Progress on the climate change bill is seen as essential a to a successful outcome at the international meeting on carbon reduction in Copenhagen in December.
气候变化法案的进展被视作促进12月哥本哈根减少碳排放的国际会议取得成功的必不可少的条件。
She led us to a room with a balcony overlooking the harbour.
她领我们到一个房间，房间带一个俯瞰港口的阳台。
A few jokes add leaven to a boring speech.
几句笑话可给枯燥无味的演讲增添活跃的气氛。
A clothing shop is to be a key anchor in a new development planned on the vacant lot.
一个服装店将成为在这块空地上计划新开发项目中的一个关键主体商店。
People expect a horse to perform like a car, with no thought for its feelings as a living being.
人们期望一匹马能表现得像一辆车那样，却没考虑到它作为一个活的生物的感受。
He put his retirement on hold to work 16 hours a day, seven days a week to find a solution.
为了找到一个解决方案，他推迟了退休，每周工作7天，每天工作16小时。
The new system can send a text to a mobile phone, or to another landline phone.
新系统可以向手机或向另一台座机发短信。
A series of levers joined to a pointer shows pressure on a dial.
一系列控制杆连着一枚指针，在刻度盘上显示出压力数。
It's a great film and it features a Spanish actor who is going to be a world star within a year.
那是一部精彩的电影，它由一位西班牙演员主演，他一年之内就会成为国际明星。
Males between 18 and 20 had to leave a deposit as a guarantee of returning to do their military service.
18岁至20岁的男性必须留下押金作为回来服兵役的担保。
He again called for a faster changeover to a market economy.
他再次呼吁一个更快的向市场经济的转换。
A sprayer hooked to a tractor can spray five gallons onto ten acres.
挂在拖拉机上的喷雾器用五加仑液量能喷洒十英亩地。
The girls in a class tend to have a civilizing influence on the boys.
班上的女生往往能让男生文雅起来。
What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer to a straight question.
他真是一个狡猾的辩手，一直拒绝对一个直接的问题给予直截了当的回答。
Karen said she is a transgender—a man who wants to be a woman and is attracted to women.
卡伦说她是个变性人—一个想变成女人并被女人吸引的男人。
You have to have a lot of stamina to be a top-class dancer.
你得很有毅力才能成为一名顶级舞蹈家。
Drag has been with us since the birth of comedy, because it's funny to see a man pretending to be a woman.
自喜剧诞生时就有男演员反串的表演,因为看男人假扮女人很有趣。
If a woman makes a decision to have a child alone, she should bear that responsibility alone.
如果一名女子决定独自养育小孩，她就必须独自承担这一责任。
"It takes a team a while to jell," Mike Piazza said.
“要让一个团队合作融洽需要一点时间，”迈克·皮阿扎说。
I managed to beg a lift from a passing motorist.
我设法求得一位开车路过的人让我搭车。
They agreed to establish a working party to draw up a formal agreement.
他们同意成立一个工作组来起草一份正式协议。
The helmets are designed to withstand impacts equivalent to a fall from a bicycle.
头盔设计成能承受相当于从自行车上摔下来的力度。
Let's look at a hypothetical situation in which Carol, a recovering alcoholic, gets invited to a party.
我们来假设一下这样一个情景，卡罗尔，一个正在康复中的嗜酒者，被邀情去参加一场聚会。
The inside of a van was as good a place as any to hold a kidnap victim.
厢式小型货车里面像其他地方一样是扣押被绑架者的好地方。
The miners rode a conveyance attached to a cable made of braided steel wire.
矿工们乘坐连着钢索的缆车。
He seems to be a bit of a philosopher.
他像个思想家似的。
Their wages have been cut in half to a measly $410 a month.
他们的工资已经被削减一半，每月只有少得可怜的410美元。
It takes a lot of stamina to run a marathon.
跑马拉松需要很大的耐力。
A son blasted his father to death after a lifetime of bullying, a court was told yesterday.
昨天有人告知法庭，一个儿子因长期受欺凌而开枪打死了其父亲。
A son blasted his father to death after a lifetime of bullying, a court was told yesterday.
昨天有人告知法庭，一个儿子因长期受欺凌而开枪打死了其父亲。
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