About three fourths of the people in China are working in agriculture.

If I ate two pieces, I ate two-fourths , namely one-second .

如果我吃了两块, 我就吃了 四分之二,亦即二分之一.

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.

我们假造自己的 四分之三,以便和别人相似.

The flowerbeds, always before so meticulously tended , needed weeding as well.

过去总是精心料理的花坛现在也亟待除草.

The area around the lake is covered with lawns and flowerbeds.

湖的四周,都是草坪和花圃.

Many gardeners grow curly parsley as a border for flowerbeds.

很多花园种植皱叶欧芹用来做花圃的边界.

Helping the unemployed meet house payments reduces foreclosures, addressing one the underlying causes of the crisis.

帮助失业者交上房贷,能减少房屋断供而被拍卖的情形, 从而解决造成这场危机的根本性原因之一.

If interest rates go up, won't foreclosures rise?

如果利率上调，抵押品赎回权取消的情况也会增多吗？

As foreclosures increase, they drag the average price of homes in a neighborhood down.

随着止赎住房增加, 它们会拖累同一街区的平均房价走低.

A wave of foreclosures is damping consumer spending and spreading anger.

一股丧失抵押品赎回权的浪潮正在使消费者减少消费并扩散愤怒情绪.

Political momentum is also building to prevent a surge of foreclosures.

为了防止取消赎回权的情况恶化,政治力量也被动用起来.

Here's the problem: Foreclosures are still occurring more than twice as often as sales.

问题在这里: 房屋的断供超过销售的两倍.

There is also a $ 50 bn plan to prevent foreclosures by modifying mortgage loans.

此外,还有一个500亿美元的计划,通过变更按揭条款来防止银行收回房产.

For home prices, the risk is clearly to the downside given mounting foreclosures.

对房价来说, 风险很显然是不断增多的止赎带来的下行压力.

Foreclosures place downward pressure on house prices, contributing to a vicious cycle of economic pain.

大量的止赎将进一步打压房价, 触发新一轮的恶性循环.

Don't Blame the Economy: Defaults and foreclosures are rising despite a relatively strong economy.

不怪经济: 违约和止赎上升,但相对强劲的经济.

We can certainly see a massive rise in foreclosures and rapidly dropping home prices as well.

我们可以看到大量无抵押信用上升就如同迅速下降房价一样.

Foreclosures are still shooting up as loans go bad.

随着坏账的增加,止赎现象仍在上升.

We assisted the paramedics at the accident site.

我们在事故地点向护理人员提供了帮助.

We have got to start helping homeowners , in a serious way, to prevent foreclosures.

我们必须开始以十分严肃的方式来帮助房主, 防止他们丧失房屋赎回权.

Although the paramedics did everything they could, they weren't able to bring him back to life.

尽管医务人员尽了全力, 但还是不能使他苏醒过来.