| 1. | The goal of eliminating hunger by the turn of the century is attainable .
在两个世纪交替的时期，消除饥饿的目标是可以实现的。 |
| 2. | The victorian giants were either dead or dying by the turn of the century .
到十九、二十世纪之交，维多利亚女王时代的巨人或者已死，或者将要死去。 |
| 3. | By the turn of the century , 1 million people had electric light at home
到19世纪末20世纪初， 100万人的家里安上了电灯。 |
| 4. | The goal for the second stage is , by the turn of the century , to double the gnp of 1990
第二个十年，即从一九九一年到本世纪末，再翻一番，从发展趋势看也是可靠的。 |
| 5. | The 19th century gold rush brought cantonese ; by the turn of the century the city was home to bustling communities of greeks , lebanese and italians
19世纪的淘金热中来到悉尼的有来自广东的中国人，而在上个世纪末前，这里又成了希腊人、黎巴嫩人及意大利人的家园。 |
| 6. | A number of small cotton mills soon followed , but most of them failed by the turn of the century because their promoters did not aim to a wide market
一些小型棉纺厂很快便如法炮制，但大多数在十九世纪末二十世纪初都以失败告终，这是因为其创办者没有着眼于大市场。 |
| 7. | A dearth of students pursuing doctoral degrees in the humanities and social sciences could lead to a shortage of college professors by the turn of the century , according to a comprehensive study
根据一项综合研究，缺少攻读人文学科和社会学科博士学位的学生可能会导致新世纪大学教授的短缺。 |
| 8. | By the turn of the century . the design of various flood control schemes for the river indus is progressing with completion dates to tie in with the shenzhen river regulation project so as to relieve the risk of flooding by 2002
多项梧桐河防洪计划的设计工作正在进行，预计完工日期可配合深圳河治理工程，目的是在二零零二年或之前，可减低发生水浸的危险。 |
| 9. | Ipcc scientists agreed it was " very likely " human activities were the main cause of warming in the past 50 years , predicting temperatures would rise by three degrees celsius and sea levels by as much as 43cm by the turn of the century
Ipcc的科学家同意人类活动“确实”是过去50年间气候变暖的主要原因，并且预言到本世纪末下世纪初，温度将继续升高3摄氏度左右，海平面将上升43厘米。 |
