词汇学习

These are latitudes and longitudes. There are at least 10 others. They appear to be routing orders across the border into the U.S.
这些是纬度和经度。至少还有其它十个地点。看起来，他们是绕美国边界进入的。

latitude: 纬度，自由
The latitude of the island is 30 degrees north.
这个岛的纬度是北纬三十度。
You have a wide latitude to act as you think best.
你拥有自己认为最好的、广泛的行动上的自由。

longitude: 经度
The town is at longitude 24 degrees east.
这个镇位于东经二十四度。
The line of zero degree longitude passes through Greenwich.
经度零度线穿过格林威治。

Nash: The Nazis are repatriating South America, the Chinese have a standing army of 2.8 million,
纳粹已经遣返会南美，中国已经有了两百八十万的常备军，
and I am doing stress tests on a dam.
而我却在做水坝受压测试。

repatriate: 把…遣返回国
repatriate war refugees
把战争期间的难民遣返回国
Lai Changxing was repatriated back to China on Saturday afternoon on July 23rd 12 years after fleeing to Canada.
赖昌星逃亡加拿大12年之后于北京时间7月23日星期六下午被遣返回国。

and what is infinitely worse my time. However, here we are. So you may attend or not.
更糟糕的是我的时间。然而，我们已经在这了。你们听不听我不管。
You may complete your assignments at your whim. We have begun. Miss.
你可以喜欢了就完成你的作业。课这就开始了。小姐。

whim: 一时的兴致
at whim: 一时兴起，突发奇想
I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.
我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。
That suggestion was no whim of the moment.
那个建议可不是一时的突发奇想。

We were told during our initial briefing that these warehouses were abandoned.
在入校介绍时，他们说这是一些已经废弃的仓库。

initial: 最初的
We are through the initial testing period.
我们通过了最初的考试阶段。
The new aircraft has performed very well in its initial trials.
这种新式飞机在最初几次试飞中表现性能良好。

翻译练习

我们的位置是东经116度。

遣返战俘

她一时心血来潮就买了那件连衣裙。

她克服了开始时的羞涩之后，就变得非常友善。

参考答案

Our position is longitude 116 degrees east.
我们的位置是东经116度。

repatriate prisoners of war
遣返战俘

She bought that dress on a whim.
她一时心血来潮就买了那件连衣裙。

After she'd overcome her initial shyness, she became very friendly.
她克服了开始时的羞涩之后，就变得非常友善。