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It is unarguable that our laboratories, scientific instruments, rockets and satellites — the tools we scientists need to measure the planet’s pulse — demand significant amounts of energy both in their construction and operation.

无可争辩的是，我们的实验室、科学仪器、火箭和卫星——这些我们科学家用来测量地球脉搏的工具——在建造和运行中都需要大量能源。

How can we inform decision makers about the best ways to bring down carbon emissions if we can’t track the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, where it’s coming from and who’s producing it?

如果我们无法追踪大气中二氧化碳的含量、它来自哪里以及由谁产生，我们又怎能告诉决策者减少碳排放的最佳途径呢？

Understanding humans may be complicated, but we reveal a considerable amount about what appeals to us through our browsing history.

理解人类也许很复杂，但我们会通过浏览记录透露出大量关于什么能吸引我们的信息。

The industry also points out that real grass requires considerable amounts of water, weed killer or other treatments and that people who lay fake grass tend to use their garden more.

该行业还指出，真草需要大量的水、除草剂或其他养护处理，而且铺设假草坪的人往往更多地使用自己的花园。

“There are new rules concerning the amount of glazing used in extensions, and any new windows or doors must be highly insulated.”

“对于扩建中使用的玻璃面积有了新规定，而且任何新装的门窗都必须具有很高的隔热性能。”

Windows and doors will have to adhere to higher standards, while there are new limits on the amount of glazing you can have to reduce unwanted heat from the sun.

门窗必须遵守更高的标准，同时对可安装的玻璃面积也有了新的限制，以减少来自阳光的多余热量。

The amounts have risen from 10% or less in the 1950s to 15% around the year 2000 to 20% or higher today.

小费比例已从1950年代的10%或更低，升至2000年前后的15%，再到如今的20%或更高。

This increase is sometimes called tipflation — the expectation of ever-higher tip amounts.

这种上涨有时被称为“小费通胀”——即对小费金额越来越高的预期。

The peer-reviewed economic survey of 700 U.S. taxpayers, conducted by mail and internet, also found that people would be willing to pay a significant amount of money to make sure the parks and their programs are kept intact.

这项经同行评审、通过邮件和网络对700名美国纳税人进行的经济调查还发现，人们愿意支付一大笔钱，以确保这些公园及其项目完好无损。

Congress allocates only $3 billion a year to the national park system — an amount that has been flat since 2001 (in inflation-adjusted dollars) with the exception of a onetime boost in 2009 as part of the Obama stimulus package.

国会每年只给国家公园系统拨款30亿美元——这一数额（按经通胀调整后的美元计算）自2001年以来一直持平，只有2009年作为奥巴马经济刺激计划的一部分曾有过一次性增加。

The necessary amount of companies’ spending on it is unknown.

公司在这方面的必要支出额尚不清楚。

The communities minister, Don Foster, has hinted that George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, may introduce more flexibility to the current cap on the amount that local authorities can borrow against their housing stock debt.

社区事务大臣唐·福斯特暗示，财政大臣乔治·奥斯本可能会放宽目前对地方政府以住房存量债务为抵押的借款额度上限。

If it clears the House, this measure would still have to get through the Senate — where someone is bound to point out that it amounts to the bare, bare minimum necessary to keep the Postal Service afloat, not comprehensive reform.

即使这项措施在众议院获得通过，它仍须经过参议院——在那里肯定会有人指出，它只不过是维持邮政署运转所必需的最最起码的措施，而不是全面改革。