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Good afternoon. 下午好。 As you're all aware, we face difficult economic times. I come to you with a modest proposal for easing the financial burden. 众所周知，我们正处经济困难时期。今天我带来了一个小小的建议可以消除

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Now, the idea is not as crazy as it sounds. 其实，这个想法并不像听起来那么恐怖。 I started a contest four years ago called Dance Your Ph.D. Instead of explaining their research with words, scientists have to explain it with dance. 四

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And this brings me to my modest proposal. I think that bad PowerPoint presentations are a serious threat to the global economy. 下面我就谈谈我的小小建议。我认为，用幻灯片做的那些糟糕的报告是全球经济的严重威胁。

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