8年的艰难时期刚刚过去，在此期间，伦敦有3家消防站遭关闭。如获批准，裁减又会接踵而至。The cuts, if approved, come on the back of a difficult eight years that have seen three London fire stations closed.新消防站很大.The new fire station is big.而在消防站, 空档运转的卡车也会使消防员暴露在柴油机...
The roses are thorny. Take care not to prick your hands.玫瑰有刺,小心扎手.Prick the potatoes and rub the skins with salt.将马铃薯戳一些洞，并用盐揉搓外皮。The needle left a prick in the tailor's finger.裁缝的手指上有个针扎的孔。Prickle is a frequentativ...
New Orleans now has one elected tax assessor - instead of seven, each overseeing his own fief.新奥尔良现在有一位民选的税务稽核员, 而非再是七位各管一摊.Both major and minor nonconformities will be followed up by the assessor.审核员应该跟踪严重不合格和一般不合格项的关闭....
...Malthus's theories about the ineluctable tendency of populations to exceed resources.马尔萨斯的人口增长会不可避免地超出资源承载限度的理论Those war plans rested on a belief in the ineluctable superiority of the offense over the defense.那些战...