传统房屋的建筑材料是石头和泥土，但稻草更富有弹性，在冬季更能保暖，加利福尼亚州的工程师达西·多诺万如是说。
Traditional houses are built of stone and mud, but straw is far more resilient, says California engineer Darcey Donovan, and warmer in winter to boot.
他来到市上，找到了卖鞋子的摊子，摸了摸口袋，不见了记尺码的稻草。就对卖鞋的说：“尺码忘在家里了，不晓得大小，让我回家拿尺码去！ ”。
At the market, having found a shoe-stall, he felt in his pockets, only to find that the straw was not there. So he said to the shoemaker, "I've left the measurement at home, so I don't know the size."
布林说，网络攻击是压断骆驼脊背的稻草。
The cyber attacks were the 'straw that broke the camel's back,' Brin said.
Hauser说，他一生中的大部分时间都待在一个小屋里，里面只有一个玩具，一张稻草床。
Hauser went on to say that he had spent most of his life in a small cell with one toy and a bed of straw.
可以毫不夸张地说，雷去世的这一学期，学生们就是我的救命稻草。
It isn't an exaggeration to say that, this semester of Ray's death, my students will be my lifeline.
他对着姗蒂说。 姗蒂尾巴拍打着旁边的稻草，静静的躺了下来，很温和。
"Shhhhhhhh, girl" he said to the spaniel, patting the strawby his side and, obediently, she lay down quietly.
后来有一次，托马斯心情不好拿哈罗德出气，这时阿尔弗雷德发誓说自己听到稻草人嘟囔了一声，“你听见了吗？哈罗德出声了！”
A while later, when Thomas was taking out his anger on Harold, Alfred swore he heard the doll grunt.
直到有一天，托马斯说，“我们做个假人吧，做个和真人一般大的放在菜园里当稻草人用。”
Then one day, Thomas said "Let's make a life-size doll. We can put it in the garden and use it as a scarecrow."
“也许……也许这是需要你自己去弄清的东西。”赫敏有点像抓救命稻草似的说。
"Maybe... Maybe it's something you need to find out for yourself," said Hermione with a faint air of clutching at straws.
可以毫不夸张地说，雷去世的这一学期，学生们就是我的救命稻草。教学能将我从煎熬中解救出来。
It isn't an exaggeration to say that, this semester of Ray's death, my students will be my lifeline. Teaching will be my lifeline.
“你要不怕在这黑天里爬梯子，就给我往上抱稻草吧。”盖伯瑞尔说。
'you can bring the straw up to me in armfuls, if you aren't afraid to climb the ladder in the dark,' said Gabriel.
沃克教授说稻草在生长过程中吸收二氧化碳。
Professor Walker says straw takes in carbon dioxide as it grows.
“这是压垮骆驼的那根稻草。”康乃尔另一位昆虫学者皮门特尔说。
"That was the straw that broke the camel's back," says David Pimentel, also an entomologist at Cornell.
他说，目前对稻草屋的兴趣是对气候变化问题所做的最直接的反应。
He says the current interest in straw bale houses is a direct response to the problem of climate change.
比方说，中国农村用土坯盖房，土坯里掺有稻草，这是最原始的复合材料。
For example, in the Chinese countryside, people use dirt to build houses, in that dirt there is straw mixed it; this is the most basic of complex materials.
巴西警方说，一位法官到巴西一座监狱视察，结果发现在了望塔中“看守”着735名囚犯的竟然是一个穿着警服的稻草人。
A judge on an inspection visit to a Brazilian jail discovered a straw scarecrow dressed in police uniform on the watchtower "guarding" some 735 jailbirds, police said.
然后他开始嘲笑我的头发，说我看起来像个稻草人！
Then he took a poke at my hair, telling me I looked like a scarecrow!
材料科学：稻草作为建筑材料的名声很差。这不公平，队伍不断壮大的挺草派如是说。
Materials science: Straw has a terrible reputation as a building material. This is unfair, say its growing band of defenders.
泰勒也是布拉特的批评者，在最近的评论是“压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草”。说他希望最新的风暴能把布拉特赶下台。
Taylor was equally critical of Blatter, saying that his latest comments were "the straw that broke the camel's back" and said he hoped the latest storm would lead to his removal from power.
沃克教授说，稻草能在生长过程中自行吸收二氧化碳，因此对于环境无任何负作用。
Professor Walker says straw takes in carbon dioxide as it grows. So it can be seen as having no harmful effects on the environment.
且不问这句话对不对，咱们可以套一句说，稻草人是农人亲手造的。
And not the words right, we can set a word, the scarecrow was a farmer had built.
“如果尽走着这条路，必定会跑出森林去的，”稻草人说，“如果翡翠城是在路的那一端，我们必须顺着这条道路所指引的地方走去。”
"If this road goes in, it must come out, " said the Scarecrow, "and as the Emerald City is at the other end of the road, we must go wherever it leads us.
稻草人回答说：“是的，这里什么东西都是绿的，在那芒奇金人的国里，蓝是他们喜爱的颜色。”
"Yes," answered the Scarecrow. "Everything is green here, while in the country of the Munchkins blue was the favorite color."
讲到了我的错和上文提到的“绿野仙踪”，不得不感谢写电子邮件给我，说我像“稻草人”一样缺了脑袋的无数读者。
Speaking of both being wrong and the aforementioned Wizard of Oz, many thanks to the numerous readers who emailed to tell me that, like the Scarecrow, I lack a brain.
“我想是的，”稻草人回答说，“当我有了脑子时，或者将更加喜欢它们。”
"I suppose so, " answered the Scarecrow. "When I have brains, I shall probably like them better.
“我想是的，”稻草人回答说，“当我有了脑子时，或者将更加喜欢它们。”
"I suppose so, " answered the Scarecrow. "When I have brains, I shall probably like them better.
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