The Public Utilities Commission inspects us once a year.
公用设施委员会每年到我们这里视察一次。
She informed us that eighteen members of the staff had left during the preceding year.
她当时告知我们，18位教职员在此前的一年里离开了。
It is estimated that to meet the 2050 challenge, investment must double to 83 billion US dollars a year.
据估计，为了应对2050年的挑战，投资必须翻一番，达到每年830亿美元。
Over the past year, the human voice has helped guide us over the ups and downs of what was certainly a stormy time.
在过去的一年里，人类的声音帮助我们度过了暴风雨时期的起起落落。
If the most health-conscious among us have such deep swings in our shut-eye levels throughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?
如果连我们当中最注重健康的人一整年的睡眠水平都有这么大的波动，那么我们其他人会损失多少睡眠呢？
For some of us, we roll that dreamy film in our heads just because it is the beginning of the New Year, but we are serious about making changes.
对于我们中的一些人来说，我们在脑海中放映那部梦幻般的电影，只是因为它是新年的开始，但我们是认真地想要做出改变。
Online shopping has become a major force in retailing this year with more than US$1 billion in Christmas season sales, industry analysts say.
行业分析师说，网上购物在今年零售业超过10亿美元的圣诞节销售中已成为主要力量。
There is an unusual holiday in the US that falls on the fourth Thursday of April every year.
每年4月的第四个星期四，美国有一个不寻常的节日。
Today it exceeds any country but Japan, where industrial employees log 2,155 hours a year, compared with 1,951 in the US, and 1,603 in the former West Germany.
如今，它已超过了除日本以外的任何国家。日本的工业员工每年工作2155小时，而美国的这一数据为1951小时，前西德为1603小时。
The scale of the searches has been increased dramatically since 1992, when the US Congress voted NASA $10 million per year for ten years to conduct a thorough search for extra-terrestrial life.
自1992年，美国国会计划在未来10年里每年为美国国家航空航天局投入1,000万美元，用于彻底搜寻外星生命体以来，搜寻的规模开始大幅增长。
In the US, the House of Representatives Science Committee has approved a bill allocating $10 million a year to studying energy-related behaviour.
在美国，众议院科学委员会已经批准了一项法案，规定每年拨款1000万美元用于研究与能源相关的行为。
The US Postal Service announced today that it is considering closing about 3,700 post offices over the next year because of falling revenues.
美国邮政总局今天宣布，由于收入下降，总局正在考虑在明年关闭大约3700家邮局。
You are also invited to join us on our prayer days (this year, June 6 to June 14 inclusive).
你也受邀加入我们的祷告日（今年从6月6日（含）至6月14日（含））。
The notion of success haunts us: we spend million every year reading about the rich and famous, learning how to "make a fortune in real estate with no money down" and "dressing for success".
成功的概念一直萦绕着我们：我们每年花费百万阅读有关富人和名人的书籍，学习如何“在房地产上赚大钱而不用首付”，以及“如何打扮可以成功”。
"They're the same as us," said Dickon, "only they have to build their homes every year."
“它们和我们一样，”狄肯说，“只是它们每年都要重建家园。”
This year we decided to let an experienced travel agent do our vacation planning for us.
今年，我们决定让一家有经验的旅行社为我们做度假计划。
The schoolmaster told us that there was to be a flower show for the school children this year, and that an old gentleman would give prizes to the best arranged wild flowers.
校长告诉我们，今年将为学校的孩子们举办一场花展，一位老先生将为精心布置的野花颁奖。
In the US, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has pushed most public companies to defer performance bonuses for senior executives by about a year, slightly helping reduce "short-termism".
在美国，《2002年萨班斯-奥克斯利法案》已促使大多数上市公司将高管的绩效奖金推迟一年左右发放，略微有助于减少“短期主义”。
You did something similar for us last year—we'd be happy to have the same menu again.
你们去年为我们做了类似的事情，我们很高兴能再有同样的菜单。
Every year a few colleges and universities in the US attract attention because they've managed to book high-profile speakers.
美国每年都有一些学院和大学引人注目，因为他们成功地邀请到了著名的演讲者。
Starting from this year, science will become an important subject as Chinese and math in primary schools in order to improve students' knowledge about the things around us.
从今年开始，科学将成为和小学语文和数学一样重要的科目，以提高学生对周围事物的认识。
As constant travelers and parents of a 2-year-old, we sometimes fantasize about how much work we can do when one of us gets on a plane, undistracted by phones, friends, or movies.
作为经常旅行的人，以及两岁孩子的父母，我们有时会想象，当我们其中一人登上飞机，不被手机、朋友或电影分心时，能做多少工作。
For anyone who doubts that the texting revolution is upon us, consider this: The average 13-to 17-year-old sends and receives 3,339 texts a month—more than 100 per day, according to the Nielsen Co.
如果有人对短信革命的到来表示怀疑，那就想想看：据尼尔森公司的数据，13至17岁的人平均每月收发3339条短信——每天超过100条。
Now this money can help us through the year.
现在这笔钱可以帮助我们度过这一年。
I was thinking you could live with us all year round and still be an artist.
我在想，你可以整年都和我们住在一起，并且依然是个艺术家。
As for us, fifteen-year-olds, who are finishing middle school, we're no longer younger children.
至于我们，我们是15岁的初中毕业生，不再是小孩子了。
A new study from the US says that 2-year-old babies care about how others see them.
美国的一项新研究表明，两岁的婴儿很在乎别人怎么看他们。
At that time, Allyson, my then eight-year-old, came to join us and listened to every word.
那时，我当时八岁的孩子阿莉森也加入了我们的谈话中来，听着我们说的每一个字。
At that time, Allyson, my then eight-year-old, came to join us and listened to every word.
那时，我当时八岁的孩子阿莉森也加入了我们的谈话中来，听着我们说的每一个字。
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