双语阅读 第11期

Chinese only spent 4 years in developing its own EVA (extra vehicular activity) suits. Putting on the suit will take about 14 hours.

中国用4年时间研制出了自己的舱外航天服。航天服的拆包、组装、测试、穿着，整个过程要持续14个小时。

The southern US city, Atlanta, displaced San Francisco for the top spot and edged past Dallas, Minneapolis and Washington D.C. to be voted the No.省略.

据《福布斯》网站公布，美国南部城市亚特兰大力压达拉斯、明尼阿波利斯和华盛顿，取代旧金山获评美国最适合单身人士居住的城市。

Raleigh in North Carolina has been voted the most political city in the United States -- ahead of Washington D.C. and New York City, according to a new ranking.

一项最新排名显示，美国政治气息最浓厚的城市并不是华盛顿和纽约，而是北卡罗来纳州的罗利市（编者注：北卡罗来纳州首府，位于该州的中部）。

Asian and European stock markets were down sharply Monday amid growing alarm over the world's financial system after a seismic shake-up on Wall Street, with Lehman Brothers saying it would file bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch being sold to Bank of America.

受雷曼兄弟申请破产保护，美林同意出售给美国银行等消息影响，在对世界金融体系频频发出警告信号中，亚洲和欧洲的股市在本周一(编者注：2008年9月15日)暴跌。

The government announced an $85 billion bailout of the huge insurer AIG in a bid to avoid further market upheaval.

美国政府宣布向保险巨头美国国际集团（AIG）提供850亿美元的救助以避免进一步的市场波动。

The government has vowed to overhaul the country's milk collection system to prevent contaminated milk from reaching food-processing plants.

中国政府宣布要全面整顿全国奶源收购体制以防止受污染奶源流入食品加工企业。

Authorities will launch a three-month inspection on Oct 11 to prevent coalmine accidents nationwide, following a slew of fatal mining mishaps in the past months, the State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) announced on its website.

在过去几个月重大矿库事故频发的情况下，国家安全生产监督管理局日前在其网站上表示要从10月11日起展开为期三个月的安全检查以防止更多煤矿事故的发生。