I'm familiar with the problem the RS describes: when I was at secondary school over a decade ago, our computing classes were terribly dull.
我清楚皇家学会关心的问题：十年前，当我还在上中学时，我们的计算机课就非常的枯燥。
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Our hair looks even much more dim and dull after the winter than our skin, because the static causes the dryness and frication. Haircut is very needed after winter is over.
冬天结束后，我们的头发常常因为静电所致会看起来比肤色更暗淡，干燥。
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On May 20th UniCredit said that it would take over Capitalia, an Italian bank whose predecessor, Banco di Roma, was once as flashy as Credito Italiano was dull.