Of course, but you know what it is like being a mother of a 13-year-old boy.
当然，但你知道作为一个13岁男孩的母亲是什么感觉。
This New year I will make a difference in saving the earth. This year I will contemplate on what is green and how I can make a smaller carbon footprint.
每年这时候，人们立下新年的决心，这个新年我将要在拯救地球方面有所作为，这一年我将琢磨绿色环保是什么，以及我如何能够造成一个更小的碳足迹。
So ask a reindeer what time of year it is, and it may be able to give you the date. Just don't be offended if it won't give you the time of day.
所以，要问驯鹿这是一年中的什么时段，它可能会给你个准确的日期，可如果它答不上来现在几点的话你就别生气了。
Right now, your economy is growing by13% a year. What is your target?
目前贵国经济的年增长率为13%，你们的目标定在哪里？
It’s now been almost a year since I graduated, and what my life looks like today is a completely different story.
如今，我已毕业快一年了，我现在的生活则完全是另外一副景象了。
What exactly is a "12 Week Year?"
“十二周一年”到底是什么？
Imagine for a moment that the year is 2000 B.C. and you're a fisherman living along the coast of what is now Southern Europe.
想象一下现在是公元前2000年，而你是欧洲南部海边的渔夫。
And regardless of the calendar days of 2011, what lies ahead of you is indeed a leap year!
不管2011年接下来的日程会怎样，你们现处的年份确实是跃变的一年！
When they say 536 A. D. , which is an exceptional year because of what was likely a massive volcanic eruption, they don't mean 535 A.
斯塔尔说：“他们提到公元536年，那是特别的一年，因为这一年很可能经历了一次大规模的火山爆发。
That number is roughly what you spend on your living expenses in a given year.
这个数字大概的表明了你一年在你的生活开销上花费了多少。
And not every Kringle is reporting a difference in what children are requesting this year.
而且，并不是每一位圣诞老人都称孩子们今年的要求有所不同。
The point is to get a rough thumbnail sketch of what you spend in a year on various things.
重点是获得一个你一年中在各项事情上花费时间的大概图表。
Obviously storing a ton of detailed location data for a period of a year is a concern, but I was also interested in what kind of data my phone had on it.
显然存储一年中一段时间的大量的详细位置信息是个问题，但是我也感兴趣的是存储在我手机上的是什么样的数据。
But what about an initiative that is a large program effort, with a two-year duration?
但是如果一个主动性工作是一个大型的计划项目，可能需要两年的时间呢？
That is what investment Banks are doing by paying bumper bonuses a year after they were saved by state intervention.
这就是投资银行所正在做的，在被国家干预救助一年之后，他们正在给员工颁发丰厚的奖金。
What this suggests to me is that a year or so from now, Apple may have evolved from a spoke-and-wheel organization into a more traditional, top-down pyramid.
对我来说，这就意味着从现在开始的一年多时间里，苹果公司可能会从轮辐状的组织结构演变为更为传统的，由上而下的金字塔结构。
What is a customer's total transaction amount this year?
本年一位客户的总交易量是多少？
It's a funny, quick read about what your first year as an investment bank analyst is really like.
这本书写的很有趣，让人很快就能了解你第一年在投资银行做分析师的情况。
What is it that makes me the same person as I was a day ago or a year ago or ten years ago?
是什么使得,一天前或者一年前甚至十年前的我和现在的我是一样的呢？
And then this past fall, when it came time to write a letter to Santa, this is what she wrote: "Dear Santa, I don't really want anything for Christmas this year, except for a pig."
然后，去年秋天，海伦开始给圣诞老人写信，她在信中写道：“亲爱的圣诞老人，今年的圣诞节除了一头小猪，我真的不想要任何东西了。”
Here is a simplified picture of what happened in the past year.
下面是去年发生的状况的一个简化模型。
The end of a year is a good time to look back, reflecting on achievements, and to look forward, to see what we still need to accomplish.
年终岁未是回顾往事的良好时机，回顾取得的成就，展望未来，并考虑我们仍需完成的任务。
The town's stand is laudable but will have only a limited effect on what is, after all, a statewide problem. The Connecticut Legislature rebuffed a proposed statewide ban last year.
小镇的立场值得赞扬，但其影响甚微，毕竟，塑料袋的使用是整个康涅狄格州的问题，康涅狄格州议会去年拒绝了全州禁用塑料袋的提议。
Human nature being what it is, we can count on a market reversal, hopefully, within six months to a year.
人的本性尽显，我们不能指望市场在半年到一年内恢复到之前的水平。
Human nature being what it is, we can count on a market reversal, hopefully, within six months to a year.
人的本性尽显，我们不能指望市场在半年到一年内恢复到之前的水平。
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