1·The new runway is a billion-dollar boondoggle.
这条新跑道是一个价值十亿美元的废物。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The US Fish and Wildlife Service said that nearly a billion monarchs have disappeared from overwintering sites since 1990.
美国鱼类和野生动物管理局表示，自1990年来，近十亿只帝王蝶在越冬地点消失了。
3·A billion people are living in slums, not the same billion people, but there is some overlap.
有十亿人生活在贫民窟，虽然与上面提到的十亿人不相同，但他们之间有重叠部分。
4·How can teeny, tiny ants repel a big old elephant, which is, after all, about a billion times more massive?
小得不能再小的蚂蚁是如何让大象退避三舍的呢？ 毕竟大象要比它们大约十亿倍。
5·A modern microprocessor requires a billion-dollar plant called a fab to etch onto its surface the tiny electronic components that make it run.
现代的微处理器需要十亿美元的被称为 fab 的工厂，以在其表面蚀刻出使其得以运作的微型电子元器件。
6·Since 1934, better than half a billion dollars has gone into that Fund to purchase more than 5 million acres of habitat.
自1934年以来，该基金已经投入了超过5亿美元，用于购买500多万英亩的栖息地。
7·Nearly a billion people are illiterate.
有近10亿人是文盲。
8·Michael was ready: he wanted to see how long it took him to do a billion miles.
迈克尔已经准备好了：他想看看自己飞10亿英里需要多长时间。
9·Right now, a billion people are chronically hungry which means they wake up hungry; they are hungry all day and they go to sleep hungry.
现在，10亿人长期处于饥饿状态，这意味着他们醒来时会感到饥饿；他们整天饿着肚子，睡觉时也饿着肚子。
10·Right now, a billion people are chronically hungry. That means they wake up hungry, they are hungry all day, and they go to sleep hungry.
现在，10亿人长期处于饥饿状态，这意味着他们醒来时会感到饥饿，整天饿着肚子，睡觉时也是如此。