| 1. | For small pieces of weather -- and to a global forecaster, small can mean thunderstorms and blizzards -- any prediction deteriorates rapidly. |
| 对于小片的恶劣天气 -- 对一个全球性的气象预报员来说，“小”可以意味着雷暴雨和暴风雪 -- 任何预测的质量会很快下降。
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| 2. | Before it becomes a retirement village, Silicon Valley may prove a classroom for building a global business. |
| 在硅谷变成一个退休村之前，它很可能成为建立全球商业的一个教学场地。
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| 3. | Environmental experts point out that increasing pollution not only causes serious problems such as global warming but also could threaten to end human life on our planet. |
| 环境学家指出：持续增加的污染不仅会导致像全球变暖这样严重的问题，而且还将威胁到人类在这个星球的生存。
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| 4. | The 'true enemies of science, argues Paul Ehrllch of Stanford University, a pioneer of environmental studies, are those who question the evidence supporting global warming, the depletion of the ozone layer and other consequences of industrial growth. |
| 环境研究的先驱、斯坦福大学的保罗?厄尔里西认为，科学真正的敌人 是那些对支持全球变暖、臭氧层损耗以及工业发展的其他后果的证据提 出置疑的人。
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| 5. | David's house is quite close to the Global Theater. |
| 大卫的家离环球剧院很近。
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