No one keeps an exact count, but rough calculations based on the government's survey suggest that perhaps 1,600 American public and private schools are teaching Chinese, up from 300 or so a decade ago.
没有人知道确切的数字，但是根据政府的调查，粗略计算之后显示，大约有1600所美国公立和私立学校在教授中文，而十年前只有300所左右。
A decade ago, this island's ecosystem was in chaos.
十年前，这座岛屿的生态系统陷入混乱。
Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago.
与十年前相比，我们大多数人在数字媒体上花的时间更多了。
The first mission was undertaken a decade ago and broadcast live then worldwide.
第一次任务是在十年前进行的，当时在全世界进行了现场直播。
Until a decade ago, most scientists thought that only a volcano had such energy.
直到十年前，大多数科学家认为只有火山才有这样的能量。
About a decade ago, university students could find satisfactory and enviable jobs after their graduation.
大约十年前，大学生毕业后可以找到令人满意和羡慕的工作。
Despite the dangers, sea cucumber divers were working the area a decade ago when, 51 feet down, they came across a coral block with ceramics embedded in it.
尽管危险重重，十多年前，海参潜水员在这个区域工作，当他们潜入51英尺深的时候，无意中发现了一块嵌有陶器的珊瑚块。
A decade ago, this island's ecosystem was in chaos. Wild pigs attracted golden eagles from the mainland, and those flying predators crashed the fox population.
十年前，这个岛的生态系统处于混乱状态，野猪吸引了来自大陆的金雕，而那些飞行的捕食者又使狐狸的数量锐减。
Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of "Friends", a popular sitcom, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.
近十年前，有人曾预测，热门情景喜剧《老友记》的观众们只需轻轻按一下遥控器，便很快就能买到詹妮弗·安妮斯顿那样的毛衣。
Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of "Friends", a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.
大约十年前就有预测认为，流行情景剧《老友记》的观众很快就能通过在遥控器上按几下买到剧中詹妮弗·安妮斯顿的同款毛衣了。
In real terms the cost of driving is cheaper than a decade ago.
驾车的实际花费比10年前要少。
A decade ago, European investment in China was routinely linked to the appointment of a foreign general manager.
10年前，欧洲在中国的投资通常通过任命的国外管理人进行联系。
That's about ten seconds more than the industry average—and a lot slower than a decade ago, according to the study, which was commissioned by QSR, an industry trade publication.
这项由行业贸易刊物《质量体系法规》委托开展的研究显示，这比行业平均水平多出了约10秒，而且比10年前慢了很多。
当然，这已是十年前的事了。
A decade ago it was a battlefield.
而这里10年前，却是战场。
That's double the number a decade ago.
这个人口数量已经是10年前的两倍。
A decade ago, few Americans ate tilapia.
十年以前，美国人很少吃罗非鱼。
Think of America's carmakers half a decade ago.
想想十年前的美国汽车制作商。
Why wasn't the Web colonized by monopolists a decade ago?
为什么万维网没有在十年前就被垄断？
Just a decade ago Indonesia was on the brink of catastrophe.
仅仅在十年之前，印尼还处在灾难的边缘。
Such was my prediction a decade ago, and I'm sticking to it.
这就是我十年前的预测，我现在还坚持它是对的。
There's more misery in people's lives today than a decade ago.
如今，人们生活中的烦恼比十年前多了很多。
But people don't use the Times less than they did a decade ago.
然而现如今人们使用《泰晤士时报》并不比十年前少。
A decade ago, he says, the answers would have been mostly in America.
他说十年前的话答案是大部分在美国。
A decade ago this scenario was brought up only in sardonic jokes.
十年之前这种情景只有在讽刺的玩笑中才会被提及。
But less than a decade ago, the credit-swaps market barely existed.
但是在不到十年以前，债务互换市场还未存在。
This total has fallen steadily from 40 a decade ago to just 25 last year.
执行死刑的国家总数从十年前的40个不断渐少，到去年仅剩下25个。
Only a decade ago, the place was exurban rice paddies and lychee orchards.
十年前，这个地方只是一个城市的远郊，种植水稻和荔枝。
Only a decade ago, the place was exurban rice paddies and lychee orchards.
十年前，这个地方只是一个城市的远郊，种植水稻和荔枝。
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