It（the heavy air） hangs over the trees, presses the heads of the flowers to the ground, sits on my shoulders. With a vague feeling of uneasiness I move to the window. There, in the west, lies the answer - cloud has piled on cloud to form a ridge of mammoth while towers, rearing against blue sky.
凝重的空气盘旋在树上，花朵被迫低下了头，垂在我的肩膀。带着隐约的不安我走到窗前。在西面，答案就在眼前。云朵层层叠叠，忽而变成猛犸象，忽而变成高塔地逼近湛蓝的天空，
A：詹森！你最近躲到哪里去了？你知道，从上次打电话到现在已经好久了，最近好不好？
Jason. Where have you been hiding recently? You know that it has been a long time since the last call. How are you?
B：很好，你怎么样，安娜？
Fine. And you, Anna?
A：我很好，最近你忙什么呢？
I’m fine. What are you busy with?
B：工作。这些天我特忙，我升职了。
Work. I’m very busy in these days. I have got a promotion.
A：太好了，恭喜恭喜！
That’s great. Congradulations!
B：谢谢，我自我感觉也挺良好的。你知道，办公室大了，加了薪水，甚至还有个助理。
Thanks. I’m also feel good. You know the officer become bigger and my boss has added my salary. I even have a assistant.
A：不错，我猜我要见你的话得预约了。
That’s good. I guess I have to make an appointment before I meet you.
B：开玩笑。
I’m kidding.
The landlord wants to rise rent by one third.(想将租金提高三分之一).
（考点：动词 + by + 数词/百分比/倍数）
环境保护是当今世界各国人民共同关心的重大的社会经济问题，也是科学技术领域里重大的研究课题。环境科学是在现代社会经济和科学发展过程中形成的一门综合性科学。就世界范围来说，环境科学成为一门科学还是近二三十年的事情。
Environmental protection is an significant social and economic problem that people from all the world care about in nowadays. It’s also an important research project in science and technology aspect. Environmental protection has become a synthetic science project in modern social economy and science development. Worldwide, environmental science become a science project in recent twenty or thirty years.
