BP PLC Chief Executive Tony Hayward has come under mounting pressure over the spill, caused after a drilling rig BP was leasing, the Deepwater Horizon, caught fire and sank last month.

自上个月英国石油公司“深海地平线”钻油台爆炸起火沉没后，公司行政总裁托尼·海沃德因此次泄露所承担的压力越来越大。

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Having a boss threaten to fire you is motivation - you'll likely work harder to complete a project with that kind of pressure.

如果你老板给你加压，要是你做不完一个项目，就炒你鱿鱼，这是一种动机——你一定会更加努力去做。

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But at least one death was real: cosmonaut Valentin Bondarenko died in a pressure chamber fire during ground training less than a month before Gagarin's flight.

但是至少有一次牺牲是实实在在的：宇航员Valentin Bondarenko在Gagarin飞行前不到一个月的一次地面训练中因气压舱着火而死亡。

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The researchers say their findings support the idea that a huge explosion or explosions caused fire and pressure powerful enough to kill off life on the Earth.

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"Shoot out with 5 minutes of gun fire and pressure cooker bomb, " Kitzenberg tweeted at 12:57 a.m.

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Sea water is being pumped into the reactors by special high pressure fire extinguisher hoses to prevent a nuclear meltdown.

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Labor activists hope the string of disasters, including the latest fire, will pressure retailers to sign onto a binding agreement to improve building safety in Bangladesh.

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