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Currently only 20 percent of the UK’s wood requirement is home-grown while it remains the second-largest net importer of timber in the world.

目前英国只有20%的木材需求由本国生产，同时它仍是世界第二大木材净进口国。

“I think individuals being able to rent out their second home is a good thing.

“我认为个人能够出租自己的第二套住房是件好事。

I became convinced that this story was every bit as exciting and significant as that of Enigma and the breaking of German codes in the Second World War.

我开始确信，这个故事与第二次世界大战中恩尼格玛密码机及破译德军密码的故事一样激动人心、意义重大。

Second, the video may have had an emotional impact.

其次，视频可能产生了情感上的影响。

Second, growth obviously affected the absolute size both of systems and individual institutions.

其次，增长显然影响了高等教育体系和各个院校的绝对规模。

Job security or stability was the second most important career goal (work-life balance was number one), followed by a sense of being dedicated to a cause or to feel good about serving the greater good.

工作保障或稳定性是第二重要的职业目标（排在第一位的是工作与生活的平衡），其次是献身于某项事业的感觉或为更大的公共利益服务而感到满足。

But the age of streaming has been a boon for some unintended winners: pirates that use software to rip a film or television show in seconds from legitimate online video platforms and host the titles on their own, illegitimate services, which rake in about $2 billion annually from ads and subscriptions.

但流媒体时代却让一些意想不到的赢家获益：盗版者利用软件在几秒钟内从正规在线视频平台上扒下一部电影或电视节目，放到自己的非法平台上，这些平台每年从广告和订阅中捞取约20亿美元。

Peters’ signature shot is a butterfly “take-off”, showing the multiple wing-beats of one butterfly in one frame as it lifts off from a flower. How does he capture it? Technology helps. A typical digital SLR camera shoots 20 frames a second. He uses a high-speed OM System which shoots 120 frames a second.

彼得斯的招牌镜头是蝴蝶“起飞”，在一帧画面中展现一只蝴蝶从花朵上起飞时的多次振翅。他是如何拍到的？技术帮了忙。一台普通的数码单反相机每秒拍摄20帧，而他使用的是每秒可拍120帧的高速OM System相机。

Peters’ signature shot is a butterfly “take-off”, showing the multiple wing-beats of one butterfly in one frame as it lifts off from a flower. How does he capture it? Technology helps. A typical digital SLR camera shoots 20 frames a second. He uses a high-speed OM System which shoots 120 frames a second.

彼得斯的招牌镜头是蝴蝶“起飞”，在一帧画面中展现一只蝴蝶从花朵上起飞时的多次振翅。他是如何拍到的？技术帮了忙。一台普通的数码单反相机每秒拍摄20帧，而他使用的是每秒可拍120帧的高速OM System相机。

Researchers analysed the frequency and impact of gaps greater than 2 seconds during conversations, including an overview of previous studies which indicate that the fear of awkward silences can be so extreme that people avoid talking to strangers, even though doing so is likely to be an enjoyable experience.

研究人员分析了谈话中超过2秒的停顿出现的频率及其影响，其中包括对以往研究的综述，这些研究表明，人们对尴尬沉默的恐惧可能极其强烈，以至于会避免与陌生人交谈，尽管与陌生人交谈很可能是一种愉快的经历。

In one study of the ability she called “thin slicing” the late psychologist Nalini Ambady asked participants to watch silent 10-second video clips of professors and to rate the instructor’s overall effectiveness.

已故心理学家纳里妮·安巴迪在一项针对她称之为“薄片撷取”能力的研究中，让参与者观看教授们10秒钟的无声视频片段，并对授课者的整体教学效果打分。

She found similar interference when participants watched 15-second clips of pairs of people and judged whether they were strangers, friends, or dating partners.

当参与者观看两人一组的15秒视频片段，并判断他们是陌生人、朋友还是恋人时，她也发现了类似的干扰。

Human drivers sometimes must make split-second decisions.

人类驾驶员有时必须在瞬间做出决定。

The monetary value of the objects on display is a distant second place in importance.

展品的金钱价值在重要性上远远排在其次。

You also quickly learn to adapt and come up with creative solutions to the problems the painting presents, and thinking outside the box will become your second nature.

你还会很快学会适应，并针对绘画中出现的问题想出创造性的解决办法，跳出思维定式将成为你的第二天性。