一年前

Fifteen years ago, a paedophile enticed seven-year-old Megan Kanka into his home in New Jersey by offering to show her a puppy.

十五年前，一名恋童癖者引诱七岁的Megan Kanka到他新泽西的家里，说给她看一只小狗。

Fifteen years ago, a paedophile enticed seven-year-old Megan Kanka into his home in New Jersey by offering to show her a puppy.

十五年前在新泽西，一恋童癖诱骗七岁的梅根·坎卡说她可以跟自己回家去看一只小狗。

IT IS an oft-told story, but it does not get any less horrific on repetition. Fifteen years ago, a paedophile enticed seven-year-old Megan Kanka into his home in New Jersey by offering to show her a puppy.

这是个广为流传的事件，但每次说起依然让人觉得毛骨悚然。15年前，一名有恋童癖的男子以看小狗为由引诱一位名为梅根康佳的7岁幼女去他家。

IT IS an oft-told story, but it does not get any less horrific on repetition. Fifteen years ago, a paedophile enticed seven-year-old Megan Kanka into his home in New Jersey by offering to show her a puppy. He then raped her, killed her and dumped her body in a nearby park.

这是一个常被讲起的故事，但一遍又一遍的重复并未丝毫减少其恐怖程度：十五年前，一个恋童癖者以小狗为诱饵将7岁的梅根坎卡诱骗至自己家中，随后强奸并杀害了她，并将她的尸体抛弃在附近的一个公园内。

IT IS an oft-told story, but it does not get any less horrific on repetition. Fifteen years ago, a paedophile enticed seven-year-old Megan Kanka into his home in New Jersey by offering to show her a puppy. He then raped her, killed her and dumped her body in a nearby park.

这是一个常被提起的故事，但其恐怖程度绝不会因反复提起而丝毫有所减损。15年前，一名恋童癖者用一只小狗将7岁的梅甘·康卡诱至家中，强奸并杀害了她，之后抛尸于附近的公园。

Even though the price of gas has crashed through the $3-a-gallon barrier and looks hellbent on nailing $4 a gallon before the year is out, even though the sub-prime mortgage fiasco has trashed the home market and sent the nervous nellies on Wall Street into a tailspin, and even though the greenback is now worth about as much as Monopoly money, America still loves a pickup truck.

纵然汽油价格突破3美元一加仑，而且看起来08年前还将维持在4美元一加仑；纵然&次贷危机&让住宅市场陷入低迷，让敏感的华尔街变得萧条；纵然现在美元就像在大富翁游戏中一样不停贬值，从等离子电视机到金枪鱼寿司，所有东西都在涨价，美国人仍然喜欢皮卡。

It was barely 10 years ago that a well-reasoned cover story in The Economist told us we were "drowning in oil" and that its price could drop by more than half to $5 a barrel.

就在10年前，《经济学人》上一篇论证充分的封面文章告诉我们，我们正&泡在石油&中，而油价可能会下跌一半以上，降到5美元一桶。

The new Japanese first lady has made headlines in the past for tales of her alien encounters: in a book published last year, she wrote about an extraterrestrial experience some 20 years ago when she said her soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus while her body was asleep.

这位新的第一夫人在去年因为外星人遭遇而成为了头条：她在去年出版的一本书中写了她20年前的一次外星旅行的经验，她说她的灵魂乘坐着三角形的UFO到达了火星，而当时她的肉身正在睡觉。

The new Japanese first lady has made headlines in the past for tales of her alien encounters: in a book published last year, she wrote about an extraterrestrial experience some 20 years ago when she said her soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus while her body was asleep.

日本新的第一夫人过去就曾因为她和外星人的遭遇而上过报纸的头条——在去年出版的一本书中，她写到关于20年前的一次地外经历。她称当她自己的身体处于睡眠状态时，她的灵魂乘坐一个三角形的幽浮去了金星。

The new Japanese first lady has made headlines in the past for tales of her alien encounters: in a book published last year, she wrote about an extraterrestrial experience some 20 years ago when she said her soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus while her body was asleep.

这位新一任的日本第一夫人曾因其去年出版的一本书中提到的遇到外星人的经历，而登上过头条新闻。她这样描述自己二十年前的外太空经历，当她的身体在睡觉时，她的灵魂骑着一个三角形的不明飞行物去了火星。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷