1. When Augustus Octavian became emperor after Caesar´s death, he also named a month for himself — August. 恺撒死后,当奥古斯都大帝成为帝王的时候,他也用自己的名字奥古斯塔斯(Augustus)命名了一个月份——8月(August)。
2. There is a preponderance of hot days in July and August. 七、八月间炎热的日子最多。
3. The heavy raids began in the middle of August, and Nazi bombs started to fall along England's Channel Coast. 猛烈的空袭是在8月中旬开始的,纳粹的炸弹开始落在英吉利海峡的海岸线上。
4. The illness had not really left her; it had gone into hiding, instead, and the physical and mental after-effects of that historical August 6, 1945, would trouble Kaz all the rest of her life. 但是她的病没真正除根,只不过是潜伏起来了而已。历史上这个让人难忘的1945年8月6日给和子的肉体和精神上所带来的后遗症将折磨她的余生。
5. The WHO estimates that Bangkok, Thailand IV-drug users having the AIDS virus increased from less than 1 percent in August 1987 to 30 percent one year later. 世界卫生组织估计泰国曼谷携带艾滋病毒的静脉注射吸毒者从1987年8月的不到1%一年之后增加到了30%。
6. As she was prepared for her maiden voyage on August 10, 1628, Stockholm was in a ferment. 1628年8月10日,"瓦萨"号准备首航时,斯德哥尔摩一片欢腾。
7. So when the north pole tips towards the sun, the northern half of the world (or the Northern Hemisphere) is warmer and has its summer (June, July and August). 所以,当北极斜向太阳时,地球的北半部(北半球)就比较温暖,是夏季(六、七、八月)。
8. So he took another day from February to make August as long as July. 所以他去掉了2月份的另外一天,才使得8月和7月一样长。
9. June, July and August make the summer season. 六、七、八月是夏季,
10. It is always hot in June, July and August. The sun shines every day. 6,7,8 月总是炎热的. 每天阳光灿烂.