或者是Facebook,它可能会在明年5月前上[除非美国证券交易委员会(SEC)放宽了500人的股东限制]。
Or Facebook, which could be compelled to list before next May (unless the SEC loosens is 500 shareholder rule).
“英格兰在世界杯比赛时,要是进了球,我不会在电视机前上蹦下跳,输球时我也不会高兴地尖声大喊。”他说道。
"When England play in the World Cup, if England concede a goal, I'm not ever jumping up in front of the TV, or like screaming like I'm happy that England are losing," he said.
北约预计会提出一个新的“战略概念”来对付全球性的安全担忧,这些担忧与北约11年前上一次修订它的使命时已经发生了巨大的变化。
NATO is expected to unveil a new "strategic concept" to address global security concerns that have drastically shifted since the alliance last revised its mission 11 years ago.
他们6年前结婚时,年龄上的差别似乎并不重要。
When they had married, six years before, the difference in their ages had seemed unimportant.
你可以在胎动图表上记下分娩前胎儿的活动次数。
You can keep score of your baby's movements before birth by recording them on a kick chart.
16年前,魁北克省规定所有移民都要送孩子上法语学校。
Sixteen years ago, Quebec mandated that all immigrants send their children to French schools.
星巴克杯子里装满的水和烟蒂洒了出来,褐色的尼古丁水洒在教堂台阶前的石板上。
Their Starbucks cup filled with water and cigarette butts has spilled and gotten nicotine brown water on the slate in the front of the church steps.
你应该在申请贷款前解决你的信用档案上的所有问题。
You should fix any problems on your credit file before you start applying for a loan.
在付款前,我被要求在销售点电子转账终端系统上对我的“店铺购物体验”进行评分。
I've been asked to rate my "store experience" on the EFTPOS terminal before I can pay.
通过现在修建的建筑物和在一百年前修建的具有相同规模的建筑物在重量上的差异,我们可以衡量出这一领域的进步。
Progress in this area can be measured by the difference in weight between buildings built now and those of comparable size built one hundred years ago.
如果地球与太阳的距离再大1%,大约20亿年前地球上失控的冰期就会导致海洋冻结,并一直冻结到今天。
If the Earth-Sun distance were as little as 1 percent larger, runaway glaciations on Earth about 2 billion years ago would have caused the oceans to freeze and remain frozen to this day.
如果地球与太阳的距离再大哪怕1%,大约20亿年前地球上失控的冰期就会导致海洋冻结,并一直冻结到今天。
If the Earth-Sun distance were as little as 1 percent larger, runaway glaciation on Earth about 2 billion years ago would have caused the oceans to freeze and remain frozen to this day.
我们讨论了30到40亿年前地球和火星上液态水存在的地质证据。
We were discussing the geological evidence of liquid water on Earth and Mars three to four billion years ago.
将近一半的高收入、大学毕业的父母在孩子5岁前就让他们上艺术课;而在低收入、教育程度较低的父母中,这一比例仅为五分之一。
Nearly half of high-earning, college-graduate parents enrolled their children in arts classes before they were 5, compared with one-fifth of low-income, less-educated parents.
想想对冲基金的出现,20或25年前,对冲基金是雷达屏幕上的一个光点。
Think about the advent of hedge funds, twenty or twenty-five years ago, hedge funds were a blip on the radar screen.
五年前,在世界上唯一的梅里克海龟的筑巢地——贝克海滩,发生了一起重大的化学物质泄漏事件,导致当年几乎所有的海龟卵无法孵化。
A major chemical spill occurred five years ago at Baker's Beach, the world's sole nesting ground for Merrick sea turtles, and prevented nearly all the eggs laid that year from hatching.
1850年,也就在他去世的前一年,他在学院的展览上展出了4幅这样的晚期作品。
In 1850, he exhibited 4 of these late paintings in the Academy, in the year before he died.
2007年的前5个月,贸易赤字实际上比2006年下降了7%。
For the first five months of 2007, the trade deficit actually fell 7 percent from 2006.
直到几十年前,我们对未来的看法大体上还是积极热切的,尽管不完全是一致的。
Up until a few decades ago, our visions of the future were largely—though by no means uniformly—glowingly positive.
事实上,研究表明40亿年前大气中的二氧化碳含量远远高于今天的水平。
In fact, studies indicate that four billion years ago, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were much higher than today's levels.
事实上,伦敦塔是在一千年前建造的,而塔桥只有一百多年的历史。
In fact, the Tower of London was built a thousand years ago, while the Tower Bridge only has a history of over one hundred years.
十年前我和我的同学来到这里,画了保国寺上的宝塔。
I came here ten years ago with my classmates and we drew the pagoda above Baoguo Temple.
直到不久前,这些研究都仅限于一些在基因上与人类相距甚远的短寿命生物。
Until fairly recently, the studies were limited to short-lived creatures genetically distant from humans.
令人惊奇的是,真正表现出几千年前的撒哈拉有多么不像沙漠的,是岩石上所画的一些东西。
Amazingly, what really indicates how undesert-like the Sahara was thousands of years ago, was something painted on the rock.
传统上,它的建立日期是公元前814年,但考古证据表明,它可能是在那一个多世纪之后才完成建立的。
The traditional date of its founding is 814 BC, but archaeological evidence suggests that it was probably settled a little over a century later.
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。
Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago.
15年前,一面蓝军旗代表意大利出现在国际体育赛事上。
Fifteen years ago, an Azzurro represented Italy in international sporting competitions.
大约五年前,美国高三学生每天花在电子设备上的时间一般超过六小时。
Some five years ago, high school seniors in America generally spent more than six hours a day on electronic devices.
大约五年前,美国高三学生每天花在电子设备上的时间一般超过六小时。
Some five years ago, high school seniors in America generally spent more than six hours a day on electronic devices.
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