Has the silly season already begun?

新闻缺乏的时节已经开始了吗？

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Are teenagers, is the silly season, for love is full of Yili imagination, dreamlike, delude one to folly.

都是少男少女，正是懵懂的时节，对于爱情充满着迤逦的想象，如梦如幻，如痴如醉。

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All of which makes a change from the usual international reporting from New Zealand, which tends to focus on whale strandings, silly-season stories and, of course, rugby.

这一切，令平常无奇的新西兰国际新闻发生转变，报道焦点不再是一些鲸豚搁浅或者新闻缺乏时期编造的故事，当然，还有橄榄球赛事。

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You have to know the Silly Season has officially arrived when this sort of story creates an international flap.

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You know the silly season is in full swing when Metallica decide to release a double album of covers.

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August may be the silly season for newspapers, and traditionally a quiet time in politics, but Plaid Cymru won a by-election in Barry.

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