She grew up in Alabama, US and had an active childhood.

This won him first prize at the Alabama State Science Fair.

这使他在阿拉巴马州科学博览会上获得一等奖。

中考真题- 2018 福州 短文填空

On December 1,1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a passenger ．

1955年12月1日,在阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利的一辆公共汽车上,罗莎·帕克斯不愿意把她的座位让给一位乘客。

高考真题- 2016 全国1卷 阅读A

China's restrictions on raw materials continue to distort competition and increase global prices, making conditions for our companies even more difficult in this economic climate, said Catherine Ashton, the EU's trade commissioner.

欧盟贸易专员凯瑟琳阿什顿（Catherine Ashton）表示：中国对原材料的限制还在继续扭曲竞争格局，推高全球价格，在这种经济气候下，这令我们的公司更加举步维艰。

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Aside from the trend towards mobile gaming, a shift towards mobile advertising has helped push up profits, according to Elinor Leung, analyst at CLSA, a Hong Kong-based investment group.

总部位于香港的投资集团里昂证券（CLSA）的分析师梁向奕（Elinor Leung）表示，除了转向手机游戏的趋势外，向手机广告的转移也帮助推高了利润。

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The possibility of Chinese investment comes at a critical moment for Italy with markets demanding increasingly high yields to buy public sector debt that is projected to reach 120 per cent of gross domestic product this year, a ratio second only to Greece in the eurozone.

目前意大利正处在一个关键时刻。市场不断推高意大利公共部门债券的收益率水平。今年，意大利公共债务据估计将达到国内生产总值（GDP）的120%，在欧元区仅次于希腊。

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Bonhams is evidently hoping that some of this grisly history will cling to the desk and push the price above the 6,000 estimate.

Bonhams显然希望，这张书桌上会仍然残留着这段恐怖历史的某些片断，从而推高价格超过估定的6000英镑。

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A lack of competition caused by intellectual property protections keeps that price high, the theory goes, and when those patents expire next year the price of these machines will drop, increasing access to laser sintering technology and lowering the overall cost of manufacturing by 3-D printer.

按照现在的说法，由于存在知识产权保护而导致的竞争不足推高了造价，但当这些专利明年到期后这种打印机就会降价，使激光烧结的使用率增加，同时降低3D打印机的整体生产成本。

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Remarks from Japanese finance officials indicating that currencies will not be a main issue in this weekend's G7 meetings may embolden traders to trigger fresh bids in the yen.

日本金融官员的言论指出货币问题并非本周末G7会议的主要议题，这将鼓舞交易者发动新一轮推高日元的买入行动。

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" Travel is a huge driver of costs and carbon emissions," says Brighter Planet CEO, Patti Prairie. "As much as30 or40 percent of total operations for some companies."

“商旅是推高成本及碳排放的一大因素，”Brighter Planet首席执行官派蒂·普莱利（Patti Prairie）表示，“有些企业的商旅支出甚至占据总运营支出的30%至40%。”

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The IMF said that the constellation of dollar depreciation and falling short-term real interest rates "has pushed up commodity prices through a number of channels, including by enhancing the attractiveness of commodities as an alternative asset."

imf表示，美元贬值加上短期实际利率下跌，“通过一些渠道推高了大宗商品价格，例如提高了大宗商品作为另类资产的吸引力。”

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Rising incomes and rates of chronic disease may push sales from$ 12 billion in 2010 to$ 74 billion in 2020, according to PwC, a consultancy.

咨询公司普华永道（PwC）估计，印度国民收入的增长和慢性疾病发生率的居高不下可能将药品年销售额从2010年的120亿美元推高到2020年的740亿美元。

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News this year that polysilicon producers such as REC Silicon had closed US factories understandably improved spirits, lifting shares of US-listed Chinese silicon maker Daqo and Korea's OCI.

难怪今年有关多晶硅生产商（如REC Silicon）关闭美国工厂的消息令人振奋，此类消息推高了在美国上市的中国多晶硅厂商大全能源（Daqo）和韩国OCI的股价。

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Famed investors Warren Buffett and Henry Kravis invested in a record-setting utility-company buyout in 2007, wagering that a dearth of U.S. natural gas would send prices higher.

著名投资者沃伦？巴菲特和亨利？克拉维斯（Henry Kravis）2007年对一桩价格创纪录的公共事业公司股权收购交易进行了投资，他们押注美国天然气的紧缺会推高价格。

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Tata's new$ 2,500 car, introduced amid a growing appetite for vehicles driven by steep economic growth in Asia is likely to bolster conventional fuel demand.

塔塔（Tata）推出的售价2500美元的新车，可能会推高对传统燃料的需求。在这款新车推出之际，亚洲高速的经济增长正使得人们对汽车的兴趣与日俱增。

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By comparison, AIG lost$ 99 billion in 2009, needed an astronomical bailout, and helped usher in a recession so severe that it drove unemployment to double-digit levels.

相比之下，美国国际集团（AIG）2009年亏损高达990亿美元，需要巨额救助，并在一定程度上导致了一场严重的经济衰退，将美国失业率推高到了两位数水平。

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The price of iron ore and coking coal has doubled since last year as steel production surged, boosting the profitability of BHP Billiton and rivals Rio Tinto and Vale of Brazil.

自去年起，随着钢铁产量大幅飙升，铁矿石和炼焦煤价格也翻了一番，推高了必和必拓及其竞争对手力拓（Rio Tinto）和巴西淡水河谷（Vale of Brazil）的盈利能力。

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Legend is set to become the latest in a string of large IPOs in Hong Kong this year, as companies look to ride an equity bull market that has pushed up valuations across various sectors.

随着一些公司希望搭上已推高各板块估值的牛市，今年香港迎来了一连串大型IPO，联想控股的上市将成为其中的最新一宗。

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The regulations would extend patents, giving companies monopolies on new medications and potentially pushing up prices in the developing countries participating in the deal.

条例规定延长专利期限，赋予制药公司对于新药的垄断权，潜在地推高参与TPP的发展中国家的国内药品价格。

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Though interest rates across the region are generally lower than they were pre-Lehman, a fall in inflation would boost real interest rates and allow for some cuts.

尽管整个亚洲地区的利率水平普遍低于雷曼（lehman）倒闭之前的时期，但通胀的缓解将推高实际利率，并提供一些降息的空间。

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The sizzle and new wealth has pushed Valley real estate to startling heights; one home recently sold for$ 100m to a Russian venture capitalist who had amassed a Facebook fortune.

投资热浪和新财富将硅谷的房价推高到了惊人的水平：最近，有一栋房子被以1亿美元的价格销售给了一位投资Facebook赚到大钱的俄罗斯风险投资家。

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