BEC translation exercise 1

U.S. oil drillers have made major efficiency improvements with a speed that has repeatedly
surprised analysts.
美国石油钻井工的效率得到了极大的提高，现在的钻井速度不断让分析师感到惊讶。

I'm not in such good shape as I was a couple of years back.

现在我的身体不如几年前好了。

Cycling world records can be broken, even if you're 105 years old.

即使你已经105岁，也有可能打破自行车赛世界记录。

There is still plenty of work required before the autonomous vehicle hits the market.

在自动驾驶汽车进入市场前，仍有大量工作要做。

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, the world's oldest and most experienced spacewoman, will go

spacewalking Friday with Kimbrough.

NASA宇航员佩吉·惠特森是全世界最年长也最具经验的女宇航员，她将于周五同金布罗一起漫步太空。

Ground controllers in Houston already have removed the old-style batteries that date back a

decade or more.

休斯顿地面控制员已经移除了十多年前的老电池。

She started modelling at 16 and pursued her career in Milan and Paris before moving to New York

in 1996
她从16岁开始当模特，并在米兰和巴黎追求她的事业，然后于1996年搬到纽约。

The local municipality invited tourists and journalists to Sevnica on Friday to join in the

celebrations.
周五，当地市政府邀请游客和记者到塞维尼察参加庆祝活动。

Entrepreneurs can work with each other and learn from people who are more experienced in

business.

企业家能够相互合作，向更有业务经验的人学习。

Google’s founders and its employees understand some of the challenges that entrepreneurs

around the world may face.
谷歌创始人及其员工能够理解全球企业家或将面临的部分挑战。

Kenya has started a digital skills training program to enable one million young people to

secure freelance online work in the next year.
肯尼亚启动了一项数字技能培训计划，以使一百万年轻人能够在明年获得在线自由职业。
There are now an estimated 40,000 Kenyans who have secured online work ranging from

transcription services to software development.
目前估计有4万肯尼亚人已经获得在线工作，涉及从转录服务到软件开发在内的一系列内容。

The singer-songwriter would be able to begin to reclaim his rights to the music as of next

October under the U.S. Copyright Act.

依据美国版权法，该创作歌手在明年10月前便可开始收回其音乐版权。

President Donald Trump has threatened to impose taxes, called tariffs, on goods imported to the

United States from Mexico and China.
唐纳德·特朗普总统威胁要对美国从墨西哥和中国进口的货物征税，又称征收关税。

A tariff could mean a foreign-made car or bottle of beer will cost more, so domestic autos or

beverages sell better or can command higher prices.
关税可能意味着一辆进口汽车或一瓶进口啤酒会更贵，这样国产汽车或饮料就能卖得更好，或要价更高。

A vicious circle of rising protectionist tariffs and counter tariffs slashed international

trade by two-thirds during the 1930s, contributing to the Great Depression.
20世纪30年代，愈演愈烈的保护主义关税和反关税之间的恶性循环消减了三分之二的国际贸易，导致了经济

大萧条。

The U.S. economy grew at a 1.9 percent pace in the last three months of 2016.

2016年最后三个月美国经济以1.9％的速度增长。

Consumer spending is growing steadily due to job gains and wage growth, which will help the

economy expand this year.

由于就业机会增加和工资增长，消费支出正在稳步增长，这将有助于今年的经济发展。

California power company Southern California Edison decided to replace some of its natural gas

plants that provide additional energy during peak hours with batteries.
加州电力公司南加利福尼亚州爱迪生决定更换一批天然气发电厂，这些发电厂用电池为高峰时段提供增补能

源。

A new documentary on legendary investor Warren Buffett sheds light on just how his spending

habits may have made him wealthy.
关于传奇投资者沃伦·巴菲特的一部新纪录片解释了他的消费习惯是如何使其致富的。

The 86-year-old, who is the third richest man in the world, usually gets his breakfasts at

McDonald's on his way to work.
这位86岁的世界第三富豪常常在上班途中购买麦当劳作为早餐。
After three back surgeries in the last few years, Woods is hoping to emulate Federer and get

back to his best.

伍兹在过去几年内进行了三次背部手术，他希望效仿费德勒，重回巅峰。

Skype, owned by Microsoft, is the world's largest video calling service.
Skype属于微软公司，是世界上最大的视频通话服务商。

The press secretary told Yahoo News he hoped to make the video conferencing with journalists a

daily occurrence.

新闻秘书对雅虎新闻称，希望每天都能与记者进行视频会议。

The medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will be made from metals reclaimed from

discarded cell phones.
2020年东京奥运会与残奥会奖牌将由从废旧手机中回收的金属制成。

Starting in April, special boxes for donated phones will be placed in offices and phone stores.
四月起，办事处以及手机商店将设立特殊箱子以收集公众捐赠的手机。

For the 2016 Rio Games, the bronze and silver medals were made in part from recycled products.
2016年里约奥运会的铜牌与银牌就是利用回收物品制作而成。