| 1. | Prices have risen steadily during the past decade . |
| 过去10年间物价不断上涨。
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| 2. | In that decade New York City's overall cost of living rose 88.3 percent. |
| 在那10年间纽约市总的生活费用上升了88.3%。
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| 3. | Audiences in the second decade of the twentieth century found it pleasant to escape to a time when life, though hard, was relatively simple. |
| 生活在20世纪20年代的观众认为，逃到一个即使艰苦但比较简朴的时代中去是件愉快的事，
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| 4. | Some of us will die sooner, a few will live longer -- on into a ninth or tenth decade . |
| 有些人会死得早一些，少数人寿命会长一些 -- 活到八十几岁或九十几岁，
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| 5. | Bank loans during the prosperity decade did not keep pace with the rising level of economic activity. |
| 十年繁荣期间的银行贷款没有随着经济活动水平的提高而增长。
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