What's the point in producing an engine that is big and powerful enough to go like 200 kilometers an hour when the speed limit is only 100?
如果车速限制是100千米每小时，生产一个足够大、足够强、时速能达到每小时200公里的引擎有什么意义呢？
For families of year 6s, the summer holidays can seem like a long run-up to that great mountain of mystery and fear that is big school.
对于一些孩子刚刚度过6年级的家庭，这个暑假就像是即将攀登一座神秘大山的前奏，时刻惧怕着新学期的到来。
The harsh truth is that luck plays a big part in who will live or die.
残酷的现实是，运气在很大程度上决定着谁生谁死。
Temeraire is the name of the big, old sailing ship that you can see on the left of the picture.
Temeraire是你可以在图片左边看到的那艘大而古老的帆船的名字。
That may sound odd, but the fact is at the moment of the big bang, both matter and antimatter were created for a short time.
那听起来可能很奇怪，但事实是：在大爆炸的那一刻，物质和反物质都在很短的时间内被创造出来。
That may sound odd, but the fact is at the moment of the Big Bang, both matter and anti-matter were created for a short time, and I mean just a fraction of a second.
这听起来可能很奇怪，但事实是在大爆炸的那一刻，物质和反物质都是在很短的时间内被创造出来的，我的意思是只有几分之一秒。
The theme of a text is the "big idea" that runs through the text, connecting the characters and events.
文章的主题是贯穿全文的“大思想”，将人物和事件联系起来。
One reason is that more countries are big oil producers now, so the nations suffering from the price drop account for a larger share of the global economy.
其中一个原因是，现在越来越多国家大量生产石油，因此在全球经济中，深受油价下跌之苦的国家所占份额更大了。
The point is that people grew unaccustomed to thinking and acting in a responsible and independent way. Herein lies another big problem.
关键是人们变得不再习惯以一种负责任和独立的方式去思考和行动。其中就存在另一个大问题。
In America, it is often the judges, rather than the politicians who make the big decision that will effect people's life.
在美国，能够做出影响人们生活的重大决定的人往往是法官，而不是政治家。
Writer John Fitz Gerald first called New York the Big Apple, because New York is the place that many people dreamed of going to for the biggest prize of all.
作家约翰·菲茨·杰拉尔德最初称纽约为“大苹果”，因为纽约是许多人梦想去争夺最高奖项的地方。
What this means is that the search engine will know whether you are looking for a car or a big cat when you search for "jaguar".
这意味着，当你搜索“美洲虎”，搜索引擎会知道你要找一辆车还是一只大猫。
Card issuers have so far calculated that absorbing the liability for even big hacks like the Target one is still cheaper than replacing all that plastic.
到目前为止，信用卡发行商已经计算出，即便是为塔吉特遇到的那种大黑客承担责任，也比更换所有的信用卡要便宜。
The life of a kid living in a big city is utterly distant from that of a kid living in a small village.
住在大城市的孩子的生活和住在小村庄的孩子的生活是完全不同的。
That is far higher than the average of 9% for big companies across Europe or America's 15% for the Fortune 500.
这远远高于欧洲大公司9%或美国财富500强公司15%的平均水平。
What this means is that boats can dock outside this kind of big warehouses and can unload or, depending on the case, load goods.
这个的意义就在于，船舶能直接停泊在巨大的货仓外卸货了，也可以根据情况装载货物。
Without the right growing conditions, trees cannot get really big, and there is some evidence to suggest tree growth could slow in a warmer world, particularly in environments that are already warm.
没有合适的生长条件，树木就不能长得很高大。还有一些证据表明，在世界气候温暖的时候，尤其是在原本已经很温暖的环境里，树木的生长可能会放缓。
Bowman's supporters argue that Monsanto is trying to expand the scope of patents in ways that would enrich big corporations and hurt small farmers.
鲍曼的支持者认为，孟山都正试图扩大专利的范围，其方式将使大公司受益而损害小农场主的利益。
A big worry is that these transplanted megafauna might devastate plants and animals that are native to the western United States.
最让人忧心的就是这些转移过来的巨型动物可能会毁灭美国西部一些土生土长的动植物。
Perhaps a new phrase is needed, one that can bring everyone one big step closer to realizing Du Bois's original, idealistic hope: "It's not the name—it's the Thing that counts."
也许我们需要一个新的短语，它能让每个人向杜波依斯最初的理想主义希望迈进一大步：“重要的不是名字，而是事情本身。”
In many big cities around the world, it is not surprising that there is a mixture of people from different cultures and ethnic groups.
在世界各地的许多大都市中，来自不同文化和种族群体的人们混合在一起并不奇怪。
Its big selling point is that nobody else will have it: "You won't see this kitchen anywhere else in the world."
其最大的卖点是没有其他人会拥有它：“你不会在世界其他任何地方看到这个厨房。”
A stated goal of the Obama administration is to restore a big chunk of this employment, along with the multitude of skills that many of the jobs required.
奥巴马政府的一个明确目标是恢复大量就业岗位，以及许多这些工作岗位所需的众多技能。
Jeff Bezos, Amazon's boss, says that "If I see more than two pizzas for lunch, the team is too big".
亚马逊老板杰夫·贝佐斯说：“如果午餐要吃两个以上的披萨，那么，这个团队的人数就太多了。”
The big American myth is that you can pull yourself up by your own efforts and change a bad situation into a good one.
美国人的一大神话是人可以通过自己的努力振作起来，转逆为顺。
Big, high-tech fleets ensure that everything in their path is pulled out of water.
大型高科技船队确保他们路途中所经过的一切都被从拉出水面。
Some people believe that we are making a big deal of climate change, which is totally wrong.
有些人认为，我们对气候变化一事小题大做，这个观点是完全错误的。
Our hope is that if we feed blueberry juice to a child with this type of tumour, we can intervene and shrink the tumour before it becomes a big problem.
我们的希望是，如果我们给患有这种肿瘤的儿童喂蓝莓汁，我们就能在其成为大问题之前进行干预并缩小肿瘤。
Chinese New Year, now celebrated in most big cities around the world, is just one of the many festivals that are accepted internationally.
现在世界上大多数大城市都在庆祝中国新年，它只是众多被国际接受的节日之一。
I think that it's true that the economy is difficult and there is a big challenge in front of us.
我认为经济形势确实很困难，我们面临着巨大的挑战。
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