| 41. | Because the Moon has only an eightieth of the Earth's mass, it requires 97 per cent less energy to travel the quarter of a million miles from the Moon to Earth-orbit than the 200 mile-journey from Earth's surface into orbit! |
| 因为月球的重只有地球的1/8，因此，从月球到地球的25万英里所消耗的能量要比从地球表面进入地球轨道的200英里所耗能量少97%。
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| 42. | The Negro quarter around 135th Street, New York, was overrun with fortune tellers and witch doctors. |
| 在纽约135号街区周围的黑人区，占卜师和巫医泛滥成灾。
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| 43. | It's a quarter past ten. |
| 现在是十点一刻。
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| 44. | The creature's brain weighs a quarter of a kilo. |
| 这动物重0.25千克。
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| 45. | I should manage to square accounts with the bank before the end of the quarter . |
| 我将设法在本季度结束前和银行结清旧账。
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| 46. | I have devoted my whole activities to the cause for a quarter of a century. |
| 我为这项事业奔波了四分之一世纪。
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| 47. | Latin Quarter . |
| 拉丁区（位于巴黎塞纳河南面，是大学生及艺术家群集之处）。
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| 48. | two bits or a quarter (of a dollar) |
| (美元的)两个十二分半的钱币或一个二十五分的钱币
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| 49. | pay a telephone rental of 20 a quarter |
| 每季度缴付电话租金20英镑
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| 50. | a quarter of a mile |
| 四分之一英里
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