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04 Moreover, demographer s see the continuing shift south and west as joined by a related but newer phenomenon: More and more, Americans apparently are looking not just for places with more jobs but with fewer people, too.

而且，人口学家发现，向南部和向西部的不断迁移还伴随着一种相关却又较新的现象：越来越多的美国人显然不再仅仅寻找有更多工作机会的地方，也在寻找人口稀少的地方。

The experimental results showed that the absence of effective pollination in wild peonies under natural conditions, especially between different populations, was an important cause for the declining of seed adaptability, and that seed epicotyl dormancy is an important intrinsic factor in its sexual cycle which aggravated the scarcity of wild peony seedlings and populations in nature.

实验证明：在自然状态下野生牡丹缺乏充分的传粉，特别是居群间的传粉不足，导致其种子质量低下；而野生牡丹种子特殊的萌发特性，特别是严格的上胚轴休眠，则是导致其出苗率极低及自然状态下幼苗和种群稀少的重要内因。

This time round, the seeds of reform can be found in the good news rolling in from across the farm belt, as booming demand for ethanol has boosted the price of corn and land, and as other grains in scarce supply are also enjoying high prices.

这一次，由于农业带的好消息的广泛传播，改革的种子已经被种下。对乙醇需求的不段增加催生了谷物和土地的价格，其它供应稀少的作物价格也很高。

In order to reach this Scaufflaire, the shortest way was to take the little- frequented street in which was situated the parsonage of the parish in which M.

去那斯戈弗莱尔家，最近的路，是走一条行人稀少的街，马德兰先生住的那一区的本堂神甫的住宅便在那条街上。

The benefits from this continuing project include the return of small fish to the streams and the population expansion of the rare New Zealand Scaup, a small native duck whose existence was threatened, as well as a much better understanding of waterway management by Christchurch politicians and local people, an important aspect, as Christchurch is a city built on a swamp.

这个项目目前仍在进行，带来了很多好处：小鱼重返河流，新西兰稀少的小潜鸭数目增加，这种土生的小鸭过去生存受到过威胁，另外当地的官员和人民也对航道的管理有了更多的了解，这一点非常重要，因为我们这个城市是在沼泽地上建起来的。

And more and more foreign capital choose to Shanghai on schedule, an important reason is that these foreign capital optimistic about the Shanghai real estate market, eager to enter, but the transformation of the old city of Shanghai began to slow-paced, land resources are very scarce, and they do not like those of local real estate company in Shanghai as Shanghai's land bank.

越来越多的外资选择上海的时间表，一个重要原因是，这些外国资本看好上海房地产市场，急于进入，但旧城改造的上海开始放慢节奏，土地资源非常稀少的，而且他们不喜欢这些地方的房地产公司在上海，上海的土地储备。

Sparsely-populated states are thus hugely over-represented: senators representing a mere 11% of America's population can block any bill, since 60 votes out of 100 are needed to guarantee passage.

这样，人口稀少的州府就享受了过度膨胀的代表性：由于提议的通过需获得至少60%的投票，而国会议员仅代表11%的美国人，却可以否决任何议案。

The few surviving animals (possibly including only 23 reproductively active females) face a number of hazards throughout their range. A complete copy of the report can be found at www.iucn.org

数目稀少的灰鲸（大概只有23头具有生殖能力的母鲸）处于种群数目危险的范围内，完整的报告可以登陆IUCN 的网站获得www.iucn.org

The Bahamas had approved investments worth over $20 billion over the next five years. Mayaguana, a sparsely populated island of crystal seas and white sand, was set for a $1.8 billion resort with the world's longest airport runway.

巴哈马已通过了在未来五年内进行二百亿美元投资的计划。mayaguana是一个人口稀少的岛国，有着明澈的海洋和洁白的沙滩，原被建成价值十八亿美元的拥有世界上最长飞机跑道的旅游地。

Mayaguana, a sparsely populated island of crystal seas and white sand, was set for a $1.8 billion resort with the world's longest airport runway.

人口稀少的马亚瓜那岛拥有清澈的海水和银色的沙滩，原计划建成拥有世界上最长飞机跑道的价值18亿美金的旅游胜地。

I'm strongly against the death penalty — it's an eye for an eye.

我不赞成死刑——这是以牙还牙的报复行为。

And to get you the support you need, we're enlisting all elements of our national power: our diplomacy and development, our economic might and our moral suasion, so that you and the rest of our military do not bear the burden of our security alone.

并给你们所须的支援，我们正徵召国家所有各种的力量：我们的外交及发展，我们的经济力量与道德劝说，所以你们与其他军人不须要孤独地负起国家安全的责任。