让人如此着迷的是，因为在发现安提基西拉机械之前，最早能像它一样追踪太阳和月亮的设备居然要追溯到1000多年前了。
What makes that so fascinating is that before we found the Antikythera Mechanism, the earliest device we had that could track the Sun and moon like this was invented over 1,000 years later.
当“未来邮件”越来越流行的时候，有些人想知道如果邮政地址改变了，或者公司在信件到达之前倒闭了会发生什么。
While "future mail" is becoming more and more popular, some people are wondering what will happen if the postal address changes or if the company goes broken before the letters arrive.
鉴于在研究开始之前，大部分人说他们宁愿逐渐减少吸烟量直到戒烟，因此这个戒烟率是特别可信的。
The quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting.
鉴于在研究开始之前，大部分人说他们更愿逐渐减少吸烟量直到戒烟，因此这个戒烟率是特别可信的。
And the quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting.
在它成为机器人之前，它还将帮助您决定需要在机器中构建什么。
It will also help you to decide what you will need to build into a machine before it can be considered as a robot.
在欧洲人到来之前，波利尼西亚和密克罗尼西亚这两个最大的文化区，住着大约70万人。
Before the arrival of Europeans, the islands in the two largest cultural areas, Polynesia and Micronesia, together contained a population estimated at 700,000.
在巴塞罗那成为世界大都市和地中海最具活力的城市之前，身着传统服装的叠人塔似乎是一个更安逸的时代的缩影。
Dressed in their traditional costumes, the castellers seem to epitomize an easier time, before Barcelona became a world metropolis and the Mediterranean's most dynamic city.
有一条严格的规定，在一个人发出信号，所有人一起转身之前，所有的人都不得转身。
There was a strict rule against turning round until one gave the signal, when all turned at once.
在英国，每年都有成千上万的年轻人完成学业，然后在开始工作或上大学之前休息一年。
Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university.
他坚持认为，在欧洲人到来之前，拉帕努伊人已经陷入内战和自相残杀。
Before Europeans arrived, the Rapanui had descended into civil war and cannibalism, he maintains.
在欧洲人接触美洲人之前，他们主要以谷物为生，这些谷物经常遭受歉收。
Before the Europeans made contact with the Americas, they subsisted mainly on grains, grains that often suffered from crop failures.
盖茨说：“事实上，在真正的机器人赶上科幻小说中的机器人之前，我们还有很长的路要走。”
'The fact is we still have a way to go before real robots catch up with their science fiction counterparts,' Gates says.
其次，年轻人可能受益于早期接触互联网，因为他们可以在接受正式的学校教育之前开始学习。
Secondly, young people might benefit from early exposure to the Internet for they can start their learning ahead of formal schooling.
在欧洲人来之前，宾夕法尼亚州有几个印第安部落。
Several Indian tribes lived in Pennsylvania before Europeans came.
有些人喜欢在深入讨论重要问题之前在会议上闲聊，而有些人则更直截了当。
Some people like small talk in a meeting before digging into important matters, while others are more straightforward.
在荷兰海滩上发现的一块石头表明，我们已经灭绝的人类亲戚尼安德特人比我们之前认为的更聪明。
A piece of stone found on a Dutch beach suggests that our extinct human relatives, known as Neanderthals, were cleverer than previously thought.
如你所知，我们一直在研究新西兰毛利人所习惯做的不同种类的艺术和工艺——至少在18世纪欧洲人到来之前是这样。
As you know, we've been looking at different kinds of art and craft that were practised by the Maori people of New Zealand—at least before the Europeans began to arrive in the 18th century.
议会发言人昨日表示，伊拉克立法者预计将在周三之前就一项安全协议进行投票，该协议将使美军在伊拉克驻扎至2011年底。
Iraqi lawmakers are expected to vote on a security agreement by Wednesday, which will keep the US troops here until the end of 2011, the parliament's speaker said yesterday.
一些人被要求在享受食物之前先拍照。
Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food.
一位男人听到了我说的话，在我走之前拦住了我。
此项研究，中途退出的比率很高，差不多有一半的参与者(59人)在研究完成之前离开，通常是因为副作用，或因为治疗对他们没有帮助。
The study had a high dropout rate, with almost half of the participants (59 people) leaving the study before it finished, often because of side effects or because the treatment wasn't helping them.
在周围那些人开始怀疑之前，我能多少次不吃抗酸药也不受胃灼热之苦？
How many times could I fail to take antacids or suffer from heartburn before those around me would start to wonder?
另一些人认为俄罗斯在加入之前可以更好地刺激出口。
Others argue that Russia would do better to stimulate exports before joining.
亚隆警告说，在晚餐之前吃面包会让人饱足感下降，加大食欲。
Eating bread before dinner makes people lose their sense of fullness and eat more, Dr. Aronne warns.
比起在90岁之前的人，那些人都很少有慢性疾病。
There was no less chronic illness among survivors than among those who died before 90.
下面的书单是我心目中在《霍比特人》之前出版的的十大被低估的经典幻想小说。
This list gives you my top ten underrated classics of fantasy prior to the publication of "the Hobbit."
他在指派代理人之前向他们所有人布置了简要任务。
塔勒布：在欧洲人发现澳洲之前，我们没有理由相信天鹅除了白颜色还有其他什么颜色。
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Before Europeans discovered Australia, we had no reason to believe that swans could be any other color but white.
尽管如此，他补充道：“在机器人被大量使用之前仍然有很多事可以交给它们去做。”
Nevertheless, "there's a lot more work to be done" before climbing robots are in common use, he adds.
尽管如此，他补充道：“在机器人被大量使用之前仍然有很多事可以交给它们去做。”
Nevertheless, "there's a lot more work to be done" before climbing robots are in common use, he adds.
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