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In the process of recalling my college days, I am reminded of that momentous1 occasion during my first year at St Montague's, when, by some irksome and malign2 fate, I discovered myself sharing the confines of the school library with three well-read scholars of that time.

回忆我在圣·蒙塔格大学的生活，我总是会想到我在那的第一年时发生的这件事。当时，我非常郁闷得发现我得和三个当时看来很博学的学生共享图书馆。

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In 2000 developing countries accounted for 37% of world output ( at purchasing power parities). 2000

年时，发展中国家只占全世界经济产出的37%（以消费力平价计算）。

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Slightly surprisingly, snail mail entered the language as far back as 1982.

不过让人有些意外的是，“蜗牛信件”这个词早在1982年时就被收录进常用语言词条了。

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A cyberflaneur is also known as a virtual flaneur, a term that also dates to 1997. ( Source: Word Spy)

Cyberflaneur（网络闲逛族）也被称为virtual flaneur，该词早在1997年时就开始使用了。

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This verb is a tidy shortening of the longer idiomatic phrase "to throw ( someone) under the bus," which has been in the language since at least 1991:

这个词是短语“to throw（someone）under the bus”的简写形式，意为：将某人推下水，即为了个人利益牺牲或者背叛别人。这个短语至少在1991年时就开始使用了：

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In my first year out of school I traveled with a friend.

在我离开学校的第一年时，我和一个朋友一起出去旅行了一次。

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The results reveal that while Swedes were the tallest people in the world in 1914, Dutch men have risen from 12th place to claim top spot with an average height of 182.5cm.

调査结果显示，虽然在1914年时，瑞典人是世界上最高的人群，但目前荷兰男性的平均身高182。5厘米，从第12位跃居首位。

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By 1814, people crowded outside the bakery, straining for a glimpse of the latest sweet food created by the young chef who worked inside.

到1814年时，人们会挤在面包店外争着瞧一眼在里面上班的一位年轻厨师创作的最新甜食。

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The country is still hopeful that it will meet its emissions goals, like reducing emissions by 40% by 2020, but the acceptance of electric cars in the country has not occurred as fast as expected.

但德国仍然希望能够完成目标，例如到2020年时将排放量降低40%，然而该国对电动汽车的接受没有预期中的那么快。

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Many European countries have been making the shift to electric vehicles and Germany has just stated that they plan to ban the sale of vehicles using gasoline and diesel as fuel by 2030.

很多欧洲国家转向使用电动汽车，德国称计划到2030年时禁止出售以汽油和柴油作为燃料的车。

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The country is also planning to reduce its carbon footprint by 80-95% by 2050, sparking a shift to green energy in the country.

德国还计划到2050年时将本国的碳排放量降低80%-95%，以推动本国向绿色能源的转变。

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By 2030, Germany plans on having over 6 million charging stations installed.

德国计划到2030年时全国范围内安装超过六百万个充电站。

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Palau also established the world's first shark sanctuary in 2009.

帕劳在2009年时也建立了世界上第一个鲨鱼保护区。

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So you did' Macbeth 'in the first year?' — 'No, in the first year we did' Julius Caesar '.'

“那么你在第一年时学了《麦克白》？”——“不，第一年我们学的是《恺撒大帝》。”

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There are fears that he will not be able to keep it up when he gets to the particularly demanding third year

有人担心他到了要求极其严格的第3年时会坚持不下去。

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He once mused that he would have voted Labour in 1964 had he been old enough.

他曾思忖过，如果1964年时自己够年龄了，他就会投工党的票。

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By 1990, it was clear that the cohesion of the armed forces was rapidly breaking down

显然，到1990年时，武装部队的凝聚力正迅速瓦解。

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By 1930 he had abandoned his Marxist principles.

1930年时他已放弃了马克思主义信念。

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In 1999 the party had 10 000 members.

这个党在1999年时拥有1万名党员。

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After 21 years of mining the No.11 well, No.14 well and No.2B well were scrapped, the NO.7 well needs replacing lift pump to use.

在矿山开采疏干排水21年时，洪阳水源地的11号井、14号井和补2B井均报废，7号井需更换大扬程水泵方能继续使用。

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