Village census records for the last half of the 1600's are remarkably complete.
17世纪后半期的村庄人口普查记录非常完整。
If we look at the achievements of the last half-century, there is much to be hopeful for.
如果我们回顾一下过去半个世纪取得的成就，我们是很有理由充满希望的。
But in the case of some resolute and powerful crickets, the contest might last half an hour.
但是，在某些情况下果断和有力的蟋蟀，竞赛可能持续半小时。
The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now.
和现在比起来，20世纪后半叶像一个富裕子弟的狂欢聚会。
The transistor and the integrated circuit gave rise to the last half century of prosperity. But what comes next?
晶体管和集成电路带来了近半个世纪的繁荣，但之后又如何呢？
There have been five planetary extinction events in the last half-billion years. The sixth is happening now.
在过去几千万年漫长岁月中，曾经有五个行星消失，现在第六个行星的消失正在发生。
"I in no way anticipated the dramatic fall in energy prices that occurred in the last half of the year," he said.
“我无法预测去年下半年能源价格发生的戏剧性的下跌，”他说。
One of the key insights of the last half-century is that by these measures, complexity arises remarkably quickly.
上半个世纪最关键的领悟之一就是通过这些测量手段，复杂性快速的突出出来。
In short, the last half century has seen a massive shift of the burden of federal taxation off business and onto individuals.
就近而言，半个世纪以来，联邦税收更像是从企业转移到了个人身上。
We feel a little shy of it, even awkward-like Joe, the carpenter's son, who's been musing over my orchard gate for the last half-hour.
我们为它感到害羞，甚至难为情。乔，一个木匠的儿子，已经在我的果园门口沉思近半个小时了。
At most airports, traffic controllers organise the approach and landing order of incoming planes in their last half-hour or so of flight.
在许多飞机场，交通管理人员在飞机行程的最后半小时里下达可以靠近或降落的各项指令。
It said most institutions had already passed on the last half-point base rate cut to savers while holding back on cuts in home loan interest rates.
该机构称大部分银行机构已经降低了0.5点的基准利率，但是没有将其传递到按揭利率上。
Full-time: It was an even match for a while but in the last half hour United took control and took Spurs apart with devastating speed and precision.
全场比赛结束：这基本是场均势的比赛，但是曼联在最后半个小时队比赛的控制通过精确的传球和迅速的移动彻底击败了热刺。
Tiny societies of pearl divers, coastal merchants, and nomadic Bedouin were transformed in the last half of the 20th century by oil and natural-gas wealth.
自二十世纪后半叶以来，在石油和天然气财富推动下，昔日的采珠人阶层、海滩商贩们和贝都因游牧部落早已改天换地。
Figures released last week confirmed that the last half of 2008 saw the most savage contraction in demand for motor vehicles since the second world war.
自二次世界大战以来，2008年后半年见证了最为惨重的机动车辆需求紧缩。上周公布的数据证实了这一点。
We have learned over the last half-century that every state is founded on crime and coercion, including those that have recently appeared on history's stage.
从过去五十年的历史里，我们可以发现每个国家都是建立在杀戮与压制上的，包括现在刚建立的国家也是一样。
Pictures showed the plane's fuselage split into three pieces on the runway, with the front third of the plane coming to rest behind the last half of the aircraft.
有照片显示，飞机的机身在跑道上断成了三截，前面三分之一部分停留在了后半截的后面。
This mismatch has also been evident for the last half decade when coal prices have more than doubled while Chinese electricity charges have increased by only a third.
这种价格上涨的不平衡在过去五年里表现的更为明显，当煤炭价格涨了不止两倍的时候，电价只涨了仅仅三分之一。
Scientists agree that DHA, naturally transmitted to a fetus through the placenta in the last half of pregnancy, is important, probably to visual and brain development.
科学家们同意DHA在怀孕的后半期会自然地通过胎盘传输给胎儿，可能对视力和大脑发育有好处。
In the last half century, people have estimated human carrying capacities for the earth that have ranged from less than one billion to more than a trillion. They can't all be right.
在过去的五十年里，人们估计地球的人口承受能力从少于十亿到多于一万亿，但不可能所有人的估计都正确。
Together, the studies bolster the argument that the planet's temperatures have shifted significantly in the last half-century, with many of the potential consequences likely to be negative.
同时，研究证明：在过去半个世纪，地球温度显著升高，并有可能引发很多负面结果。
Now, whenever I see a book concerning anything to do with the last half of 17th Century England, I feel nothing but a sense of repulsion. The period never had any great appeal to me anyway.
现在，每当看到任何有关十七世纪英格兰的书，我都会很抵触，反正我对那段历史一向不大感兴趣。
Now, whenever I see a book concerning anything to do with the last half of 17th Century England, I feel nothing but a sense of repulsion. The period never had any great appeal to me anyway.
现在，每当看到任何有关十七世纪英格兰的书，我都会很抵触，反正我对那段历史一向不大感兴趣。
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