We paddled downstream for about a mile.
我们划船顺流而下约一英里。
The ivory industry employed about a thousand carvers.
象牙工业雇佣了大约一千个雕刻工。
The shelf is about a metre long—well, 98cm, to be precise.
架子长约一米。嗯，精确地说，是98厘米。
At about a quarter of eight in the evening Joe Urber calls.
在晚上大约八点差一刻时乔·乌尔贝打了电话。
They loaded about a ton of canned goods into the covered bed of a pickup truck.
他们将约一吨重的罐装食品装到了小卡车的有篷拖斗里。
I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted.
我成年后，发现自己对大多数人认为是理所当然之事知之甚少。
The Hollywood rumour mill is already buzzing about a marriage between Paramount Studios and Caps Cities.
好莱坞的造谣者们已经在嚷嚷着关于派拉蒙工作室和帽子城市合并的事了。
If your request is for information about a child, please contact the registrar to find out how to make such a request.
如果你寻求的是有关孩子的信息，请与登记员联系以获知如何作这样的请求。
She's thinking about a career in banking.
她正在考虑从事银行业。
Speculation about a divorce proved totally unfounded.
有关离婚的猜测证实纯属无稽之谈。
They talked amiably and easily about a range of topics.
他们亲切而又轻松地谈着一系列的话题。
They expressed cautious optimism about a solution to the crisis.
他们对解决危机持谨慎的乐观态度。
The novel is about a family who can't communicate with each other.
这部小说写的是成员彼此无法沟通的一个家庭。
Writing about a topic helps you integrate new knowledge with what you already know.
围绕某一题目写作有助于你将新知识和已有知识结合起来。
There was a problem which reared its ugly head about a week after she moved back in.
在她搬回去约一周后，有个问题又冒出来了。
On a lighter note , we end the news today with a story about a duck called Quackers.
为了轻松一下，我们最后讲一个名叫“嘎嘎”的鸭子的故事来结束今天的新闻报道。
The militants see no contradiction in using violence to bring about a religious state.
好战分子认为使用暴力与建立宗教国家不矛盾。
In the largest room about a dozen children and seven adults are sitting on the carpet.
在最大的那个房间里，十几个孩子和七个大人正坐在地毯上。
What would you say to Mrs So-and-so who has called to complain about a noisy neighbour?
要是哪位太太嫌邻居太吵闹，打电话投诉，你跟她怎么说？
He worries about a time when college athletics become even more elitist than they are now.
他担心有一天大学体育运动会变得比现在更加精英主义化。
Government sources are now openly speculating about a possible successor for Dr. Lawrence.
各官方消息源现在正公开地推测继劳伦斯博士之任的可能人选。
It took the combined efforts of both the press and the public to bring about a change in the law.
这项法律的变更来自媒体和公众的通力合作。
But how about a little reverse psychology? Playing hard-to-get is known to be more effective than begging.
但是用点逆反心理怎么样？大家都知道玩欲擒故纵要比请求更加管用。
Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
施乐公司展开了一项逆向工程。他们把日本的机器拆开，调查了日本的工厂来弄清楚他们怎么生产出了如此了不起的产品。
吃中餐怎么样？
How about a game on Tuesday afternoon?
要不星期二下午打场比赛？
The poem is about a busy city.
这首诗有关一座繁忙的城市。
The friends are talking about a speech competition.
朋友们正在谈论一场演讲比赛。
It's about a girl dancing on the water.
讲的是一个女孩在水上跳舞。
Book collections tell so much about a person.
藏书能告诉我们很多关于一个人的事情。
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