Of these the former are the majority.

这两类人中，第一类人是大多数。

The overflow feeding down into creeks and streams.

溢出的水流入小溪及河流中。

Here the brightly colored scenes that once decorated a mansion are being dug up.

这里颜色明亮的布景曾经是一栋别墅的装饰，现在正在被挖掘中。

For the moment, mind-reading is still science fiction.

目前“读心”依旧存留在科幻小说中。

The governor has been dealing with an ethics scandal.

目前，州长正处在道德中。

It may be that among them a more fervid Keats, a more ethereal Shelley, has already published numbers the world will willingly remember. I cannot tell.

他们中有一位更炽情的济慈或者更一尘不染的雪莱，且已经发表了世界长久记忆的诗章，这我说不定。

The chances are that few if any of you will leave your names to be cut into those stones.

很来，你们中几乎没有人以把名字留在那些石墙上，如果有的话也是极少数。

One of the soldiers on leave is 19-year-old lieutenant August Von Kaganick.

众多休假的士兵中包括19岁的奥古斯特·冯·卡根尼克中尉。

Along his route, more and more Indians joined him in the peaceful civil disobedience.

沿着他的路线，越来越多的印度人加入到他的和平非暴力反抗中。

In which he advocated for total independence from Great Britain.

在中大力宣导从英国手上完全取得独立。

Of all the storms, the most dangerous and unpredictable are hurricanes.

所有风暴中最危险的，最难以预测的是飓风。

The answer may lie in their genes.

答案在基因中。

Avery was the busiest helper of all.

帮手的人中，数艾弗里最忙了。

Being up the creek without a paddle, means you are in a bad situation.

Being up the creek without a paddle的意思是你处于一个不好的形势中。

Perhaps your letter is already in the mail!

也许你们的信已经在邮递中了！

In the middle of it, a pan full of oil sizzled over a smoky fire, sending out a repelling odor of tallow that took away one's breath.

山洞中有一只大油锅在烟火上嘶嘶作响，发出一股叫人没法呼吸的牛脂气味。

Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.

他们中的许多人反成为了那种妨碍民事诉讼的文件编档员，他们使得在侵权索赔制度上的花费如噩梦。

That physiological reaction can be applied to new technology.

这种生理反应就以应用到新技术中去。

So first of all, what is an abbreviation? Well, here's a clue in the word. You have the word " brev" . " Brev" -- in other words, " brevity" -- it means to be short.

首先，" abbreviation" 缩写是什么呢? 其实，在这个拼字中藏有线索。中有" brev" 这个字。" Brev" 换个说法" brevity" 就是精简的意思。

In the movie I said listen and read.

在电影中我说要听和读。