gè jìdù xiàjiàng le bǎifēnzhīèrshí

This quarter the company's sales volume has fallen 20 percent from last quarter.

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我觉得不光是季节性。以前下降额一般也就是5%左右最近我们在宣传上投入的也少，销售额当然也就下降了。还是应该增加市场部的预算。

wǒ juéde bùguāng shì jìjiéxìng 。yǐqián xiàjiàng é yībān yějiùshì bǎifēnzhīwǔ zuǒyòu zuìjìn wǒmen zài xuānchuán shàng tóurù de yě shǎo ，xiāoshòu é dāngrán yě jiù xiàjiàng le 。háishì yīnggāi zēngjiā shìchǎngbù de yùsuàn 。

I think it's not just seasonal. Before the drop in volume was only about 5 percent. Recently our investment in promotion has also been less, so of course our sales volume has fallen. We'd better increase the marketing budget.

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但是我们减少了预算，销售额就下降了。这很明显。

dànshì wǒmen jiǎnshǎo le yùsuàn ，xiāoshòu é jiù xiàjiàng le 。zhè hěn míngxiǎn 。

But we reduced our budget and the sales volume fell. It's obvious.

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我每天看电脑，现在的视力下降了很多。

wǒ měitiān kàn diànnǎo ，xiànzài de shìlì xiàjiàng le hěn duō 。

I use the computer everyday, so my eyesight has deteriorated.

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