六级As part of the upgrading of its rail yard, Kasselman, who is an inventor and self-proclaimed "steam visionary", is campaigning for a new steam train that runs without any fire and could run on an existing ten- kilometer line, driving tourists and perhaps

卡斯尔曼是一位发明家，自称为“蒸汽幻想家”，他正在为一种新型蒸汽火车进行宣传，这种火车可以在现有的10公里长的线路上运行，可以驾驶游客，也可以驾驶火车

四级We've surveyed business communication consultants and etiquette experts to come up with the following guidelines for effectively using the alternative ways of delivering difficult messages.

我们调查了商务沟通顾问和礼仪专家，为有效地使用传递困难信息的替代方法提出了以下指导原则。

六级with fertilizer prices jumping nearly 50% per metric ton over the last year in some places, human waste is an attractive, and often necessary, alternative.

在一些地方，化肥价格比去年每公吨上涨了近50%，人类粪便是一种有吸引力的、而且经常是必要的替代品。

四级Many of the reductions over the past 30 years have been achieved either by reducing the amount of sugar, salt or fat in a product, or by finding an alternative ingredient.

在过去30年中，通过减少产品中的糖、盐或脂肪含量，或通过寻找替代成分，实现了许多减少。

六级While alternative estimates of the damage from carbon emissions differ, and it's especially hard to reckon the likely costs of possible catastrophic climate events, most estimates suggest substantial negative effects.

虽然对碳排放造成的损害的其他估计各不相同，而且很难估算可能发生的灾难性气候事件的可能成本，但大多数估计都表明了巨大的负面影响。

四级For example, even with significantinvestments, such as the $93 million for wind energy development included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, important alternative energy sources such as wind and bio-fuels comprise only about 1% of the market today

例如，即使有重大投资，如《美国复苏和再投资法案》中包含的9300万美元风能开发，重要的替代能源，如风能和生物燃料，也只占当今市场的1%左右

考研There is no doubt of the alternative–the corrupted landscapes of southern Portugal, Spain or Ireland.

毫无疑问，还有另一种选择——葡萄牙南部、西班牙或爱尔兰的腐败景观。

四级So when I apologize, I usually choose in-person first, or a phone conversation as my top alternative, and Maybe a handwritten note next.

所以，当我道歉时，我通常会先选择当面道歉，或者电话交谈，然后是手写的便条。

高考Art students making a good living with these statistics/data/analyses in mind, art students need not worry about their career and have an alternative plan.

艺术类学生生活得很好考虑到这些统计/数据/分析，艺术类学生不必担心自己的职业生涯，而是有一个可供选择的计划。

六级Customers can bring shoes of any brand into an Adidas store to be shredded and turned into alternative fuels for energy creation instead of being burned as trash.

顾客可以将任何品牌的鞋子带进阿迪达斯商店，将其粉碎，并将其转化为可替代的能源，而不是作为垃圾焚烧。

四级But experts say that even when combined , alternative energy sources will likely meet only about 30% of the world's energy needs by

但专家表示，即使综合起来，到2020年，替代能源也可能只能满足世界能源需求的30%左右

四级And it includes alternative schools with students selected by lottery(抽签),such as H-B Wood lawn in Arlington, Va.

它还包括通过抽签选择学生的替代学校(抽签),比如弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的H-B木草坪。

六级One way of responding to your boss's suggestion is to explain the possible consequences to her and offer an alternative solution.

回应上司建议的一种方式是向她解释可能产生的后果，并提供另一种解决方案。

六级For many, shopping online was "a more comfortable alternative" than crowded malls.

对许多人来说，网上购物比拥挤的购物中心“更舒适”。

六级What are suggested as renewable and less-polluting energy alternatives?

什么是可再生和污染较少的能源替代品？

六级With fertilizer prices jumping nearly 50% per metric ton over the last year in some places, human waste is an attractive, and often necessary, alternative.

在一些地方，化肥价格比去年每公吨上涨了近50%，人类粪便是一种有吸引力的、而且经常是必要的替代品。

四级Already there are many alternative fuel vehicles on the market, powered by anything from solar power to natural gas.

市场上已经有许多替代燃料汽车，从太阳能到天然气，都可以提供动力。

六级But the Food and Drug Administration has not approved Avastin for use in the eye, and using it rather than the alternative, Lucentis, might carry an additional, although slight, safety risk.

但是食品和药物管理局还没有批准阿瓦斯汀用于眼部，使用它而不是替代品Lucentis可能会带来额外的安全风险，尽管风险很小。

四级Alternative forms of energy- bio-fuels, wind and solar, to name a few are certainly being funded and developed, and will play a growingrolein the world's energy supply.

替代能源形式——生物燃料、风能和太阳能等，肯定正在得到资助和开发，并将在世界能源供应中发挥越来越大的作用。

六级Every time any official in Beijing deliberates publicly about seeking an alternative to the US dollar for the $

每次北京的任何官员都公开讨论寻求美元以外的货币替代方案$

高考But alternative explanations are hard to find.

但很难找到其他解释。

六级Even utility companies, which have long viewed batteries and alternative forms of energy as a threat, are learning to embrace the technologies as enabling rather than disrupting.

即使是长期以来一直将电池和替代能源视为威胁的公用事业公司，也在学习将这些技术视为一种使能而非破坏。

四级Replacing sugar or salt with alternative ingredients.

用替代成分代替糖或盐。

考研While traditional "paid" media – such as television commercials and print advertisements – still play a major role, companies today can exploit many alternative forms of media.

虽然传统的“付费”媒体——如电视广告和平面广告——仍然发挥着重要作用，但如今的公司可以利用多种替代形式的媒体。

六级Agencies often produce alternative ads or commercials that are pre-tested in newspapers, television stations, etc.

代理商通常制作替代性广告或商业广告，并在报纸、电视台等进行预先测试。

考研What Washington does – or doesn't do – to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.

在全球思维转变之际，华盛顿在促进替代能源方面所做的或不做的事情可能会越来越少。

六级As for the meat, Smith says his grass-fed hamburger will be priced 20-25% over the conventional alternative.

至于肉，史密斯说他的草食汉堡包的价格将比传统汉堡高20-25%。

六级Confronted with such facts,some Swedish activists and legislators are demanding more extreme and far-reaching measures, such as replacing male and female pronouns with a neutral alternative and monitoring children more closely to correct them when they gravitate(被吸引) toward gendered play.

面对这些事实，一些瑞典活动家和立法者要求采取更极端、影响更深远的措施，比如用中性替代词取代男性和女性代词，并更密切地监控儿童，以便在他们被吸引时纠正他们(被吸引) 走向性别游戏。

四级But as we all know, of all these alternative fuel vehicles, the most practical are electric vehicles

但我们都知道，在所有这些替代燃料汽车中，最实用的是电动汽车

考研While traditional “paid” media – such as television commercials and print advertisements – still play a major role, companies today can exploit many alternative forms of media.

虽然传统的“付费”媒体——如电视广告和平面广告——仍然发挥着重要作用，但如今的公司可以利用多种替代形式的媒体。

四级They prove to be a good alternative to petroleum.

它们被证明是石油的良好替代品。

四级The alternative, he suggested, was to face the prospect of becoming another Palo Alto, California, where outsize stress on teenage students is believed to have contributed to a number of suicides in the last six years.

他建议，另一种选择是面对成为加利福尼亚州帕洛阿尔托市另一个城市的前景，据信，在过去六年中，青少年学生承受的巨大压力导致了许多自杀事件。

四级Energy and sustainability experts say the answer to our future energy needs will likely come from a lot solutions ons both traditional and alternative

能源和可持续发展专家表示，我们未来能源需求的答案可能来自于许多传统和替代能源的解决方案

考研They tend to keep a tighter hold on their purse and consider eating at home a realistic alternative.

他们倾向于更严格地控制自己的钱包，并考虑在家吃饭是一种现实的选择。

六级I suspect that some experts in the field will be keen to address alternative explanations, such as unassessed variables playing a role in the well-being decline.

我怀疑该领域的一些专家会热衷于解决其他解释，比如在幸福感下降中起作用的未评估变量。

四级Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.

节俭的英国消费者从Aldi和Lidl等折扣店选择更便宜的产品，而不是奢侈品替代品。

四级Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper quality, with just a small proportion of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume,said Mintel analyst Jack Duckett.

Mintel分析师Jack Duckett表示，强度、柔软度和厚度仍然是厕纸质量的领先指标，只有一小部分消费者更喜欢更豪华的替代品，如带有花卉图案或香水的替代品。

高考As we move away from an industrial-based economy to a knowledge-based one, office designers have come up with alternatives to the traditional work environments of the past.

随着我们从以工业为基础的经济转向以知识为基础的经济，办公室设计师已经想出了过去传统工作环境的替代方案。