That's nearly two and a half times around Earth! For the first time, Coca Cola has shown that it uses 3,000,000 tons of plastic bottles each year.
这差不多是地球的2.5倍！这是第一次可口可乐公司表示它每年使用300万吨塑料瓶。
In 2008, for the first time in human history, more than half the world's populations was living in towns and cities.
2008年，超过一半的世界人口居住在城镇中，这是有史以来的第一次。
In 2015, the US Forest Service for the first time spent more than half of its $5.5 billion annual budget fighting fires—nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago.
2015年，美国林务局首次使用55亿美元年度预算的一半以上用于灭火——这几乎是20年前火灾支出所占比例的两倍。
272 tornadoes swept the nation in the first half of this month – already breaking the all-time twister-count for April.
272例龙卷风在本月初席卷全国——已经打破了四月份的龙卷风案例。
The first release of the service aims to offer flight booking capability as well as hotel, rail and car-hire in half the time it would traditionally take to book just the flight.
这项服务的首次发布提供了机票及酒店、铁路、汽车租赁预订功能，将使用该功能预订以上产品需要的时间缩短到只是预订机票产品用时的一半。
First, they asked half the group to recall a time when they felt supported and cared for; the other half were asked to think about a fun experience, such as eating at a really great restaurant.
第一个试验中，研究人员要求一半的受试者回忆曾让自己感觉受到支持和照顾的场景；而另一半则要想着一次有趣的经历，比如在高档餐厅吃饭。
For the first time in half a century, the space agency Nasa has no manned space flights on its agenda.
这是半个世纪来美国宇航局NASA日程上首次没有载人太空飞行任务。
Half the time the first and second clips were the same, and half the time one of the sounds was substituted for another version of the same sound or a different sound. Here are the results.
其中一半的时间两个声音片段是一样的，另一半时间有一个声音被替换为同一个声音的不同版本或是不同的声音。
And half a year after that, in the summer when the boy was five, I met Henry myself for the first time.
又过了半年，正值夏天，也就是在亨利刚好五岁的时候，我自己第一次单独和他见面。
We started well for the first 25 minutes and then when they equalised you could see that we were wobbling a bit with confidence. At half time the team regrouped and then the second half was all us.
我们在前25分钟做的不错，不过当他们扳平比分的时候你可以看出球员的信心有些动摇，在半场结束后我们重拾信心然后打出了一个精彩的下半场。
Next year, for the first time, more than half the population is likely to be living in urban areas, implying a further boost to consumption, the country's main source of economic growth.
明年，印尼将可能第一次有超过一半的人口居住在城市地区，这意味着消费的巨幅增长，而这正是这个国家经济增长的主要源泉。
That urban growth—roughly half of humanity already lives in cities for the first time in recorded history—may lead to a big increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
有史以来，居住在城市里的人口粗略达到了整体人口的一半，这种城市扩张可能会导致温室气体排放的猛增。
Late last year came a significant but little-noticed announcement: probably for the first time, half of all Hispanic children in America were born out of wedlock.
去年年底，更有一份事关重大却未引起注意的公告首次显示，在美国出生的西班牙婴儿中，有一半是私生子。
He said it was the first time they were making a public appeal because of pressure on the police kennels, which usually import about half of their annual requirement.
他说，这是警方首次向公众发出呼吁，因为警犬基地每年需要的警犬通常约有一半是进口的。
But in the second half of last year, such hedging declined for the first time since 2001, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, an industry group.
但在去年下半年，根据国际掉期及衍生品协会(这是一个行业团体)的报道，对冲自2001年以来首次下降。
The dean says that they will bring an interesting perspective to the class, although, at least half jokingly, he worries about the first time he has to give either a bad grade.
该教务长说他们将为课堂增加更有趣的视角，尽管这是他第一次开始担心可能会给他们中的某个打低分。
This year foreign brands captured more than half the American market for the first time, with Toyota overtaking Ford.
今年，随着丰田销售量超过福特，国外品牌首次抢占了美国过半的市场。
At his instigation, Pfizer's secretive boffins unveiled details of the firm's drugs pipeline, disclosing information for the first time on more than half of its 30 research programmes.
在他的鼓励下，辉瑞的幕后研究人员在活动中透露了公司许多研发中药品的细节，首次披露了其30个研发项目中过半项目的信息。
Wayne Rooney's new strike partner took his time to get into the match and there were moments in the first half when the ball would bounce back off his knee and his passing could be erratic.
鲁尼的锋线新搭档在这场比赛中充分展示了自己的能力，即使上半场有时球蹦蹦跳跳到他的膝盖时，他的传球会很诡异。
In business the end of the first half of the year marks a time to sit back and examine how things have been progressing.
在商业中，到了年中的时候就是一个稍作休息进行自我检讨的时间。企业会在这个时候回顾上半年的工作并了解工作进度。
United could have been well ahead in the semi-final first leg by half-time, denied only by a series of incredible saves from Germany keeper Manuel Neuer.
在上半场结束之前，要不是德国门将诺伊尔多次不可思议的飞身扑险，曼联也许早就能将比分领先。
"When I reached (Hushan), I could finally let my shoulders down and relax for the first time in a year and a half," Loken says.
当到达终点(湖山)，我终于如释重负，也是我一年半以来第一次感到如此的轻松。
The first time she tried, Linda got onepink strip and one faint, half-pink strip.
第一次试用，琳达看到一条粉条条，还有一条有点模糊，呈半粉色。
Meanwhile, 272 tornadoes swept the nation in the first half of this month - already breaking the all-time twister-count for April.
与此同时，272例龙卷风在本月初横卷我国——数量已超过历年四月出现过的龙卷风案例。
In 2008, for the first time, more than half the planet's people lived in cities.
2008年，地球上第一次有超过半数的人居住在城市中。
The time for switching will probably be in the first half of 2010.
转换资产的时机大概在2010年的上半期。
For the first time since 2000, internet and technology entrepreneurs can raise seed capital with little more than a half-formed idea and a dozen PowerPoint slides.
自2000年以来，网络和科技企业都可以只用半成型的想法和十几页幻灯片介绍就募集到原始资本。
For the first time since 2000, internet and technology entrepreneurs can raise seed capital with little more than a half-formed idea and a dozen PowerPoint slides.
自2000年以来，网络和科技企业都可以只用半成型的想法和十几页幻灯片介绍就募集到原始资本。
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