In 1997 at Black Rock Desert, Nevada, he drove Thrust SSC to become the first person to break the sound barrier in a car and set the existing land-speed record of 763mph.

1997年在内华达州黑岩沙漠，他驾驶“推进”号超音速车成为突破汽车音障的第一人，并创下目前时速763英里的地面速度记录。

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He was taking a break from his job building a new rock and cement road in the village of Hababa—one of many places in the country where jobs are scarce and people struggle to put food on the table.

他在哈巴巴村修建一条新的水泥马路，此时是他的午休时间。 该村是也门缺少就业机会且人们想方设法解决吃饭问题的许多地方之一。

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His cameras rock and quiver in the shadows before he runs out of story, which makes the decision to break this film into two parts especially indulgent.

在电影结束之前，他的摄影机就晃动个不停，正是这一点才决定把整部电影分为两个部分。

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They were suspended from ropes as they used heavy air-powered hammers to break any loose rock away from the face of the canyon walls.

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This year he completed what is believed to be the first ever fracture stimulation procedure in Turkey: injecting a mixture of water and sand at high pressure down the wells to break up rock and release gas.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The industry has boomed in recent years, thanks to a stunning expansion of drilling in previously untapped areas because of the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which injects sand, water and chemicals to break apart rock and free the gas inside.

NPR: EPA Methane Report Further Divides Fracking Camps

During fracking, large volumes of water, along with sand and hazardous chemicals, are injected into the ground to break rock apart and free the oil and gas.

WSJ: Fracking coalition upsets both greens and drillers