CNN news 2010-09-06 加文本

in a row连续不断地

例句：I beat you twenty times in a row.
      我已经连胜了你二十次。

2.But some experts are warning that these numbers can be open to interpretation, and they're concerned that the manufacturing industry might run out of steam.

be open to对…开放,供…选择

例句：Membership is open to any boy or girl in the school.
      校内任何男女生都可入会。

run out of steam失去动力; 筋疲力尽

例句：Unless we can supply our forward units, the advance is in danger of running out of steam.
      如果我们不能为前方部队提供给养, 就会面临停滞不前的危险。

3.A lot of experts say if you are ever caught up in one of these things, you should swim parallel to shore until you are out of the rip current and then start making your way back.

parallel to平行于

例句：The Brook runs parallel to the road.
      小河与路平行而流。