When the rig sank, the riser broke near the top while remaining attached to the blowout preventer at the bottom.
当钻井平台下沉时，立管在顶部附近的地方断裂，同时另一端仍与底部的防喷器相连。
While the majority of people you will meet when travelling are sure to be friendly and welcoming, there are dangers, theft being the most common.
虽然你在旅行中遇到的大多数人肯定是友好热情的，但也有危险，最常见的是盗窃。
While the study didn't assess why divorce is more likely when wives but not husbands become seriously ill, Karraker offers a few possible reasons.
这项研究没有分析为什么相比起丈夫重病，妻子重病时婚姻更容易破裂，卡拉克则为此提供了一些可能的原因。
When people were encouraged to take at least three photos while they ate lunch, they were more immersed in their meals than those who weren't told to take photos.
当人们被鼓励在吃午餐时至少拍三张照片时，他们比那些未被告知拍照的人更投入到这顿饭中。
While it may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they're running around, they may actually be exercising their brains as well.
虽然孩子们在四处奔跑时似乎只是在锻炼他们的身体，但实际上他们的大脑可能也得到了锻炼。
If not, how do you feel when others do that while having dinner with you?
如果没有，当别人和你一起吃晚饭时，你感觉如何？
Some people lose heart when they come across failures while others rise to the challenge.
一些人在面对失败之时灰心丧气而另一些人则迎接这一挑战。
This is close to the maximum temperature that beans can tolerate, while corn and rice yields suffer when temperatures exceed this level.
这已接近大豆所能承受的最高温度，而当温度超过这一水平时，玉米和水稻的产量就会受到影响。
Just as it's challenging to smoke while knitting, when hands are holding needles and hooks, there's less snacking and mindless eating out of boredom.
就和编织与吸烟同时进行具有挑战性一样，当手里拿着针和钩子的时候，就能减少出于无聊而吃零食和盲目进食的可能。
So while it may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they're running around, they may actually be exercising their brains as well.
因此，虽然当孩子们在四处奔跑时似乎只是在锻炼他们的身体，但实际上他们可能也在锻炼他们的大脑。
Most mammals reach sexual maturity when their growth rates are in recession, while humans experience a growth spurt during adolescence.
大多数哺乳动物达到性成熟时，它们的生长率处于衰退状态，而人类则在青春期经历性成熟的激增。
Of course, booms aren't always followed by busts—we've certainly seen times when local economies expanded rapidly for a while and then went back to a normal pace of growth.
当然，行业繁荣并不总是以破产告终——地方经济在一段时间内迅速扩张，然后又回到正常增长速度的情况我们已经见过很多次了。
They can be a nuisance when they turn over your trash or steal your food while camping.
当他们打翻你的纸篓，偷吃你们野餐的食物的时候，确实是讨厌鬼。
Angelina adopted Maddox when he was just seven months old after she visited a Cambodian orphanage while shooting her film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2002.
2002年，安吉丽娜在拍摄电影《古墓丽影》时访问了柬埔寨的一家孤儿院，并收养了当时只有七个月大的马多克斯。
When we moved we had to put our furniture in storage for a while.
搬家时我们不得不把家具送出去存放一阵子。
While the news, so far, has been good, there may be days ahead when it is bad.
虽然到目前为止都是好消息，但是可能过几天就有坏消息了。
And while Europeans don't generally exchange business gifts, they do follow some formal customs when visiting homes, such as bringing flowers.
虽然欧洲人一般不交换商务礼物，但他们在拜访别的家庭时确实会遵循一些礼仪规则，比如送花。
Ants are collected when they fall into the trap while foraging.
蚂蚁在觅食时落入陷阱，就会被收集起来。
When he had looked at her a while, he said: "So you have come home again, Heidi?"
他看了她一会儿，说：“海蒂，你又回来了？”
The mishap occurred when the single-engine aircraft was caught by a gust of wind while hovering a few feet above the ground before landing.
事故发生时，这架单引擎飞机正在离地几英尺的空中悬停准备降落，此时遇到了阵风。
—When did the rainstorm come? —While we were having a physics lesson yesterday.
——暴风雨是什么时候来的？ ——昨天我们正在上物理课的时候。
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