1:Yet if Mr Obama is not quite the lame-duck president that critics foresaw, he is still a lame-duck leader of the Democratic Party.2:Partly, this is a question of differing incentives.3:Mr Obama wants a legacy.4:Democrats have future elections to win.[...]115:As Mr Obama conceded to National Public Radio recently, such policies as unpicking the Cuban embargo are “frankly …easier” for a president at the end of his term.6:Mr Obama has a strong interest in achievements that can pass a Republican-held Congress.7:Two planned trade pacts, one with Asia-Pacific countries, the other with Europe, are a case in point.8:Republicans and some centrist Democrats want a deal.9:Left-wing Democrats and unions are appalled.

1:然而，即使奥巴马没有像评论家预测的那样成为跛脚鸭，他在民主党内的情况也将如此。2:部分来说，这是一个关于不同动机的问题。3:奥巴马想实测留名。4:民主党人想要赢得未来的选举。[...]115:正如奥巴马近来在国家公共广播电台上承认的那样：坦白的说，像“解除古巴禁运”这样的政策，对一个任职末期的总统来说要容易得多。6:奥巴马很希望这项政策能在共和党控制的国会上通过。7:与亚太国家和欧洲国家的两项计划中的贸易协定就是个很好的例子。8:共和党与部分中间派民主党想要达成协议。9:左翼民主党和工会对此大为震惊。

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A self-professed introvert, which is fitting for a company that sells itself on textual communication, he values efficiency and candour. After Yahoo bought Flickr, he worked there for a few years. “Everything was horrible, ugly, slow, difficult to use and confusing,” he says, frankly .

他自称性格内向——这恰恰适合靠文本通讯谋生的公司——并且珍视效率和坦诚。雅虎收购Flickr之后，他在那里工作了几年。“一切都很可怕、丑陋、缓慢、难用、混乱。”他毫不掩饰地说道。

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"He seems to have opted for a different route. And frankly we do not have any more trust in him. "

“看样子他已经选择了一条不同的道路。而且坦白说，我们已经不再信任他了。”

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"Frankly , if you are an entrepreneur who cannot find a rich person to help you out, then you are not going to get anywhere, " he says.

“老实说，如果没有有钱人来帮你走出困境，一个企业将寸步难行”他说道。

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"Frankly , it's not a procedure we wish to adopt, " Sarkozy said.

“坦白地说，这不是我们希望采取的一个步骤，”萨科齐说。

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"And frankly after having watched [Mr Fuld's testimony to the committee], I'd have done the same too. "

“坦率的说，看了富尔德先生在国会的听证后，我也很想这样做。”

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"One of the biggest and most difficult stumbling blocks at this point is Russia, frankly , " says Harvard's Matthew Bunn.

“坦率地说，在这一点上，最大和最困难的障碍之一就是俄罗斯，”哈佛的马修-邦恩说。

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"And frankly , that's at the low end, " Houston said.

“坦率地说，这是保守估计，”休斯敦说。

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"There have to be four or five things you want to come see that frankly as a consumer you'd pay for. "

“总有那么四五件事是你想看的，而坦白地说，作为消费者你需要付费。”

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"The fact that airfares have gone down from their peak frankly may not be resonating, " Mr. Haines said.

Haines说：“很明显，机票价格已经从其最高峰降了下来，这个事实是不能改变的。”

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