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经济学人下载:北极气候变化 仓惶撤退

2013-09-22来源:Economist

1.according to 根据,按照;据…所说

Again this is according to recently declassified information.
这也还是根据最近解密的信息得知的。

It did not go according to plan.
这个妥协方案并没有按计划执行。
2.flow up 流动起来

Enough kerosene would be removed to lessen the pressure in the bore hole so that when the lake was reached, lake water would flow up the bore hole, then freezing and forming an icy plug.
足够多的煤油会在最后被清理掉以减小钻洞内的压力,这样一来,当湖水上的冰层被钻透之后,湖水可以喷出钻洞,最后冻成一个冰柱。

We all know blood doesn't flow up.
我们都知道血不会朝上流。

3.soon after 不久之后,稍后

Mr rudd ratified the kyoto protocol soon after his victory.
陆克文在选举胜利后不久就签署了京都议定书。

Roosevelt devalued the dollar soon after becoming president in 1933.
罗斯福在1933年成为总统后不久就让美元贬值了。

4.be free of 免于

I'm still in the probation period so I won't truly be free of the us for another four years.
现在仍然在观察期,完全自由出入还要等到四年后。

That we can never be free of yearnings and anxieties.
我们永远不能免费憧憬和焦虑。