Gunfire regularly rings out in Tripoli at night, a normal occurrence in a country awash with weapons and where people enjoy shooting in the air to express emotions.

晚上的黎波里会不时传来枪炮声，这在一个武器泛滥的国家很正常，人们也喜欢朝天开枪一次来表达他们的情绪。

youdao

Driven by the loss of ice, Arctic temperatures are warming more quickly than other parts of the world: last autumn air temperatures in the Arctic stood at a record 5c above normal.

由于冰的损失，北极温度正比世界其它地方更快地升高：去年秋天，北极气温达到高于正常5度的纪录。

youdao

And some players think something foul is afoot. They contend that the ball doesn't behave the way a normal soccer ball should, that it even turns the wrong way in mid-air.

一些球员对这种足球颇多不满，他们声称，这种球踢起来不像是个“足球”，飞到半空甚至会转错方向。

youdao

"These are the same kind of fine matter found in normal air pollution.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

Airbus is now being forced to unveil its latest ideas by mid-June, instead of waiting for the Farnborough Air Show in July, the normal showcase for new aircraft.

ECONOMIST: Cabin fever

The pattern is common when La Nina -- the cooler than normal waters in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific -- influences upper air patterns across the southern United States.

CNN: U.S. pledges help for Texas farmers hit by record drought

The air pressure is also now closer to what is normal in Denver, Colorado -- the mile-high city at 5, 280ft -- than the traditionally higher, and more mountaintop-like standard of 8, 000ft above sea level, sparing fliers from the mild altitude sickness that can be experienced when flying a long distance.

BBC: Increased comfort in the sky