A dusty airless attic; the dreadfully close atmosphere; hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke.

It was a summer day, hot and stuffy.

那是一个夏天的晚上，炎热而烦闷。

The weather is hot and stuffy recently, even at night.

最近的天气又热又闷，即使在晚上也如此。

A typical Shanghai summer is hot and stuffy.

典型的上海夏天很闷热。

Now, rather than reactively knocking up a skyscraper or a business park, people are thinking more strategically and for the longer term.

现在，人们不再条件反射性地匆忙建造一座摩天大楼或商业区，而是进行更长期、更富战略性的思考。

Jim Somers, chief mobility officer at Antenna Software, says: A mobile strategist frequently comes from an IT organisation and a development background, and is a rising star who is thinking strategically.

Antenna Software首席移动官吉姆索莫斯（Jim Somers）表示：很多移动策略师来自IT企业和开发背景，他们是一群开展战略思维的明日之星。

With that in mind, I want to focus on the SWOT analysis evaluating strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats as one good way to start thinking strategically.

在这里，我想重点说一下SWOT分析评估你的优势、劣势、你面对的机会和威胁这是一个战略规划的好方法。

Only thinking strategically, telecoms companies retain and raise their core competence, as well as adapt international competition and challenges.

电信企业只有从战略的高度，长久保持和提升企业核心竞争力，才能适应国际的竞争和挑战。

You are addicted to the instant gratification of unearned adulation from a group of perfect strangers you insist on referring to as your "Friends."

你沉迷于那些你称为“好友”但其实只是陌生人对你的谄媚，给你带来的本能的满足。

As the perfect strangers embraced and kissed, world famous photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt snapped four pictures, taking only ten seconds to do so.

目睹着素不相识的陌生人相拥而吻，摄影师阿尔弗雷德艾森施塔特只用了10秒钟就抓拍了四张，记录下了这个瞬间。

These people have left their families and lives behind for a few weeks to go into silent retreat amidst a crowd of perfect strangers in India.

这些人放下家庭与生活，决定花几个星期和一大群完全不相识的人在印度静修。

Some people have protested that it doesn't feel good to know perfect strangers are looking you up without your permission, and forming instant views of you.

一些人说，完全陌生的人不经你的允许查找你的信息，并立即得出有关你是个什么样的人的观点，这种想法让人感到不舒服。

One of the main enjoyments of the Chinese seems to be chatting with one another, and whether they are old friends or perfect strangers makes very little difference.

中国人有一个主要的享乐方法，那就是找人聊天，找老朋友还是找完全陌生的人，这无关紧要。

Then that e-mail started whipping around the world, so that I began to receive donations from perfect strangers.

而后，这封电子邮件开始绕行全世界，于是我开始从完全不相识的人那儿收到捐款。

But we'll wind up perfect strangers.

但那样我们就形同陌路。

Some people are always coming up to perfect strangers and asking them what they do

有些人总爱和完全不认识的人搭讪，询问人家的职业。

The university, Singapore's only medical school, last week announced less stringent requirements for all students but kept the quota in place, the Straits Times reported.

新加坡政府近日表示，将考虑修改目前新加坡国立大学医学院在招生中优待男生的做法，扩大对女性的招收比例。

Now I am anxiously awaiting the result to be published on the Straits Times of Ang.15.

现在我焦急地等待那要刊在八月十日海峻时报上的结果。

When she graduated from University she joined Cathy Pacific as an Air Stewardess and stationed in Hong Kong.

她大学毕业后进入凯西太平洋公司当了空中小姐，并且长驻香港。

Air stewardess: I am afraid you are gonna have to take a seat.

空姐：恐怕您必须得坐好。

Air stewardess: Miss? Please, sit down!

空姐：小姐，请您坐下！