1. Looking beyond the 10-year period,the botanists estimate that some 3,000 native plant species may become extinct in the foreseeable future — more than 10 percent of the approximately 25,000 species of plants in the United States.
2. The annual migrations of wildfowl and many other animals certainly cannot be regarded as a form of exploration,because such movements are actually only shifts from one habitat to another for the purpose of avoiding seasonal climatic variations.
3. Proponents of G-M foods argue using biotechnology in the production of food products has many benefits:it speeds up the process of breeding plants and animals with desired characteristics; can be used to introduce traits that a product wouldn't traditionally have; can improve the nutritional value of products; and can produce cheaper and more environmentally?friendly fertilizers.
4. What makes this debate unique is that every meal we eat is at its very core. And that fact means one thing: it‘s an issue to be discussed not only around policy tables, but dinner tables.
5. “Contact us before writing your application” or “Make use of our long experience in preparing your curriculum vitae or job history" is how it is usually expressed.
6. There is no doubt, however, that it is the increasing number of applicants with university education at all points in the process of engaging staff that has led to the greater importance of the curriculum vitae.
「译文」但是,毫无疑问,正是由于在申请工作的过程中具有大学学历的人数增加,使得简历更加重要。
7. Other goals of the interview are: to answer questions successfully, obtain any additional information needed to make a decision, accent your special strengths, establish a positive relationship, show confidence, and to sell yourself.?
8. Based on these goals, place yourself in the role of the interviewer and develop anticipated questions and answers to three categories: company data, personal data, and specific job data.
9. Since the interview will center on you, proper self-management process is divided into four stages: the before stage, the greeting stage, the consultation stage, and the departure stage.
10. The before stage includes writing a confirmation letter, concentrating on appearance and nonverbal communication, developing your portfolio, anticipating questions with positive responses, and arriving early.
Venus [罗神]维纳斯, [天]金星【罗马神话】The goddess of sexual love and physical beauty. 维纳斯性爱和形体美的女神。金星分别在早晨和黄昏出现在天空,古代占星家一直认为存在着两颗这样的行星,于是分别将它们称为“晨星”和“昏星”。在英语中,金星——“维纳斯”是古罗马的女神,象征着爱情与美丽。中国古人称金星为“太白”或“太白金星”,也称“启明”或“长庚”。古希腊人称为阿佛洛狄特,是希腊神话中爱与美的女神。而在罗马神话中爱与美的女神是维纳斯,因此金星也称做“维纳斯”。金星的天文符号用维纳斯的梳妆镜来表示。
在英语国家里,小孩子们用这句话来记住太阳系九大行星的名字,以及它们距离太阳远近的顺序。这句话是这样说的:My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas。如果你仔细看一下这句话中每个单词打头的字母,你就会发现,这句话的确可以帮助你来记住九大行星的名字和它们距离太阳远近的顺序。离太阳最近的行星叫做Mercury 水星,V是Venus 金星,E是Earth 地球,M是Mars 火星,J是Jupiter 木星,S是Saturn 土星,U是Uranus 天王星,N是Neptune 海王星,P是Pluto 冥王星,非常可爱的Pluto。
单独看句子,自然很难看懂。要结合《California's age of megafires》这整篇文章来看的。据观察家们评说:过去消防部门就饱受苛责,人们认为他们灭火不力、导致本可以控制住的火灾却不断蔓延;如今消防部门还遇到了近年来最不同寻常的挑战,今年这场山火的火苗能跃过相邻的房屋、甚至能跨越峡谷。