1·For the million Spanish families who saw a wage-earner lose their job in 2008, Christmas was a lot grimmer.
2008年,西班牙数以百万计的家庭亲眼目睹了靠工资度日的人们下岗待业,圣诞节更是雪上加霜。
2·And when I was sworn in about 18 months ago, we had already lost several million jobs and we were about to lose several million more.
18个月前,在我宣誓就职的时候,我们已经有几百万人失业,并还将会有几百万人失业。
3·Every year one Million Americans lose their coverage.
每年有100万美国人失去医疗保障。
4·By the end of 2009 1.5 Million people are going to lose their homes due to illness.
到2009年底有150万人将由于疾病而失去住所。
5·HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain, by contrast, explained why 50 million people will lose their jobs when they can be replaced by robots.
HowStuffWorks发起人马歇尔·布莱恩通过对比,讲解了为什么当人类岗位被机器人替代时会有五千万人失去工作。
6·By the end of the year, it could cause 1.5 million Americans to lose their homes.
到今年底,它可能使150万美国人丧失家园。
7·(in contrast, the recent firing of eight executives before the closing of the Microsoft (MSFT) deal — they'll lose their chance at million-dollar payouts — caused quite a stir.)
而在最近与微软的交易结束之前,Skype又开除了8名高管,这样一来,这8名高管将损失高达上百万美元的期权支出。这8名高管的离职曾引起了不小的轰动。
8·But during the second half of last year the economy still managed to lose more than a million jobs.
但在去年的下半年,虽然美国经济努力争取复苏,但是一百万人还是失去了工作。
9·As the villages around the Tehri dam lose their natural springs, the dam sends drinking water and electricity to Delhi, home to 16 million people.
随着特赫里大坝周边村庄失去了他们的天然泉水,大坝向德里一千六百万人送去饮用水和电。
10·The Environmental Justice Foundation predicts that 150 million people could lose their homes as a result of global warming by 2050.
环境正义基金会预测,2050年1.5亿人将因为全球变暖而失去家园。