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Still, they say California's coastal redwood trees, for example, could move farther north. California oak trees could disappear from the central part of the state. Professor Ackerly says established trees could survive, but seedlings would not grow. Oaks could move to cooler weather in the Klamath Mountains along the border with Oregon.

但是，他们说以加州红杉为例，它能向更北面的地方迁移。加州橡树可能在该州的中央公园消失。Ackerly教授说，驯化树能够存活，但是它们的种苗很难生长。橡树可能会向加州与俄勒冈边界上的克拉马斯山迁移，以寻找更凉爽的气候。

The Central Valley of California could become the new home for plants now found in the Sonoran desert of Mexico.

加州中央峡谷可能成为墨西哥索诺拉雷暴沙漠现有植物的新定居点。

The study says people who protect or manage natural areas will need to plan for the possible movement of so-called refugee plants. The researchers identified places around California where large numbers of plants hit hardest by climate change are expected to relocate.

该研究报告说，保护或者管理自然区域的人需要为所谓“流亡植物”的可能迁移做准备。研究人员鉴定了加州被规划作为大批遭受气候变化影响最大的植物重新安置区域。

But they say many of these areas are already under increasing pressure from development. They say it is not too early to prepare for helping plants re-establish themselves in new areas. The Berkeley study also involved researchers from Duke University and other schools. The findings can be read online in PLoS One, a journal published by the Public Library of Science.

但是他们说，这片区域的很多地方已经越来越感受到发展的压力。他们说，策划帮助植物重新安置在新地区还为时尚早。伯克利大学的研究同样涉及到杜克大学和其他的研究人员的参与。这些发现可以在网上由公共科学图书馆出版的《PLOS ONE》杂志上读到。  

20080706

Doctors around the world now perform more than two hundred thirty million major operations every year. The World Health Organization says preventable injuries and deaths from surgical care are a growing concern.

全球医生目前每年要执行超过2.3亿例重要的手术。世界卫生组织说，外科手术照顾造成的可防止的伤害和死亡越来越引起关注。

现在全球的医生每年要进行超过两亿三千万的大型手术. 世界卫生组织说如何在外科手术中减少可避免的伤亡得到越来越多人的关注.

Experts estimate that surgical complications result in at least one million deaths a year. The W.H.O. says studies suggest that about half of these problems may be preventable. The agency hopes to reduce mistakes with a program built around a new Surgical Safety Checklist.

专家们估计，外科手术并发症每年至少导致100万例死亡。世界卫生组织说，研究指出这些问题中的一半是可能避免的。该组织希望通过构建外科安全清单来减少错误。

专家估计手术并发症每年至少导致了一百万起死亡案例. 世卫组织说,调查显示大约一半这样的问题是有可能避免的. 该组织希望根据新手术安全清单建立的项目能减少这些失误.

Atul Gawande at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, helped develop the Safe Surgery Saves Live program. He and other researchers studied records from fifty-six countries. In two thousand four, surgical complications in developed countries led to death in less than one percent of cases. In developing countries, the rate was five to ten percent.

马塞诸塞州波士顿哈佛公共卫生学校的Atul Gawande帮助发展了“安全手术拯救生命”项目。他和其他研究人员研究了来自56个国家的记录。2004年，发达国家的外科手术并发症导致死亡的比例小于1％。而在发展中国家，这个数字在5％到10％左右。

马萨诸塞州波士顿市哈佛公共卫生学院的Atul Gawande协助发展名为”安全手术拯救生命”的项目. 他和其他研究人员研究来自56个国家的(医疗)记录. 2004年, 在发达国家因手术病发症死亡的病例不到1%.而在发展中国家则为5%至10%.

Complications can happen during an operation or after. For example, an infection might develop after surgery. More than two hundred medical societies and health ministries are joined in the effort to make surgery safer. The checklist is similar to what airplane pilots use before takeoffs and landings.

手术并发症可能在术中或术后发生。例如，术后可能伤口可能引发感染。超过200个医疗社区和卫生部联合致力于让手术更安全。这种清单类似于飞行员起飞和着陆前使用的清单。

并发症可在手术中或之后发生, 比如手术后可能并发的感染. 已经有超过200多家医疗机构和卫生部门为了加强手术安全而合作. 手术安全清单就好比航空飞行人员在起飞与降落前填写的飞行记录表.

 

20080702

Farmers in parts of the American Midwest face a difficult recovery after the worst flooding in fifteen years. Storms that flooded rivers and drowned crops have been blamed for at least twenty-fourth deaths since late May.

15年来最严重洪水过后，部分美国中西部的农民面临着重建的难题。暴风雨使河流水位暴涨，淹没庄稼，自5月以来至少造成24人死亡。

美国中西部部分地区的农民在经历了十五年来最严重的一次洪灾后面临艰难的重建。五月底以来，暴雨使河水泛滥，淹没了庄稼，造成24人不幸死亡。

The floods displaced tens of thousands of people in several states across America's agricultural heartland. There are concerns that crop losses could push already-high food prices even higher. Fertile lands in some states could be mistaken for lakes. The mighty Mississippi River broke through or flowed over the tops of dirt levees in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri.

由于洪水的危害，美国农业腹地数州成千上万的人们转移到安全地点。有人担心，庄稼歉收会将本已很高的粮价推得更高。一些州的沃土可能被误认为湖泊。汹涌的密西西比河冲跨并淹没了爱荷华州、伊利诺斯州和密苏里州最高的泥筑堤坝。

洪水导致美国农业中心地区的几个州数千人流离失所。人们担心粮食的损失会使已经高涨的粮价进一步上升。一些州肥沃的土地可能成为湖泊。汹涌的密西西比河冲破或者溢过爱荷华、伊利诺和密苏里州土坡防洪堤的最高处。

The floods hit hardest in Iowa, the leading corn state and also the top soybean producer last year. Thirty-eight centimeters of rain fell on some cropland over a two-week period. Governor Chet Culver has declared most counties as disaster areas. Iowa officials have said that crop damage in that state could reach three billion dollars.

洪水对爱荷华州造成的损害最大，爱荷华盛产玉米，同时还是去年最大的大豆生产地。两周时间里，有些农田的降雨量达到了38厘米。Chet Culver州长宣称，大部分城市都成了受灾地区。爱荷华州官员说，该州由于庄稼造成的损失可能高达30亿美元。

受灾最重的地区是爱荷华州，该州是主要的玉米产地且在去年也是产大豆最高的地区。2周的时间内，某些农区的降雨量高达38cm。州长Chet Culver宣布多说小镇已变为灾难之地。爱荷华的官员说该州的农作物损失可达30亿美元。

The United States Department of Agriculture is expected to announce estimates of crop losses in the coming days. The department is being urged to let farmers plant corn on land set aside for conservation.

预计美国农业部近期会宣布庄稼损失的估计数字。有提议让农业部同意农民在保留地种植玉米。

预计美国农业部在未来几天内将公布这次的农业损失。农业部被要求允许农民在保护区预留地上种玉米。

 

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Some farmers may replant corn. Others may replace corn with soybeans. What farmers do now depends partly on the extent of damage to the land. Floodwaters in some areas may contain industrial waste or other harmful substances.

一些农民可能继续种植玉米。其他农民可能改种大豆。农民接下来的动作部分取决于受灾地的面积。有些地区的洪水里面可能含有工业肥料或者其他有害物质。

一些农民可能重新种植玉米。其他人可能转种大豆。农民会种什么很大程度上依赖于土地的损坏程度。在某些地区的洪水中可能还有工业废物或者其他有害物质。

What the weather does during the rest of the growing season will also be important. Rain delays have left soybean planting behind the five-year average in twelve of eighteen major soybean-producing states. Other crops including wheat, rice and oats have also suffered.

剩余的生长季节里，天气如何同样很重要。由于降雨的影响，18个主要大豆生产州中的12个大豆种植比过去5年平均水平更低。其他受损的作物包括麦子、稻谷和燕麦。

在其他生长季的天气情况也非常重要。雨季延迟已经导致18个主要大豆种植州的12个州种植的大豆数量低于五年平均值。其他受影响的作物包括小麦、水稻和燕麦。

In Burlington, Iowa, as many as fifty trains normally pass through the city every day, mostly carrying coal or passengers. But Burlington is quiet now until water is off the rails and workers can inspect for damage. City Manager Doug Worden says Burlington took steps to prevent severe property damage after the record floods of fifteen years ago.

在爱荷华州的伯灵顿，每天有多达50辆火车穿个城市，大部分装载着煤或乘客。但是，伯灵顿现在很安静，直到水退去，工人们才能检查破坏情况。市长Doug Worden说，伯灵顿自从经历15年前的有史以来最严重的洪水后，采取了很多防止严重财产损失的措施。

在爱荷华的Burlington过去每天常常有多大50列火车通过，大部分火车运载煤炭或旅客。但是，现在Burlington十分安静，水淹没了铁路，工人们正在检查破坏情况。市长Dough Worden说Burlington正在采取重建以防止经历了15年来最大的洪灾后，出现更严重的财产破坏。

While the Midwest deals with recent flooding, the nation's top agricultural state, California, faces increasingly dry conditions. On June fourth, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought, the first such action since nineteen ninety-one. The order followed two years of below-average rainfall and other limitations on water supplies.

正当中西部处理最近的洪水时，美国最重要的农业州——加州，面临着不断蔓延的干旱。6月4日，州长Arnold Schwarzenegger公告遍及全州的干旱，这是自1991年来的第一次。这个命令是在两年低于平均降雨量和其他水资源限制的情况下发出的。

当中西部地区应对近期的洪灾时，国家最大产量州-加州正面临越来越严重的干旱。在6月4日，州长阿诺德·施瓦辛格宣布整个州全部进入旱灾，这是自1991年来首次做出这样的声名。根据连续两年的降雨量低于平均水平以及其他水供应限制发布了该命令。

 

20080704

California has more than two thousand kinds of plants that are not found anywhere else. A new study says climate change could severely affect these plants by the end of the century. Many could move northward and toward the Pacific coast in reaction to rising temperatures and changes in rainfall. Others might climb up mountains to find the cooler climates they like.

加州有超过2000类独一无二的物种。一个新报告指出，气候变化在本世纪末会严重影响这些植物。很多植物由于不断上升的气温和降雨量的变化，可能向北方和太平洋沿岸迁移。其他植物可能迁移上高山，以找到它们适宜的更凉快的天气。

加州有2000多种植物是其他地方没有的。一个新的研究报告说，气候变化到本世纪末会严重影响到这些植物。很多植物可能北移到太平洋沿岸以应对温度的上升和降水的变化。其它的可能会生长到山上以找到它们偏爱的凉爽天气。

But David Ackerly at the University of California, Berkeley, says the speed of climate change is greater than during ice ages in the past. He says plants that cannot move fast enough are in danger of getting killed off before they can relocate. Changes in plants could also affect animals that depend on the plants for food.

但是，加州伯克利大学的David Ackerly说，气候变化的速度比过去冰河时代的还要快。他说，不能很快迁移的植物在它们能重新安置前，有被灭绝的危险。植物的变化同样会影响到以植物为食的动物。

但加州大学伯克利分校的大卫•阿克利说现在气候变化的速度大于过去在冰河时代的变化。他说，移动不够快的植物在能够迁移之前就会处在死亡的危险中。植物的变化也可能影响依赖植物为食物的动物。

About forty percent of all native plants in California are endemic, meaning they are found only in that state. The new study says that for two out of three endemic plants, the areas where they are found could shrink by more than eighty percent. That, they say, is the worst possible case.

加州全部当地植物里，大约40％是独一无二的，这意味着它们只在该州存在。这个新报告说，对于3种独一无二的植物的其中2种，它们的生长地可能收缩超过80％。他们说，那是在最糟糕的情况下。

约40 ％加州本地生长的植物是其特有的——也就是说它们只在加州有。这项新的研究认为，对于2/3的特有植物，它们生长的地方可能会缩小80 ％。这一点，他们说，是可能出现的最坏情况。

The researchers point out that there are many things they cannot be sure about. That includes how much warming to expect in the future from releases of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. Also, they cannot be sure what will happen to individual species of plants.

研究人员指出，还有很多东西他们无法确定。其中包括未来由于温室效应释放的温室气体使气温上升多少，另外还有对单一物种植物会发生什么。

研究人员指出，有很多事情他们不能肯定。其中包括吸热的温室气体释放会在将来造成多暖的情况。同时，他们不能肯定个别植物物种会发生什么变化。

 

20080630

Farmers in Africa call the striga plant by the name witchweed. It grows a pleasant looking purple flower. But it attacks many crops in the grass family. Witchweed is among the few flowering weeds that act as parasites on other plants.

非洲的农民称striga植物为独脚金，它有漂亮的紫色花。但是，它攻击草类家族的很多种类。独脚金是少数会开花的寄生植物。

在非洲的农民将一种寄生草本称作独脚金。它会长出漂亮的紫色花朵。但是它对许多禾木科的农作物的生长造成威胁。独脚金是为数不多的一种寄生于其它植物的开花类杂草。

Every year it causes six to seven billion dollars in damage to African grain sorghum. Sorghum is important to the local food supply. The witchweed steals water and nutrients from the roots and attacks the sorghum with a poisonous substance.

每年它对非洲高粱造成的损失达到60到70亿美元。高粱是当地重要的食物供给。独脚金从根部吸收水分和营养，并且释放毒素攻击高粱。

每年会有价值60-70亿美元的高粱遭到其破坏。高粱是当地重要的食物供应。独脚金寄生从高粱的根部汲取水分和营养物质，并释放出一种有毒的物质摧毁着高粱。

Now, scientists say they have produced seeds that can protect sorghum crops from witchweed. Kassim Al-Katib is a weed expert at Kansas State University in the United States. Mitch Tuinstra is a genetics and plant-breeding expert formerly at Kansas State but now at Purdue University in Indiana.

目前，科学家们Kassim Al-Katib和Mitch Tuinstra说，他们已经培育出能防止独脚金破坏的高粱种子。Kassim Al-Katib是美国堪萨斯州大学的杂草专家。Mitch Tuinstra以前是堪萨斯州的遗传学和作物育种专家，但是现在任职于印第安纳州的帕杜大学。

目前，科学家表示他们已经生产出可以保护高粱免受独脚金危害的种子。Kassim Al-Katib是美国卡萨斯州立大学的野草专家。Mitch Tuinstra是前卡萨斯州的遗传学与作物育种专家，现在任职于印第安纳州的普渡大学。

To deal with witchweed, they developed special sorghum-seed genes. These genes can accept carefully chosen chemical herbicides without being harmed. The researchers placed the herbicides on the sorghum seeds. Kassim al-Katib said the seeds kill the witchweed as the sorghum grows.

为了应对独脚金，他们培育出特殊的高粱种基因。这些基因能够小心吸收化学除草剂而不受伤害。研究人员把除草剂放入高粱种子里。Kassim al-Katib说，种子会随着高粱的生长而杀死独脚金。

为了应对独脚金的破坏，他们研制了一种特殊的高粱种子基因。这些基因可以耐受精心选择的化学除草剂而本身不会受影响。研究者给高粱种子配上除草剂。Kassim al-Katib说在高粱生长的时候这些种子就会杀死独脚金。

Note:

1. The researchers placed the herbicides on the sorghum seeds. 研究者给高粱种子配上除草剂。
因为翻译出来难以理解，所以参考了一些背景：
这里有个问题——除草剂是等种子种下后喷洒的，还是在种子上混配好后种下的。种子处理有拌种、侵债、浸种和闷种四种方法。
1）拌种法。多半是用粉剂和颗粒剂处理。拌种是用一种定量的药剂和定量的种子，同时装在拌种器内，搅动拌和，使每粒种子都能均匀地沾着一层药粉，在播种后药剂就能逐渐发挥防御病菌或害虫为害的效力。。拌过的种子，一般需要闷上一两天后，使种子尽量多吸收一些药剂，这样会提高防病、杀虫的效果。
2）浸种法。把种子或种苗浸在一定浓度的药液里，经过一定的时间使种子或幼苗吸收了药剂，以防治被处理种子内外和种苗上的带菌或苗期虫害。
3）浸渍法。把需要药剂处理的种子摊在地上，厚度大约16.6厘米（5寸），然后把稀释好的药液，均匀喷洒在种子上，并不断翻动，使种子全部润湿，盖上席子堆闷一天，使药液被种子吸收后，再行播种。这种方法虽很简单，同样可达到浸种的要求。
4）闷种法。杀虫剂杀菌剂混合闷种防病治虫，在1．5～2．5千克水中加入200克25％多菌灵，再加入0.2斤50％久效磷，搅匀后喷拌麦种50千克，拌后堆闷6小时播种，可达到既防病又杀虫的效果。
所以，结合背景参考翻译翻成了上面的样子。这句参考翻译和解释由xizili老师提供。
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Sorghum infested with striga

 

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Mitch Tuinstra directed greenhouse tests of the seeds in the Netherlands in two thousand five and two thousand six. Similar studies took place in field trials in Mali and Niger. These studies showed the treatment to be highly successful.

Mitch Tuinstra 2005和2006年在荷兰领导了对种子的温室测试。相似的研究也在马里和尼日尔试验田进行。这些研究显示实验得到高度成功。

2005和2006年，Mitch Tuinstra在荷兰负责种子的温室试验。在马里和尼日尔也进行了类似的田间试验。这些研究表明该方法取得了巨大的成功。

Mitch Tuinstra recently returned from Africa, where he met with agriculture experts. They are working to develop local kinds of sorghum that employ the genes. The project is a collective research program under the United States Agency for International Development.

Mitch Tuinstra近日从他与众多农业专家会面的非洲回来。他们正在致力于培育当地能够引入基因的高粱种类。这个工程是美国国际发展机构的集体研究项目。

最近，Mitch Tuinstra从非洲回国，在非洲期间他与那里的农业专家见面。一起合作利用这些基因研发当地的高粱品种。该项目是美国国际开发署旗下的一个公共研究项目。

Witchweed has another unusual quality. It requires chemical signals from sorghum seeds to grow. If no sorghum seeds are present, the witchweed seeds can lie under the soil for years. The seeds begin to grow only when they receive the needed chemical signals.

独脚金还有另一种不寻常的性质。它需要高粱种子释放的化学信号才能生长。如果没有高粱种子存在，独脚金种子可以深埋土壤数年。但是，独脚金种子只要接收到必需的化学信号，它就开始生长。

独脚金具有另外一种不寻常的特性。它的生长需要来自高粱种子的化学信号。如果没有高粱种子，独脚金种子能长埋地底达几年之久。这些种子只有受到必要的化学信号才会开始生长。

Witchweed seed capsules can hold four hundred to five hundred seeds. Winds and rain spread the parasite. The plant can reduce a farmer's crop. Or it can completely destroy many hectares of grain. Witchweed is very difficult to remove after it invades an area.

独脚金种子的种皮能够容纳400到500粒种子。风和雨都能传播寄生虫。独脚金会导致农民的庄稼减产。或者它能完全摧毁成千上万公顷谷类作物。一旦侵入某个地区，独脚金在当地就很难被清除。

独脚金的种皮里储藏着400~500粒种子，种子借助风或雨撒播。这种植物会使农民的庄稼减产，甚至能彻底摧毁大面积的谷物。一旦入侵了一个地方，独脚金就很难清除。

Damage from the parasite is worst in dry soil with low fertility. It often strikes farmers who work the poorest land. This can mean disaster for people who already do not have enough to eat.

寄生虫的危害对低营养的干燥土壤最甚。它经常袭击在最贫瘠土地耕种的农民。这对本已吃不饱饭的人来说，意味着灾难。

这种寄生植物所带来的危害对干旱贫壤的土地尤为严重。它常常打击在最贫瘠的土地上劳动的农民。对那些处于饥饿边缘的人来说，这是场灾难.

 

20080629

Futures markets now largely set the price of oil. Yet these contracts rarely involve an exchange of real barrels of oil. Most oil is traded on what is called the spot market or through other contracts between producers and users. The prices, however, are usually based on futures prices.

目前很大程度上是期货市场决定了石油的价格。但是，这些合同很少涉及真正的石油交易。

大部分石油是在现货市场或者通过其他生产者和消费者之间的合同交易。然而，石油价格通常以期货市场上的价格为准。

目前期货市场在很大程度上决定了石油的价格. 但这些合同很少涉及到实时桶装油的交易问题. 大多数的石油是在现货市场或是通过生产商和用户之间的其它合同达成交易. 但是, 价格一般都以期货价格为基础.

Doug MacIntyre is senior oil analyst with the United States Energy Information Administration. He notes that the position of the government is that market forces of supply and demand are driving today's high oil prices. But he also notes that more money has been going into futures.

道格·麦金太尔是美国能源信息管理署的资深分析家。他指出，政府的做法放纵市场供需力量操控目前的高油价。但是他还指出越来越多的资金流入期货市场。

是美国能源情报署的资深石油分析师. 他指出政府的主张认为供需方面的市场效力促成了今天的高额油价. 但是他也同时指出更多的钱流向了期货市场.

This money can be from oil producers and users. But it also comes from banks, big investors called hedge funds and speculators with no need for oil. Speculators try to guess the direction a market will go; in some cases they profit when prices drop.

这些资金来自石油生产者，还有银行、被称为对冲基金的大户和不需要石油的投机者。投机者试图猜测市场的走向，有时价格跌了他们就获利。

这笔钱可以来自石油生产商和使用商. 但它也来自银行, 和被称为投机者但实际上并不需要石油的大投资商. 投机商试图估计市场的走向. 一些时候当价格下滑时, 他们能从中获利.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and others say it is not clear that speculators are to blame for high oil prices. They say markets need buyers and sellers willing to take more risk than average investors. But critics say oil prices have gone up too quickly recently to be explained by supply and demand alone.

美国财政部长亨利·保尔森和其他人表示，没有证据表明是投机者造成了高油价。他们说，市场需要愿意比普通投资者承担更多风险的买家和卖家。但是，批评者说只用供需矛盾解释近期狂飙的油价是不合理的。

财政部部长Henry Paulson和其他政府官员说现在还不能确定油价的升高是否归咎于投机商. 他们认为比起一般的投资者,市场需要更能冒险的买家和卖家.然而评论家说近来油价的飙升仅仅是由于供需双方的原因.

 

20080627

Experts at the United States National Institutes of Health suggest some ways to treat excessive earwax yourself. The experts at N.I.H. say the wax can be softened with mineral oil, glycerin or ear drops. They say hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide may also help.

美国国家卫生研究院的专家提出了自己清除过多的耳垢的方法。NIH的专家指出，矿物油、甘油或者滴耳液都能软化耳垢，过氧化氢和过氧化脲也有所帮助。

美国国立卫生研究所的专家提出了自行解决耳垢的方法。国立卫生研究所的专家说，矿物油、甘油和滴耳液可以使耳垢软化。他们说过氧化氢和过氧化脲也可能对此会有帮助。

Another way to remove wax is known as irrigation. With the head upright, take hold of the outer part of the ear. Gently pull upward to straighten the ear canal. Use a syringe device to gently direct water against the wall of the ear canal. Then turn the head to the side to let the water out.

另一个清除耳垢的方法是冲洗。先把头摆直，握住外耳部分，轻轻向上拉，使得耳槽伸直。然后使用注射器把水轻轻的喷到耳槽壁上，再把头倾下，让水流出来。

另一种去除耳垢的方法被称为“灌洗法”。保持头部竖直，抓住耳朵的外部。轻轻向上拉耳朵以保持耳道平直。用注射器将水慢慢注入，冲洗耳壁。然后，把头转向一侧，让水留出。

The experts at N.I.H. say you may have to repeat this process a few times. Use water that is body temperature. If the water is cooler or warmer, it could make you feel dizzy. Never try irrigation if the eardrum is broken. It could lead to infection and other problems.

NIH的专家说，你可能需要重复好几次这个过程。使用的水要接近体温。如果水太冷后者太热，你可能会感到头晕。如果耳膜有损伤就不能使用冲洗方法，因为这可能导致感染或者其他问题。

国立卫生研究所的专家说，你可能需要重复这个过程几次。用的应该是和身体温度一样的水，如果水太冷或者太热，你可能会觉得头晕。如果耳膜破了，千万不要用这种方法，因为这么做会导致感染或者其他问题。

After the earwax is gone, gently dry the ear. But if irrigation fails, the best thing to do is to go to a health care provider for professional assistance.

清除耳垢厚，轻轻的吹干耳朵。但是，如果冲洗失败，那么最好的选择是寻求卫生保健师的专业援助。

当耳垢被取出后，轻轻地擦干耳朵。但是如果冲洗法没有用，最好的做法是去健康中心寻求专业的帮助。

You should never put a cotton swab or other object into the ear canal. But you can use a swab or cloth to clean the outer part of the ear. The experts agree with the old saying that you should never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear

你不应该把棉签或者其他物品进入耳槽。但是，你能用棉签或者布清除外耳部分。专家们同意一句古话：你不应该把任何小于你的手肘的东西放进耳朵。

你不能把棉花或者其他小体积东西塞入耳道内。但是你可以用棉花或者布去清理耳朵的外部。专家同意一种老说法：你不能把比你胳膊肘小的东西放进你的耳朵里。

 

20080628

First a crisis, then calls to investigate. This is happening now with high oil prices. Last Saturday, in Japan, finance ministers of the Group of Eight countries urged oil producing countries to increase production. But they also called on the International Monetary Fund and the International Energy Agency to jointly examine the recent price rise.

首先是一个危机，然后呼吁调查。这些都发生在高油价上。上周六于日本的会以上，八国集团财政部长们呼吁产油国增加原油产量。但是，他们还号召国际货币基金组织和国家能源组织联合调查近期的原油价格上涨。

先是一场危机，接着要求调查。这是现在关于高油价所发生的事件。上周六，在日本，八国集团的财政部长力促石油生产国增加石油的产出量。但是他们又呼吁国际货币基金和国际能源署共同参与到近来价格上涨的调查中。

I.M.F. chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said that some G-Eight ministers were concerned about financial speculation. How important it is and what influence it has on the market will be investigated, he says. A report is expected in October.

国际货币基金组织主席Dominique Strauss-Kahn说，一些八国集团财政部长们关注金融投机。投机对市场的影响有多重要和产生什么影响都将被调查，他说。预计，十月会发表一个报告。

国际货币基金首席多米尼克斯特劳斯-卡恩说，一些八国集团部长们关心的是金融投机的问题。他说，它究竟有多重要，它对市场所会带来什么影响等问题将会被调查。预计将在十月公布调查报告。

In the United States, government agencies are already looking for ways to increase supervision of oil markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission just reached an agreement with a London electronic exchange, ICE Futures Europe. ICE, the Intercontinental Exchange, agreed to observe the same trading limits as American markets. Some people have called ICE Futures Europe a "dark market," a market with little supervision.

在美国，政府组织正在寻找方法增加对原油市场的监督。美国商品期货交易委员会刚刚和伦敦一个电子监控的大陆期货交易所达成协议。大陆期货交易所承诺与美国相同的交易限额。但是有些人称大陆期货交易所为“黑市”，因为这个市场几乎没有任何监管。

在美国，政府机构已经在寻找各种方法加强对石油市场的监管。日用期货贸易委员会刚刚与伦敦电力交易所--欧洲期货业务部门达成一致。ICE,即能源市场洲际交易所同意遵守对美国市场相同的交易限定额。有些人称能源市场洲际交易所为“黑暗市场”，一个几乎没有监督的市场。

Regulators want to know more about who is trading in oil futures. A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a quantity of a product at a set price and date in the future. The New York Mercantile Exchange began trading oil futures in nineteen eighty-three.

调查者希望对谁在交易原油期货了解更多。期货合同是一种未来在约定的价格和日期买卖一定数量商品的协议。纽约商品期货交易所自在1983年开始交易原油期货。

监管机构希望了解更多关于是谁在交易原油期货。期货合同是按照商定的价格和日期在将来某时买卖一定数量产品的协议。美国纽约商业交易所在1983年开始交易原油期货。