一个冬天的早晨,一名雇员解释他为什么迟到了四十五分钟才起来上班。
One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late.
睡到中午才起来,上网时间过度,甚至你自己的仪态都会让你越来越心灰意冷。
Waking up by noon, excessive internet surfing, even your posture may be contributing to your apathy.
周末的时候我通常睡到很晚才起来,这么一来半天就过去了,接着做些差事又再去看电视直到晚上睡觉。
On weekends, I would sleep in way too late so that half the day was gone, then run a few errands, and then watch some more TV until I went to bed.
假设我通常周一都需要7点钟的时候起床;但明天因故让我的起床时间有了些微的变化,于是我想要在9点钟的时候才起来。
Let's say I usually wake up at 7am on Mondays; but tomorrow is different for some reason, and I want to wake up at 9am.
候选人B:他过去有过2次被解雇的记录,睡觉睡到中午才起来,大学时吸鸦片,而且每天傍晚会喝一大夸特威士忌。
Candidate B: He has been fired by his employers twice in the past and often gets up until noon every day. He was once addicted to opium in college and drinks a large quart of whiskey every dusk.
今天,年轻一代喜欢熬夜,经过一天的工作以后,他们会在晚上出去寻找乐子,因此他们很晚才回家,然后也很晚才起来。
Today, the young generation likes to stay up, because after a day's working, they will find fun at night, so they are getting home very late and then wake up late, too.
由于他们很晚才起来,他们会忽略早餐,等待午餐,如今人们会把这种餐称为早午餐,意思是在处于早餐和午餐的时间之间吃东西。
As they are wake up so late, they will ignore their breakfast and wait for the lunch, today people will call the meal brunch, it means to eat things between breakfast and lunch time.
那场比赛直到下半场才精彩起来。
令人惊讶的是,人们花了那么长的时间才把一个双赢的机会利用起来。
It is surprising that it has taken people so long to take advantage of what is a win-win opportunity.
昨晚他在医院的床上坐起来,才知道自己能活下来是多么幸运。
Last night he sat up in a hospital bed and learned how lucky he was to be alive.
天快黑的时候,太阳下山了,他们才又精神起来。
It was first towards evening when the sun was down, that they began to freshen up again.
这看起来很矛盾,但这就意味着对于森林来说,过湿或过干的极端土壤条件才适合热带草原。
This may seem contradictory, but it only means that extreme soil conditions, either too wet or too dry for forests, are satisfactory for savannas.
直到电池有所改善,它们才变得流行起来。
They did not become popular until the emergence of improved batteries.
尽管速冻餐是在40年代发明的,但直到大约10年后,电视普及了,速冻餐才开始流行起来。
Although frozen dinners were invented in the 40s, their popularity didn't boom until televisions became popular a decade or so later.
阿米尔·汗邀请了很多教练来训练他减肥,他花了几个月的时间才变得强壮起来。
Aamir Khan invited many coaches to train him to lose weight and took him a few months to be strong.
把我们从只有烟囱才暖和的房间里的床上叫起来,穿上冰冷的袜子和结了霜的靴子,去挤牛奶,这是有军纪的。
It required military discipline to get us out of bed in a chamber warmed only by the stovepipe, to draw on icy socks and frosty boots and go to milking cows.
我知道这听起来人尽皆知,但是我看到过一些人就在上课的时候才突然发现相机坏了。
I know it sounds obvious but I've seen a few people suddenly find the camera's stopped working right in the middle of class.
虽然速冻餐在40年代就已经被发明出来,但直到十年后电视开始流行,速冻餐才变得普及起来。
Although frozen dinners were invented in the '40s, their popularity didn't boom until televisions became popular a decade or so later.
第四千禧年后期的其他创新包括轮子,可能首先是作为一种更有效的制陶方式发展起来的,然后才被转移到运输上。
Other innovations of the late fourth millennium include the wheel, probably developed first as a more efficient way of making pottery and then transferred to transport.
为了避免被抓,温氏夫妇只能很晚才把帐篷搭起来,并在清晨就把帐篷收好。
To avoid being caught, the Winns had to get their tent up late and packed it away early in the morning.
在以前技术剧烈变革的时期,企业家们想方设法将劳动力和机器结合起来,才使得转型顺利进行。
In previous eras of drastic technological change, entrepreneurs smoothed the transition by dreaming up ways to combine labor and machines.
直到20世纪70年代,它才在英国流行起来。
它后来才在视频上盛行起来,是根据斯蒂芬·金的一本书改编的。
It only became popular later on video and it was based on a book by Stephen King.
过渡应该将一个段落与下一个段落连接起来,这样才不会出现生硬或混乱的转换。
Transitions should connect one paragraph to the next so that there are no abrupt or confusing shifts.
丽兹很快就沉浸在她的故事里,把工作忘得一干二净,直到铃声突然响起来,她才如梦初醒。
Lizzy was soon deep in her story and she forgot all about her work, till suddenly the sound of the bell woke her up.
他跳了起来,清理了一会儿眼睛才认出我来。然后他赶紧打开包裹,把我的鞋子还给我,说:“抱歉,先生。”
He jumped up and cleaned his eyes for a while before he recognized me. Then he opened the package hurriedly, gave my shoes back to me, and said, "I am sorry, sir."
因为他们觉得它吃起来很可口——它们是靠牛蒡的叶子活着的,因此才种植牛蒡。
For they thought it tasted so delicate--lived on dock-leaves, and therefore burdock seeds were sown.
因为他们觉得它吃起来很可口——它们是靠牛蒡的叶子活着的,因此才种植牛蒡。
For they thought it tasted so delicate--lived on dock-leaves, and therefore burdock seeds were sown.
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