Oakland was north of Los Angeles, but the plane seemed to be heading west, and when he looked out his window, all he could see was ocean.
奥克兰在洛杉矶的北边，但飞机似乎是在往西飞，当他望向窗外时，他能看到的只有大海。
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, after all, is not the first high West Bengal official to say that rickshaws would be off the streets of Kolkata in a matter of months.
毕竟，布达德布·巴塔查尔吉并不是几个月内第一个声称加尔各答的街道上将不再出现人力车的西孟加拉邦高级官员。
In 1901 he succeeded in signaling across the Atlantic, from the west coast of England to Newfoundland in the USA, despite the claims of science that it could not be done.
1901年，尽管科学界声称这是不可能的，他仍成功地跨越大西洋发出信号，从英格兰西海岸发射，一直到美国的纽芬兰。
They found the east side of the pyramid to be a maximum of 5.55 inches shorter than the west side.
他们发现，金字塔的东侧比西侧最多短了5.55英寸。
They found the east side of the pyramid to be a maximum of 5.5 inches shorter than the west side.
他们发现金字塔东侧的长度最多比西侧的长度短5.5英寸。
Some new airports will be built in the west of our country. It will save our time to go there.
我国西部将修建一些新机场。这将节省我们去那里的时间。
But these employees, at the Peugeot car plant in Poissy, just west of Paris, will not be returning to work the next day.
可是这些工人下周一却不用回来工作：他们来自巴黎西郊的普瓦西，是标志汽车厂的员工。
The giants seem to be decoupling not only from the West but from many of their smaller emerging brethren, too.
这三国似乎不仅正跟西方各经济体脱钩，也正跟很多规模较小的新兴市场经济体脱钩。
The most likely spawning ground for that earthquake will be 100km or more to the south-west, where the Philippine plate dives under the Eurasian plate, creating a continuous sequence of shudders.
最有可能发生这一地震的地带也许是西南部100千米或更远的地区，那时菲律宾板块冲到欧亚板块下面，引发持续不断的摇晃。
To be prepared for your future life, you don't need to know the capital of West Virginia or the landmass of Chile.
为你的未来生活做准备，你并不一定需要知道西弗吉尼亚州的首府在哪里，也不需要知道智利的国土形状如何。
Ariel, the fourth-largest settlement in the West Bank, is considered by most Israelis as one of the "settlement blocs" that will be annexed to Israel in a peace deal.
作为西岸地区第四大殖民定居点，艾里尔被大多数以色列人视为在日后的和平条约里必将被划入以色列国土的定居点之一。
Ensuring that only legitimate candidates for adoption find their way to the West will be tricky when such powerful human instincts as those of the childless seeking a baby are involved.
当事情涉及驱使那些没有子女的人们寻找一个婴儿这种强烈的人类本能时，如何保证只有合法的待领养者能前往西方国家就成了很微妙的问题。
These children in the Pskov region of north-west Russia are lucky to be at school.
在俄罗斯西北部普斯科夫地区的这些儿童很幸运，因为他们还有学可上。
The average employed person in the West spends more waking time in the office than at home, so it makes no sense to be so dismissive of writers who focus on such an important activity.
除了睡觉以外，西方劳动者平均待在办公室的时间比在家里的长，因此，如果集中精力工作的人们鄙视作者的话就没有什么道理了。
What could be the cause of this strange invisible dividing line that skims across south-west France, cuts through Italy close to Florence, and continues eastwards through the middle of the Black Sea?
是什么原因导致这条奇怪的无形分界线跨越法国西南部，穿过意大利、接近佛罗伦萨，又继续向东穿过黑海中部？
And while bruised feelings may be rapidly healed in the west, they will not be resolved so quickly in other countries not used to the leak as a fact of political life.
当在西方世界被伤及的情面很快恢复如初时，在其他那些对泄密不那么习以为常的国家问题就没这么好解决了。
With the US budget deficits now counted in trillions of dollars rather than billions, this should be one of those moments when the shift of power from west to east gathers pace.
美国的预算赤字如今以万亿、而非十亿美元计算，这应当是实力加快从西方向东方转移的时机之一。
The Rockets once again will be on the doorstep of the postseason, but the West is too good for Houston to sneak in with a team long on youth and role players.
火箭队仍旧会是徘徊在季后赛门槛的边缘，但是西部的实力太强了，火箭很难在这里仅仅凭借这么一群人摸爬滚打。
But they believed the magnetism to be of little use in judging longitude, leaving it a mystery as to how the turtles know their east from west.
然而，他们认为在辨识经度上磁场帮不上忙，所以海龟如何分辨东西方位仍然是个谜。
This very day in London, a parade of models will be taking to the West End in a special event organised by French lingerie companies, including Simone Pérèle, Aubade and Passionata.
现在在伦敦，在法国内衣公司组织的特殊活动中，模特秀将会在伦敦西区举行，包括西蒙佩儿， 欧巴德和贝莎娜塔。
There have been two options: piping the gas to the Lower 48, or to a West Coast port, from which it would be shipped to Asia in the form of liquefied natural gas.
现在他们有两个选择：将天然气通到美国48个州或者美国西海岸，在美国西海岸可以将天然气液化然后运往亚洲。
More likely than the end of civilisation—and more boring—is that the West will just cease to be special.
很可能是文明的终结，而更不好听的是西方国家将不再孤单。
More likely than the end of civilisation—and more boring—is that the West will just cease to be special.
很可能是文明的终结，而更不好听的是西方国家将不再孤单。
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