近岁

Unless preps are near state grammar schools and hence have a secure niche drilling children for the 11-plus exams, they may seek to merge with secondary schools, which can then market an all-through education insulated from the vicissitudes of competitive entry at 11 or 13 years of age.

除非这些预科学校和公立中学离得很近，提供的11+考试[注6]培训有可靠的生源，这样它们可以寻求和中学合并，中学反过来就可以提供全程的教育服务，而不用理会争夺十一、二三岁的学生生源的结果了。

Unless preps are near state grammar schools and hence have a secure niche drilling children for the 11-plus exams, they may seek to merge with secondary schools, which can then market an all-through education insulated from the vicissitudes of competitive entry at 11 or 13 years of age.

除非这些预科学校离公立文法中学很近，能提供11+考试的可靠生源，这样他们可寻求与中学合并，而中学也因此可以提供全程教育服务，不用考虑每况愈下的十二、三岁孩子的生源问题。

Earlier in the day, a 31-year-old man was attacked by a bronze whaler shark while spearfishing near Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

这一天早些时候，一个31岁的男人在近澳大利亚大堡礁捕鱼的时候被一只青铜色鲸鲨袭击。

He's verging on 80 now and needs constant attention.

他已近80岁，需要侍候左右。

He is 53years old and currently a vice chairmen at Goldman Sachs, the New York Investment Bank.

他现年53岁，是纽约投资银行高盛公司的现任副主席，还在近几年内多次担任政府职位。

He is in his late fifties.

他近六十岁了。

Objective To discuss the possible reason for the sight defect in the children of ex-school age and primary school grade one.

目的探讨小学一年级学生与学龄前儿童视力下降的原因。方法通过文献检索分析我国近10a部分地区4~6岁儿童和小学一年级学生视力状况。

Bout three months ago my cousin Bud, fourteen year old, was riding through the woods on t'other side of the river, and didn't have no weapon with him, which was blame' foolishness, and in a lonesome place he hears a horse a-coming behind him, and sees old Baldy Shepherdson a-linkin' after him with his gun in his hand and his white hair a-flying in the wind; and 'stead of jumping off and taking to the brush, Bud 'lowed he could outrun him; so they had it, nip and tuck, for five mile or more, the old man a-gaining all the time; so at last Bud seen it warn't any use, so he stopped and faced around so as to have the bullet holes in front, you know, and the old man he rode up and shot him down.

大概三个月前，我的堂兄弟、十四岁的勃特骑着马，穿过河对面的林子。他身边没有带武器，这真是他妈的再傻也没有了。在一处偏僻的地方，他听得身后有马声。一看，是巴第·歇佛逊老头儿，手里拿着枪正飞快赶来，一头白发迎风乱飘。勃特并没有跳下马来，躲到树丛里，反倒让对方赶上来。于是，两人赛开了，一个在前飞奔，一个在后紧追，足足奔了五英里多路，老头儿越追越近。到最后，勃特眼见自己没有希望了，便勒住了马，转过身来，正面朝着人家，于是一枪打进了胸膛。你知道吧，老头儿赶上前来，把他打倒在地。

A 42-year-old Italian man who has been under treatment for mental problems for 10 years was arrested for throwing a souvenir plaster statuette of the cathedral at Berlusconi from close range, police said.

警方表示，袭击总理的是一名接受精神病治疗长达十年的、42岁的意大利男子。他近距离地将一尊大教堂的石膏纪念雕像扔向贝卢斯科尼，目前这名男子已被捕。

A 42-year-old Italian man who has been under treatment for mental problems for 10 years was arrested for throwing a souvenir plaster statuette of the cathedral at Berlusconi from close range, police said.

警方表示，袭击总理的是一名接受精神病治疗长达十年的、42岁的意大利男子。他近距离地将一尊大教堂的石膏纪念雕像扔向贝卢斯科尼，目前这名男子已被捕。调查方面的消息人士称这名男子名为马西莫塔尔塔格里亚。

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。