| 51. | In 1953, a former electronics engineer in his fifties, Christopher Cockerell, who had turned to boat-building on the Norfolk Broads, suggested an idea on which he had been working for many years to the British Government and industrial circles. |
| 1953年，有一位50多岁名叫克里斯托弗.科克雷的原电子工程师，改行在诺福克郡的湖泊地区从事造船业，他向英国政府和工业界提出了他研究多年的一项计划。
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| 52. | The former method simply consists of setting an elephant to work and beating him until he does what is expected of him. |
| 强硬法就是驱象去干活，把它打顺从为止。
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| 53. | Of these the former are the majority. |
| 这两类人当中，第一类人是大多数
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| 54. | The blush of shame which it excited overpowered the sensation of fear which had produced his former paleness. |
| 它引起的羞愧使他满脸通红，掩盖了先前由于恐惧而形成的苍白脸色。
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| 55. | Mr. Heath is the former Prime Minister of Britain. |
| 希思先生是英国前任首相。
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| 56. | Of these alternatives, I prefer the former . |
| 在这两者之间我愿选择前者。
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| 57. | Of these two men, the former is dead but the latter is still alive. |
| 这两个人中，前者已死，而后者仍然活着。
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| 58. | The latter speaker was not so good as the former . |
| 两位发言人中后者不如前者好。
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| 59. | Of gold and silver, the former is the more precious. |
| 金和银相比，金更贵重。
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| 60. | He made a bid to regain his former influence. |
| 他试图重新获得他以前的权势。
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