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Earlier this year Tony Clement, the health minister, angrily told his provincial counterparts to “get off the pot” and produce a waiting-times guarantee.
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今年早些时候，加拿大卫生部长托尼?克莱门特就督促各省医疗卫生的负责人做些实事，尽快出台一个等候时间标准。 |
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Earlier this year a former engineer with Audi in Germany, Wan Gang, was appointed minister of science and technology, the first in that position who did not to belong to the ruling Communist Party.
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今年早些时候，曾在德国奥迪公司任职的前工程师万钢被任命为中国科技部部长，这是中共党外人士首次担任这一重要职务。 |
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Earlier this year he attempted to cartwheel 57 miles from Brighton to London to highlight the problem of people taking stones from beaches to decorate their gardens.
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今年年初，很多英国人从海滩搬大石头回家装饰花园，为了讽刺他们，马克又打算从布莱顿码头横翻跟头到伦敦，路程57英里。 |
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Earlier this year the DPP grumbled that it was a conduit for immigrants, undermining Denmark's strict controls.
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今年初，丹麦人民党抱怨这是一个移民通道，损害了丹麦对移民的严格管制。 |
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Earlier this year the OECD identified overvalued housing markets and rising long-term interest rates as among the greatest risks to advanced economies.
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今年早些时候，经合组织将房地产市场估值过高和长期利率不断攀升，列为发达经济体面临的最大风险之一。 |
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Earlier this year the discovery of a single cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease, crippled the Canadian cattle market.
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今年年初，光是一宗牛海绵状脑病（即狂牛症）的个案，便重创了加拿大的牛只市场。 |
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Earlier this year, America took aim at banks that were helping Mr Kim's regime to launder money, a pinch that may have caused North Korea to hit back with the nuclear test.
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今年上半年，美国瞄准了帮助金正日政权洗钱的那些银行，可能正是这一打击令朝鲜想以核试验作为回击。 |
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Earlier this year, European foreign ministers repeated a pledge that all Balkan countries had a future in the European Union.
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今年早些时候，欧盟外交部长重复了一份声明：所有巴尔干国家在将来都有可能成为欧盟的一员。 |
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Earlier this year, Sir Alex described Foster's capture as a great bit of businessand tantamount to guarding the future of the club.
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今年早些时候，爵爷形容福斯特的加盟，是一桩很不错的交易，并且是球队未来的保障。 |
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Earlier this year, Xu Rong, who works at the Cultural Development Center, took officials from the Ministry of Education to see firsthand the educational challenges in a poor village in western China.
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今年初，供职于文化发展中心的许荣（音）带领教育部官员实地察看了中国西部一个贫困乡村的义务教育状况。 |
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Earlier this year, airport officials resurfaced the runway used by the TAM flight, but they said workers had not yet cut grooves into the pavement to help channel rain water.
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今年年初,机场官方人员重新铺设了TAM航线跑道.但是工作人员尚未将其建设到最佳,来防止雨水. |
