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81. 现代工作生活意味着许多人花费数小时坐下来。

    xiàn​dài gōng​zuò shēng​huó yì​wèi​zhe xǔ​duō rén huā​fèi shù xiǎo​shí zuò xià​lai.

    Modern working life means that many people spend hours sitting down.

    Source: CCMatrix

82. 他们在两把铁椅上并肩坐了下来，但没有挨得太近。

    tā​men zài liǎng bǎ tiě yǐ shang bìng​jiān zuò le xià​lai, dàn méi​yǒu āi de tài jìn.

    They sat down on two iron chairs, side by side but not too close together.

    Source: CCMatrix

83. 语言学习的其中一种方法是坐下来记住所有的语法规则。

    yǔ​yán xué​xí de qí​zhōng yī​zhǒng fāng​fǎ shì zuò xià​lai jì zhu suǒ​yǒu de yǔ​fǎ guī​zé.

    One way to learn a language is to sit down and memorize all the rules of grammar.

    Source: CCMatrix

84. 在坐下来写这篇文章之前，我试图想象一个没有诗人的世界。

    zài zuò xià​lai xiě zhè piān wén​zhāng zhī​qián, wǒ shì​tú xiǎng xiàng yī​ge méi​yǒu shī​rén de shì​jiè.

    Before sitting down to write this article, I tried to imagine a world without poets.

    Source: CCMatrix

85. 我需要坐下来跟我的经纪人谈判、讨论，因为我需要每周都踢上比赛。

    wǒ xū​yào zuò xià​lai gēn wǒ​de jīng​jì​rén tán​pàn, tǎo​lùn, yīn​wèi wǒ xū​yào měi​zhōu dōu tī shàng bǐ​sài.

    I have to sit down with my agent and talk because I need to be playing every week.

    Source: CCMatrix