1. Max tells me he's upset with the delay. He's enraged at his own moving company. "I'm knocking $10 off the hourly rate," he says.
    马克斯告诉我说，他对工作的延误感到不安。他对自己的搬家公司感到很恼火。"我决定从每小时的工钱中减去十美元，"他说。

2. One out of every five people on Earth is Chinese, yet China's growth rate has slowed.
    地球上每五个人中就有一个是中国人，不过中国的人口增长已经减慢了。

3. Forests have been cut down at the rate of 278 square miles a year.
    森林正在以每年278平方英里的速度被砍伐。