1·Oceans create a water layer spanning 15, 000 miles (24, 000 kilometers) across the planet at an average depth of more than 2 miles (3.2 km).
海洋在地球上创建了一个横跨15,000英里(24,000公里)，平均深度超过2英里(3.2公里)的水层。
2·China and Russia in July signed a pact that finally settled the demarcation of their 4, 300-km (2, 672-mile) border and on Tuesday confirmed it had officially taken effect.
中俄双方于7月份签署协议，最终完成了长达4300公里(2672英里)的边界勘定工作。周二，双方确定协议正式生效。
3·The Kamphaeng School in Si Sa Ket, nearly 600 km northwest of Bangkok, has over 200 transvestites among its 2, 500 students and many have been asking for a separate toilet.
位于曼谷西北将近600公里的四色菊甘榜中学里，2500名学生中有200多名异装癖者。 他们中大部分都希望能有专用的厕所。
4·The most difficult portion of the tunnel is the 57 km (35.4 mi) stretch that will run nearly 2, 000 feet (600 meters) under the Gotthard massif below the existing Gotthardbahn track.
隧道的最困难部分是57公里(35.4英里)的支线，它位于现在的Gotthardbahn轨道下方2000英尺(600米)以下的岩石中。
5·And last year the Wilkins shelf, a huge plate of floating ice attached to the peninsula, started to break up, losing some 2, 000 sq km in six months.
去年，与南极半岛相连的巨大盘状浮冰威尔金斯冰架开始碎裂，在六个月内失去大约两千平方公里。
6·Between August 2009 and July 2010 6, 450 sq km (2, 490 sq miles) of forest were lost, a 14% drop from the year before, and the least since 1988 when the agency began recording the destruction.
2009年8月至2010年7月间，6,450平方千米(2,490平方英里)的森林被砍伐，同比下降了14%，是自1988年对树木砍伐有记载开始，树木砍伐最少的一段时期。
7·The Akatsia-M system, which is operated by two specialists, uses a UAV with a cruising speed of 120 kmh, a flight endurance time of 11/2 hours and an onboard camera with a range of up to 15 km.
Akatsia-M系统是由两位专家操作，使用一架时速120公里的无人机，飞行耐力时间可达5.5小时，机载相机拍摄范围内可达15公里。
8·16A forest is on fire outside the town of Novovoronezh, some 40 km (25 miles) south of the city of Voronezh, August 2, 2010. (REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
2010年8月2日，沃罗涅什（Voronezh）市以南40公里处，一个名叫Novovoronezh小镇的外围，森林正在起火。
9·Despite the country’s small size (mainland and island groups total 77,097 sq km), one may feel a bit overwhelmed (2) with all Scotland has to offer.
尽管只是个蕞尔小国（其主要大陆和岛屿群的总面积仅为77,097平方公里），驻足苏格兰，目睹其人情风物，你却会赞叹不已。
10·It now stretches 8, 851.8 km (5, 500.3 mi), with approximately 2, 232 km of that natural barriers such as hills and rivers.
现在长城长8,8851.8千米，其中约2232千米是像山丘、河流的天然屏障。