We enjoy them merely as stories, and we tend at least to half-believe them as possibly accurate reports.
我们享受他们只是作为故事，我们往往至少半相信他们为可能准确的报告。
"When I was at school, I believed in the saying, 'Knowledge can help you turn over a new leaf,'" says Guo. "But since I've started working, I only half-believe it."
“我在学校的时候一直相信只是改变命运的说法，”郭说，“但自从我开始工作以后，我就对这点将信将疑了。”
Scientists believe that over the past century, we have allowed more than half of the world's food varieties to disappear.
科学家们认为，在过去的一个世纪里，我们已经让世界上超过一半的食物种类消失了。
It's hard to believe that half the class couldn't complete the three-thousand-meter race, isn't it?
很难相信班上有一半人都不能完成三千米赛跑，不是吗？
They said one of their planes spotted the Cubans more than half way through their journey and the coast guards could not believe their eyes when they saw the vessel.
他们说，旅途过半时，他们在其中一架飞机上发现了古巴人。当海岸警卫队看到这艘船时，他们简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。
They believe that half an hour is enough to stop young and healthy people from feeling tired.
他们认为半小时的睡眠足以让年轻人和健康的人不再感到疲劳。
Half of US mothers are not getting enough sleep and they believe getting more rest would make them better parents, according to a US study.
美国一项调查表明，美国有一半的妈妈睡眠不足，这些妈妈认为，如果她们睡眠充足，能做个更加称职的妈妈。
The Asia Foundation's 2010 public opinion survey shows that just under half of Afghans believe their country is moving in the right direction.
2010年的亚洲基金会民意调查表明，仅不到一半的阿富汗人相信他们的国家正朝着正确的方向前进。
Currency strategists said they believe U.S. growth might begin to pick up in the latter half of the year as Europe begins to slow.
外汇策略师们表示，他们相信今年下半年美国的经济增长有望恢复活力，而欧洲经济或许会开始放慢步伐。
All but 6% believe that they are at least as productive with the flexibility to work nearly anywhere; over half say they are substantially more so.
除开6%之外所有人都认为至少这种几乎任何地点都能工作的弹性机制使到他们更有效率；过半数的人认为他们确实从中得益良多。
Overall, the Cowans believe half of how children turn out is probably genetic and beyond parents' control.
总的来说，考恩夫妇认为孩子的未来有一半也许是由基因决定的，父母无法改变。
Still they may count themselves lucky still having a job as half believe unemployment will reach its highest ever level by the quarter century mark.
然而他们可能会觉得自己还有工作还算幸运，因为半数的人相信到2025年失业率将会达到有史以来的最高水平。
"Many people believe that the earliest turn around will be in the second half of 2008," Schwartz says, "while others believe it will not be till the first half of 2009."
“许多人相信最早的转机将在2008年的下半年。”Schwartz说。
'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and, what's more, I don't believe you do either!'
小鹰说，“你这句话的意思，我连一半都听不懂！”
Over half of mothers in Britain believe that they have less time to themselves compared with their own mothers, according to a survey.
根据一份调查，英国有一半以上母亲认为她们和自己的母亲相比，留给自己的时间更少。
While you may believe that continuously working out is the best way to gain muscle, exercise is only half of the equation.
你可能认为持续的锻炼是增长肌肉最好的方法，但是锻炼只是这个问题的一个方面。
Astronomers believe that only 50% of the mass of the dilapidated star gets swallowed by the black hole; the other half gets "burped" back out into space before it reaches the point of no return.
天文学家们认为被黑洞吸入的恒星只有50%的质量会被它吞掉；而剩下的一半会因黑洞“打嗝”而在万劫不复之前返回外界。
A new Gallup poll found that belief in magic is widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with over half of respondents saying they personally believe in witchcraft.
盖洛普一项最新调查显示，迷信巫术已经在撒哈拉以南的非洲随处可见，有超过半数的受访者承认他们相信巫术。
Nearly half of Americans – 48% – now believe the threat of global warming has been exaggerated, the highest level since polling began 13 years ago, the poll published today by Gallup said.
盖洛普今天发布的一份民意调查显示，现在有近一半美国人——48%——认为全球变暖的威胁完全是夸大其词，这是自13年前开始民意调查以来的最高比例。
This was nevertheless half the 6.4% decline notched up in the first three months of the year, leading many to believe that the worst of South Africa’s first recession in 17 years may be over.
不过，这也只是今年头三个月6.4%缩水率的一半。这一事实使得许多人相信，南非17年来的第一次经济衰退的最糟糕时期已经过去。
LONDON: Believe it or not, the average 50-year-old is having more fun than those half their age.
伦敦：信不信由你，平均年龄50岁的人们比只有他们一半年龄的年轻人拥有更多的乐趣。
Only half believe patrons find call numbers too complicated, and a third felt shelving categories don't pull together topics in the way patrons want to browse.
半数参与调查的人相信索书号对于读者太复杂了，三分之一的人觉得排架的类别不能按照读者想要的方式汇聚相同主题的书。
Business leaders are by instinct glass-half-full type of people but, this time, few believe their companies' future lies in their own hands.
本能而言，企业领导人都是心态乐观积极之人，但这一次，没几个人相信公司的未来掌握在自己手中。
To ensure this, the drug is given to half of the test subjects and a placebo is given to the other half, who believe that they are actually being given the medication.
为了确保这一点，一半测试对象服用药物，另一半相信他们实际上是用药的测试对象服用安慰剂。
We still believe the recovery will continue, but the optimism for a better-than-half-speed recovery is waning.
尽管我们依然相信复苏会持续，但是高于均速的复苏看起来是不可能的了。
NIA continues to believe that interest rates have seen their lows and yields on the 10-year bond will likely rise above 4% in the first half of 2011.
NIA一直相信利率已经到达低点，在2011年的上半年，10年期的国债收益率有可能达到4%以上。
NIA continues to believe that interest rates have seen their lows and yields on the 10-year bond will likely rise above 4% in the first half of 2011.
NIA一直相信利率已经到达低点，在2011年的上半年，10年期的国债收益率有可能达到4%以上。
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