Overall, the Cowans believe half of how children turn out is probably genetic and beyond parents' control.

总的来说，考恩夫妇认为孩子的未来有一半也许是由基因决定的，父母无法改变。

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I'm going to ask everybody in this half of the class please either turn your head or shut your eyes.

请左边的同学转过头去，或是闭上双眼。

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New types of tiny combined heat and power plants are able to turn about half the energy in fuel into electricity, almost matching the efficiency of huge generators.

新型的小规模热电联产机组，能够将燃料中大约一半的能量转化为电力，其效率已与大型发电机的效率相若。

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Turn-outs in local elections, which even in good years were never much more than half the turn-out at general-election time, have fallen to as low as 22% of the electorate since 1997.

ECONOMIST: Local elections (2)

Blackwell's 54-ball half-century threatened to turn the tide but the visitors remained favourites when Hoggard had the left-hander caught behind for 64, prodding at a good length ball.

BBC: Yorks beat Somerset to move top

They were guilty of "a half-baked U-turn".

BBC: Waiting for the Chancellor.