Even though New Zealand has quite liberal rules about naming children, names beginning with a number are not allowed.
More Americans than ever are riding their bicycles to work instead of driving.
Television footage showed rescuers trying to free people buried underneath fallen debris, while others scrabbled through wires, construction rods and boulders.
电视画面显示，救援人员试图救出埋在掉落的碎片底下的人，而另一些救援人员则在导线、施工杆和大卵石中翻找。
The study will identify and collect data on sources of industrial, agricultural and residential pollution for two months.
For the past five years though, the popularity of ballroom dancing has soared thanks to a reality TV show.
不过，在过去的五年中，多亏了真人秀节目，交谊舞迅速普及。
By law, voting is to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
根据法律规定，投票定于十一月首个周一过后的周二。
Supermarkets now stock many different varieties of milk.
During the summer of 1776, most American colonists were increasingly angry about what they considered unfair treatment by the British government.
在1776年夏天，大多数美国殖民地的居民怨气高涨，因为他们认为受到了英国政府的不公平对待。
Ballroom dancing used to be seen as something rather unfashionable that old people might do.
Words come out of the culture they represent and describe.
单词来源于它们所代表和描述的文化。
When the clock strikes 12, people give a loud cheer and sing songs.
Snow is a form of frozen water. It contains many groups of tiny ice particles called snow crystals.
Each American state also has an employment services office that can help people train and look for jobs.
In Oxford Street, queues formed outside shops ahead of predawn openings for the start of the sales.黎明之前就有人赶到牛津街的商店门口为特价日排队等候。
Some parents choose names which come from popular culture.
Citizens may also vote on different questions of state or local interest.
Recently a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4Real.
Typical resolutions include giving up smoking and keeping fit.
Big cities have large and spectacular fireworks displays.
Many other people have non-religious moral reasons for not eating meat. They believe that killing farm animals for food is immoral and cruel.
The shape of a snow crystal may change from one form to another as the crystal passes through levels of air with different temperatures.
雪晶体在穿过不同温度的空气时，可能从一种形状转变到另一种形状。
Some people even camped outside the shops to be the first in line.
So if you've got a new development in medicine, for example, bird flu, then you'll get the new word coming out of that.所以，如果你在医学上有新进展，比如禽流感，那么你将从中得到这个新词语。
The most organized of all are those who are already doing their present shopping for next Christmas in the January sales!
Well, I suppose we could exchange it for another model, if you really aren't happy with it.
Many states also choose governors and state legislatures in national elections.
Some people consider themselves partial vegetarians, because they do not eat meat or farm birds, but they do eat fish.
The eight men and three women took refuge at the base after their small boats collided on Oct. 10th.
十月十日，八名男子和三名女子的小船相撞后在基地避难。
Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking workers.
Some supermarkets have now started selling milk with almost half the fat of semi-skimmed milk. But it retains a more creamy flavour.
Countries including Japan, Denmark, Spain, Germany and Argentina have an approved list of names from which parents must choose.
National elections are held in the United States every two years.
New words enter the English language all the time. In fact, English has always been in a state of evolution.
Cities, counties, state governments and state highway transportation agencies are planning the roadways of the future.
This is because the device in a car engine that reduces the harmfulness of emissions needs to warm up before it can work well.
Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide.
当地商店经常有地方供人们放置小标志，说明他们需要或者能提供什么样的服务。
Columnar snow crystals look like sticks of ice. They form when the temperature is about five degrees below zero Celsius.
柱状雪晶看起来像冰棍。它们在气温约为零下五摄氏度时形成。
However, low-fat milk contains less energy and lower amounts of fat-soluble vitamins and isn't suitable for children under two years.
It says that people have the right to change their government if it denies them their rights.
I'll look at my diary and see what you had last time.
我会翻翻我的日记，看看你们上次吃了什么。
Shorter car trips release more pollution into the air for each kilometer driven.
Data will be reviewed multiple times before being put into a database and will be analyzed in the second half of 2008.
数据将经过多次审查才被放入数据库，并将在2008年下半年进行分析。
The celebrities get to wear colourful dresses and suits to dance in, and it looks like a lot of fun.
New Year's parties can take place in different places.
When melting snow crystals or raindrops fall through very cold air, they freeze to form small particles of ice, called sleet.
当融化的雪晶或雨滴下落经过寒冷空气时，会结冰形成微小的冰颗粒，称为冻雨。