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It was the dead of night, and never, never had there been such darkness.
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我蓦地发现:这是一个深夜,一个前所未有的漆黑漆黑的夜晚! |
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It was the deadliest quake in Japan since January 17, 1995, when 6,433 people died after a pre-dawn tremor in the western city of Kobe.
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那是自1995年1月17日以来日本发生的最致命的地震。在95年的大地震中,西部城市神户有6433人在黎明前的震动中丧生。 |
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It was the deep passion to win that kept me at it——urging Stormy on learning the moves for getting around the barrels and back to the finish line.
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然而,摘折桂冠的决心促使我坚持不懈地练下去,训练内容包括驱策斯托米往前跑,学习绕桶和回到终点线的动作。 |
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It was the dynamic consequences of the competition amongst fragmented political bodies that resulted in an especially creative environment.
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这是分裂的政治体制间竞争的动态结果,这导致了创造性的环境。 |
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It was the education system that failed them, not the other way around.
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这正是教育体制才使得他们如此不成功,而不是其他任何方面。 |
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It was the eighth straight day of fighting.
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双方的战斗已经持续进行了八天。 |
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It was the end of my exhausting first day as a waitress in a busy New York restaurant.
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我在纽约一家繁忙餐馆做女招待的第一天就要结束了,我感到精疲力尽。 |
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It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.
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那是信仰的时期,那是怀疑的时期。 |
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It was the face of a typical prize fighter; of one who had put in long years of service in the squared ring and, by that means, developed and emphasized all the marks of the fighting beast.
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那是一张典型的获奖拳击手的脸;他在拳击场上征战多年,因而,所有如好战的野兽一般的标志在他的脸上逐渐形成并加深了。 |
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It was the farmer working a small or medium-sized farm who gave up the business.
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是那些中小型农场主放弃了自己的农业经营。 |
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It was the fear that the techniques could, and some said would, be applied to humans that provoked the frenzied debate.
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人们担心克隆技术可能会像有些人认为的那样必然会被应用于人类,正是这种担心挑起了这场激烈的争论。 |