In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air.
在北美的聋人文化中,许多听众不是通过拍手,而是在空中挥舞双手来表示鼓掌。
These troops have rarely been at the center of the action: in Afghanistan, they stay in the relatively calm north; in Lebanon, they patrol at sea, not on land.
这些部队鲜少处于行动的中心:在阿富汗,他们留驻于相对平静的北方;在黎巴嫩,他们则在海上巡逻,而不是在陆地上。
There would be not a good harvest of wheat in North China this year due to the big snow.
由于大雪,今年华北地区的小麦将不会有好收成。
There is a lot of rain in the south of China, but not as much in the north.
中国的南方雨水很多,但北方雨水不那么多。
Unlike neighbouring Greenland, Iceland is considered to be a part of Europe, not a part of North America.
不像附近的格陵兰,冰岛被认为是欧洲的一部份而不是一个北美的一部份。
'I think there's a direct connection between the first appearance of people and the last appearance of many of the large mammals - if not all of them - that disappeared in North America.
我觉得人类的最初亮相与许多,即使不是全部的大型哺乳动物的最后消失在美洲之间有着相当直接的联系。
In a plaza north of the river, not far from the Ponte Vecchio, sit the Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore) and the Baptistery.
在河流北部的某个广场,距离旧桥的不远处,坐落着佛罗伦萨大教堂(圣母百花大教堂)和洗礼堂。
In the Middle East and North Africa 70% of countries are not free.
中东和北非70%的国家是不自由的。
“If you’re not seen to be helping your constituents, you will not be re-elected,” says Martin Ferris, Sinn Fein TD (member of parliament) for Kerry North.
“要是你被认为没有给自己的选民服务,你就不会被再次选举。”来自凯里北部新芬党议员马丁·费里斯说。
Today, Yan Qi works not far from where she grew up, at her company headquarters on a vast estate north of Chongqing.
如今,严琦公司的总部位于重庆北部大片的住宅区中,离她的家乡很近。
At the time of the end-Permian extinction, Antarctica was some distance north of its present location, warmer than it is today, and not covered with permanent glaciers.
在二迭纪末时期,南极比现在的位置往北偏一些,比今天热一些,没有覆盖永久冰川。
"The purpose of grocery stores is to get you to buy more food, not less," says Marion Nestle, author of What to Eat (North Point Press).
“杂货店存在的目的是让你购买更多的商品,而不是更少,”WhattoEat (NorthPointPress)的作者马里昂·奈斯·特尔说。
The LRA brutalised the entire north of Uganda, not just Acholiland, and young Acholi know little of, and care less about, traditional justice.
上帝抵抗军残酷地对待了整个北乌干达,不仅仅是Acholiland,而年轻的Acholi人对此所知甚少,而且不关心传统上的正义。
In reality her face, without appearing to do so, had caught the cold gleam of day from the North-East; his own face, though he did not think of it, wore the same aspect to her.
实际上是来自东北方向的白天清冷的光线照到了她的脸上,不过不太明显而已;而他自己的脸,虽然他自己并没有想到,但在苔丝看来也是同样的光景。
Oil spills occur in the North Sea at the rate of about one a week, but most are not serious.
原油泄漏在北海发生的频率为大约一周一次,但大多数并不严重。
The cultures of Rome and the tribes north of the Rhine, even if they had not mixed before, must have done then.
罗马与莱茵河以北的那些部落之间文化的交叉融合即使在之前没有发生过,在当时当刻必定是已经开始了的。
But a study of the north Atlantic and the Caribbean, just published in Science, suggests things are not getting worse.
然而一个发布在《科学》上、有关北大西洋和加勒比海的研究显示海洋污染并未恶化。
India's tectonic journey not only changed the Indian Subcontinent, it also changed the environment of land to the north.
印度大陆的漂移过程不仅改变了印度次大陆,同时也改变了北部欧亚大陆的环境。
The sun must be very high in the sky and it can not be seen at a latitude above 55degrees north (which includes Scotland and much of Canada) or below 55 degrees south.
太阳必须高挂在高于北纬55度的地区,包括苏格兰和加拿大的大部分以及低于南纬55度的地区。
For a cheaper, although not quite as direct, method, journey north of the Arctic circle around the summer solstice and spend a night (ideally in a hot tub) watching the sun circle above the horizon.
当然一个低成本但不是相当直接的方法是,夏至时去北极圈旅行,花一晚上的时间(能在热水缸里最好)看地平线以上的太阳圈。
THERE is not much to see in the city of Bakersfield, north of Los Angeles, but recent events have put it on the global electricity-industry map.
美国洛杉矶北部城市贝克尔斯菲尔德没有多少值得观光的地方,但最近的一些事件让该城市登上了全球电力产业的地图。
Some of the refugees say that they have ventured north to check on their houses but did not feel safe enough to stay.
一些难民说他们冒险向北走看看房子是否被毁,但之前觉得那里并不安全。
Finally, even as GM's North American business shows signs of life, not all is well elsewhere.
最后,即便是通用北美区销售显示了生机,其他区也不是一切安好。
The story of Abyei is stark proof that the underlying causes of north-south conflict in Sudan have not changed.
阿卜耶伊的故事是苏丹南北冲突的背后起因仍未改变的明显证据。
A little known fact is that Santa Claus does not live at the North Pole, but in the Lapland region of Finland.
一个罕为人知的事实是圣诞老人并非住在北极,而是住在芬兰的拉普兰一带。
Separately, WHO launched an emergency heath response plan to treat the affected populations in North and South Kivu, where 80% of the population is not fully vaccinated.
世卫组织另外还启动了紧急卫生应对计划以治疗基伍北部和南部受影响的人群,因为近80%的人口未充分接种过疫苗。
Separately, WHO launched an emergency heath response plan to treat the affected populations in North and South Kivu, where 80% of the population is not fully vaccinated.
世卫组织另外还启动了紧急卫生应对计划以治疗基伍北部和南部受影响的人群,因为近80%的人口未充分接种过疫苗。
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