准备着

Presidents of the southwestern Chinese village of Tianlin are conducting emergency drills with guns and loudspeakers in preparation for possible flooding if an earthquake-formed lake bursts its dam and inundates the town.

中国西南田林村的干部们正用钻头，抢和扩音器，为防止有可能的堰塞湖崩堤浸没乡镇的洪水做着积极准备。

Simcic prepared for this fight in recent weeks as sparring partner for world rated Mads Larsen in the Kienbaum training camp.

Simcic在近几周为此次比赛作着准备，以备战在科伦伯训练营开始的世界大赛。

Our most elaborate masquerades—for Halloween, say, or the Day of the Dead—are often tangled up with our deepest fears.

就说我们万圣节吧，这是我们最为精心准备的化妆舞会，这其中经常夹杂着我们内心深处的恐惧。

There's aboriginal horde out there, massing for an attack.

现在外面正由有一大群土著集结着准备要攻击我们。

They climb more slowly, cautiously, his eyes not stop to explore the surrounding, as if ready to draw back the small head.

它们爬的比较慢，小心翼翼的，眼睛不停的探寻着周围，好像随时准备缩回那个小小的脑袋。

It no longer seems prepared to back its most objectionable allies in the face of international opprobrium.

中国看起来不再准备顶着国际社会的声讨来维护它那些令人讨厌的盟友了。

Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry chunks of memorized poetry in their heads,while Italian politicians tend to elaborate speech that would seem old-fashioned to most English speakers.

俄罗斯人深爱着他们自己的语言，并在他们的脑海中存储了大量诗歌，而意大利的政客们却更倾向于精心准备的演讲，这在大多数讲英语的人们眼里已经过时。

Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry large chunks of memorized poetry in their heads, while Italian politicians tend to elaborate speech that would seem old-fashioned to most English-speakers.

俄罗斯人深爱着他们自己的语言，他们会把大段大段的诗背下来；意大利的政治家们总是会精心准备他们的演讲，这在大多数英语演讲者的眼里似乎有些老土。

Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry large chunks of memorized poetry in their heads, while Italian politicians tend to elaborate speech that would seem old-fashioned to most English-speakers.

参考译文：俄罗斯人深爱着他们自己的语言，他们会把大段大段的诗背下来；意大利的政治家们总是会精心准备他们的演讲，这在大多数英语演讲者的眼里似乎有些老土。

Russians hxdye a deep love for their own language and carry large chunks of memorized poetry in their heads, while Italian politicians tend to elaborate speech that would seem old-fashioned to most English-speakers.

参考译文：俄罗斯人深爱着他们自己的语言，他们会把大段大段的诗背下来；意大利的政治家们总是会精心准备他们的演讲，这在大多数英语演讲者的眼里似乎有些老土。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。