Two years ago, rival Southlake Carroll finished first not only in Texas — but in the nation.
2年前，竞争对手Southlake Carroll不仅取得了得克萨斯第一，还获得了全国第一。
Kevin Balke, a research engineer at the Texas A&M University Transportation Institute, says that while smart lights can be particularly beneficial for some cities, others are so jammed that only a sharp reduction in the number of cars on the road will make a meaningful difference.
德克萨斯农工大学交通研究所的研究工程师凯文·鲍克说，虽然智能交通灯对一些城市特别有帮助，但有些城市太拥挤了，只有大幅减少道路上的汽车数量才能有效改变拥堵的局面。
When housing prices soared in other areas of the country, cities like Houston, Texas saw only modest increases.
在美国其它地方房价飞涨时，像德克萨斯州的休斯敦这样的城市房价只有小幅上涨。
In 1950 only one percent of the cotton grown in the South (excluding Texas and Oklahoma) was machine harvested. By 1959 the figure was 25 percent; by 1969, 94 percent.
1950年，南方(不包括得克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州)只有1%的棉花是用机器收割的，到1959年，这个数字为25%，1969年则是94%。
This kind of thing has only ever been attempted in Texas at local level, and even then only very rarely.
这种事情只在德州地方一级尝试过，但也是少之又少。
Thanks to its large and rapidly rising Hispanic population, Texas is one of only four states in America where “Anglos” (non-Hispanic whites) no longer form the majority.
由于得克萨斯州西班牙裔人口急剧膨胀，它成为美国四个西班牙裔聚居的州中唯一一个“盎格鲁人”（非西班牙白人）不再占据大多数的一个州。
She inquired about abortion, only to learn it was illegal in Texas. She was steered towards an underground abortion joint and was shocked.
她四处打听堕胎的事，却只了解到在德州堕胎是违法的。
"Except in Florida, New York, California and Texas, a judge may only hear one Hague case in his career," says a State Department official.
除了在弗罗里达、纽约、加州和德州，法官终其一生也可能只听过一两次海牙案件。
But now 99 Cents Only stores, a company that is based in aptly named Commerce, California, has stores in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas.
现在的99美分店(99CentsOnly Stores)在亚利桑那，加利福尼亚，内华达和德克·萨斯各州都有店铺，而其起家地则在加利福尼亚的康莫斯市(名字起得很恰当[1])。
Not only was Compaq performing much better than Apple, it was headquartered in Texas and therefore closer to Auburn football.
那时候Compaq公司的销售额不仅远远好于苹果公司，而且他的总部设于德克萨斯州，因此它离奥本大学的足球场很近。
Now nearly every state allows the option of life without parole (Texas introduced it only in 2005).
现在几乎每个州都允许判处不可假释的终生监禁来代替死刑（德州在2005年才推行这一制度）。
A preference for warm weather means most of the snakes could only survive in Florida, southern Texas, Hawaii or tropical islands like Guam and Puerto Rico.
对温暖气候的偏好意味着大多数的巨蟒只能生存在佛罗里达、南得克萨斯、夏威夷或类似关岛和波多黎等热带岛屿。
In fact, some of the states that most avidly execute prisoners, such as Texas and Oklahoma, have higher crime rates than states that offer only life in prison without parole.
事实上，在热衷处死囚犯的那些州——比如德克·萨斯和俄克拉荷马——其犯罪率比那些只监禁犯人而不提供假释的州高多了。
Twenty years ago there were only a couple of car styles in China, and they were ugly and uncomfortable. But the SUV in the magazine AD looked just like the ones I see every day on Texas roads.
二十年前，在中国只有一两种汽车品牌，而且样子很难看，坐上去也不舒服，但杂志广告上的SUV看上去就像我每天在得州公路上所看到的汽车。
Senator Obama had hoped to deliver Senator Clinton a knock-out blow by winning Ohio and Texas, but he came away with only a win in Vermont.
参议员奥巴马希望赢得俄亥俄和德克·萨斯，将克林顿参议员击败淘汰出局，但是结果他仅仅赢了佛蒙特一个州。
His opponents were a group of men—and men only—with the sort of Runyonesque names endemic in poker’s history and lore: Chill, Puggy, Minnesota Fats, Texas Dolly.
他的对手是一群叫着鲁尼恩式名字的人——都是男的：冷、狮子狗、明尼苏达胖子、德克萨斯洋娃娃，这些都是扑克的历史和传说中所特有的名字。
The only people I went out with in high school were Cheryl and her older brother, Dale, who is now safely tucked away from the public eye somewhere in Texas.
在中学时代惟一跟我交往过的人是谢丽尔和她的哥哥戴尔，现在平安无事地隐藏在德克萨斯州的一个什么地方不肯见人。
In 2004 Texas became one of only four states in America where whites are no longer in the majority.
2004年，德克萨斯州成为美国仅有的四个白人不再占主体的州之一。
The leading candidate in several recent polls, Herman Cain, lags far behind not only them but also Ron Paul, a libertarian Texas Congressman.
在最近几次民意测验中领先的赫尔曼·凯恩不只大大落后于他们二人，并且还不及一位来自德克萨斯州持自由论的国会议员，荣•保罗。
Earlier in Crawford, Texas, White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said a ceasefire in name only - that breaks down in hours or days - serves no one's interest.
星期二早些时候，白宫发言人约翰·德罗在德克萨斯州克劳福德表示，一个在几个小时或者几天内就会崩溃的名义上的停火不符合任何人的利益。
That may partly explain why Texas has never had a Latino governor, and California has had only one, back in the 1830s.
这可以部分解释为什么得克萨斯至今没有一个拉丁裔州长，而加州也只有一位，还要追溯到十九世纪三十年代了。
For now, Facebook Deals is only being offered in five cities: Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Dallas, Texas; San Diego, California, and San Francisco, California.
目前，FacebookDeals仅可在五个城市中使用。乔治亚州的亚特兰大、德克萨斯州的奥斯汀、德克萨斯州的达拉斯、加利福尼亚的圣地亚哥及加利福尼亚的旧金山。
The only things my mother could do for me were to bring my favorite tortillas when she came to visit, and to do the mending I always seemed to have with me when I visited her back in Texas.
而我母亲唯一能为我做的事情，就是她在来访的时候，给我带来我最爱吃的墨西哥玉米饼，以及当我回德克萨斯州探望她的时候，她做些我总是似乎为了我的针线活。
It wasn't only about Houston, it was about themselves, and their collective answer echoed in the Texas-size silence that followed them into the night.
这不仅仅是针对火箭，还针对他们自己，这是他们对于整晚都响在他们耳边的德克萨斯人无声的回答。
So, what are thick-furred snow monkeys - the only primates other than humans that can survive extreme cold - doing here in Texas?
那么，这些厚皮毛的雪猴–除了人类外唯一能度过极端寒冷天气的灵长类–在德克萨斯干什么呢？
Only that she died in an explosion here in texas 14 years ago.
只知道她在14年前，死于得州这里的一次爆炸。
Colleen Torres had once said Grace was the only teenager in Texas who got more upset about losing cooking privileges than being forbidden to go to the movies with friends.
科琳·托雷斯曾经说过，在得克萨斯州，格雷斯是唯一一个这样的青少年——比起被禁止和朋友一起去电影院看电影，她对失去烹饪的荣幸感到更加沮丧。
Colleen Torres had once said Grace was the only teenager in Texas who got more upset about losing cooking privileges than being forbidden to go to the movies with friends.
科琳·托雷斯曾经说过，在得克萨斯州，格雷斯是唯一一个这样的青少年——比起被禁止和朋友一起去电影院看电影，她对失去烹饪的荣幸感到更加沮丧。
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