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With summer on the horizon, we're planning our vacation.
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決策 | 決策的未來 | 諾貝爾獎對話雪梨 (Decision making | The Future of Decision Making | Nobel Prize Dialogue Sydney)
- Now when I was born in 1967, there were 3.5 billion people on the earth, and in 1968, the book The Population Bomb laid out a dire future for humanity as we were seemingly going to overwhelm the resources of earth with our sheer numbers, with mass starvation on the horizon.
1968 年，《人口爆炸》一書為人類描繪了一個可怕的未來，因為我們的數量似乎將使地球資源不堪重負，大規模饑荒即將來臨。
- And in 1968, the book The Population Bomb laid out a dire future for humanity as we were seemingly going to overwhelm the resources of Earth with our sheer numbers, with mass starvation on the horizon.
我們的農業生產力增長不夠快，無法滿足到 2050 年地球上將新增的 15 億人口的需求。
提案與公開演講技巧 | 商務英語課程 第8課 (Presentation Phrases & Public Speaking Advice | Business English Course Lesson 8)
- For example, "As I said in the beginning, we might have a crisis on the horizon." The same goes for, "This relates to what I was saying earlier," or "This ties in with..." Emphasising a point: "The significance of this is..." or "This is important because..." or "We have to remember that..." Making reference to information: "Based on our findings..." or "Our data shows..." or "According to our study..." Explaining visuals: "I'd like to illustrate this point by showing you..." or "This chart shows a breakdown of..." A breakdown is often used in a presentation to show all of the smaller parts of something bigger.
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- we might have a crisis on the horizon.
我們可能會遇到危機。
兩個臺灣，兩個中國，兩倍的答案！ (Two Taiwans, Two Chinas, Twice)
- Contact, and therefore conflict, was always on the horizon,
在海洋方面，南島語系在其發展過程中遙遙領先於世界其他地區。
- Contact, and therefore conflict, was always on the horizon.
南島語系在世界各地傳播的成功，以前的文明遺留下來給後代的卻很少。
鐵達尼號：豪華郵輪的歷史與首航 | 紀錄片 (Titanic: The History & Maiden Voyage of the Luxury Liner | Documentary)
- As her captain, Stanley Lord, made his way back to his cabin, he spotted a light on the horizon.
一個豪華的接待室，可以用泰坦尼克號最貴的功能之一進入。
- As her captain, Stanley Lord made his way back to his cabin, he spotted a light on the horizon.
當她的船長，斯坦利-洛德回到他的船艙時，他發現了地平線上的一束光。
裸眼觀測：天文學速成班 #2 (Naked Eye Observations: Crash Course Astronomy #2)
- Standing on the Earth’s equator, you’d see Polaris on the horizon to the north,
站在赤道上 你會發現北極星位在北邊的地平線上
- and Sigma Octans on the horizon to the south,
而南極座σ位在南邊的地平線
哪個行星的日蝕最精彩？ (Which Planet Has the Best Eclipse?)
- The other place where the sunrise effect makes a big difference is on Mars, whose moons are noticeably bigger overhead and smaller when viewed on the horizon.
日出效應產生巨大差異的另一個地方是火星，火星的衛星在頭頂上會明顯變大，而在地平線上則會變小。
- The other place where the sunrise effect makes a big difference is on Mars, whose moons are noticeably bigger overhead and smaller when viewed on the horizon.
最後，我們來到冥王星--是的，它不是行星，但它仍然有日食--問題是，日食太可怕了。