The survival of a language is closely linked to its environment.

Purists bemoan the corruption of the language.

主张语文纯正的人哀叹语言趋于不纯.

But this is to begin literary culture at the wrong end.

但是,这恰恰将语文的修养过程本末倒置.

Declamation is a traditional Chinese teaching method.

诵读教学是我国传统的语文教学方法。

Their subsistence comes from the sea.

他们依赖海洋生活.

Whales are mammals that live in the sea.

鲸是生活在海洋中的哺乳动物.

The water in the ocean is all saltwater.

海洋中的水都是盐水.

Oceans don't so much divide the world as unite it.

与其说海洋将世界分开,倒不如说它们将世界连成一体.

The sea fisheries are an important industry in Norway.

海洋捕鱼业是挪威一项重要的产业.

As we've seen, oceans cover more than 70％ of the earth.

据我们所知, 海洋占地球面积的70%以上.

Sea surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation are strongly coupled.

海洋表面温度与大气环流是密切相关的.

Plankton is at the bottom of the marine food chain.

浮游生物处于海洋食物链的最底层.

The Pacific Ocean is the biggest ocean in the earth.

太平洋是地球上最大的海洋.

The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins.

海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。

the depths of the ocean

海洋的深处

The door, warped by seasons and sea-changes, split slightly.

这扇门由于季节和海洋作用造成的变形已经出现了些许裂缝。

The phosphate was deposited by the decay of marine microorganisms.

海洋微生物腐烂后沉积形成磷酸盐。

The avenues lined with jacaranda trees burst into a carnival of purple.

大街的两旁种着蓝花楹，绽放的花朵汇成一片紫色的海洋。

Half of PML's scientists have first degrees, the other half have PhDs.

普利茅斯海洋研究所的科学家一半有学士学位，另一半则有博士学位。

We don'tlike paying through the nose for our wine when eating out.

下馆子时，我们不喜欢在酒水上花很多钱。

Splitting the price six ways had still cost them each a bundle.

即使把价钱平摊成6份，每人也还是要花一大笔钱。