Jonathan Brandon, a student in London, strikes up a tune at the same piano.

乔纳森·布莱顿是在伦敦求学，他也在这架钢琴上弹了首曲子。

In many cases, he strikes up friendships with the people he hears back from.

大多数情况下，他都能与回信者交上朋友，建立起友谊。

Jules, who has been looking to start a new career in landscaping, also strikes up a rapport with Paul.

而朱尔斯正在找一份景观设计方面的新工作，她和保罗之间也逐渐建立起融洽的关系。

If the initiative of rewarding good behavior strikes up conversations at home around road safety then that's good.

如果奖励好司机的倡议可以在国内引起人们关于道路安全的讨论，那是极好的。

When Bud arrives for work the next morning, he strikes up a conversation with Fran Kubelik, the cute elevator operator.

第二天早晨，巴德在赶去上班的途中，故意和可爱的电梯操作员弗兰·库布里克小姐搭讪。

Behind, a cello played by two bows periodically strikes up-a compelling lament, one year on, for the World Trade Centre's ghostly fallout.

其后，两张琴弓共同拉着一把大提琴，演奏周而复始地进行着—牵动人心的哀悼，一年之后，献给世贸中心鬼魅般的浮尘。

And the moment she strikes up the true Shakespearian music, and feels her way to her part altogether by her sense of that music, the play returns to life and all the magic is there.

她奏起真正的莎士比亚音乐，和着自己的乐感与角色合而为一的那刻，奇迹出现了，这场戏立刻鲜活起来。

They stroll gawking through the lobby of the ornate Peace hotel, built in 1930 by Victor Sassoon, while the hotel's classic jazz band strikes up music reminiscent of those rowdy years.

他们漫步经过和平饭店华丽的大厅，这是一九三〇年由维克多·沙逊建的。每天晚上，饭店的爵士乐队会演奏怀旧的老乐曲。

After Hamas stepped up its rocket attacks at the end of 2008, Israel began a major offensive in the Gaza Strip, launching air strikes and a ground invasion.

在2008年末哈马斯增加了他的火箭进攻，以色列开始了在加沙地带的主要进攻，发动了空中袭击和陆地侵略。

Japan has had an online earthquake warning system since 2007. It provides anything up to two minutes warning before an earthquake strikes and that time can be vital for getting people to safety.

日本自2007年起就有了网上地震预警系统，在地震袭击之前的两分钟内发出警报，而这段时间对人们逃生具有至关重要的意义。

The scientists posit that these meteor strikes may also have triggered the flow of hot rock in the upper layer of the mantle right below the Earth's crust that is seen up to the present day.

科学家们断定，这些流星的冲击也可能触发了刚好低于地球地壳的地幔上层里的热岩，这就是至今我们所能看到的。

The New America Foundation, a Washington think-tank, found that up to 2, 551 people have been killed in the strikes since 2004.

华盛顿的智囊机构新美国基金会发现，自2004年以来多达2551人在袭击中丧生。

There might be riots on the streets and strikes, but the electorate may take a grown-up view of fiscal consolidation, particularly if it is concentrated on spending cuts rather than tax increases.

可能会发生骚乱和罢工，但是选民更会用成熟的视角来看到财政巩固措施，尤其是在财政巩固措施主要是削减支出而非增加税收的情况下。

The drone attacks, a supposedly "secret" programme started by the CIA in 2004, have been ramped up over the past three years, with a record 118 strikes last year and 50 so far in 2011.

无人机空袭，本应是中央情报局于2004年启动的一个“秘密”的项目，在过去的三年内，空袭数大幅增加。去年创了纪录达到118次，2011年至今，已有50次。

The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills thebeans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.

不一会儿，猴子赶上了豹子，把事情原委告诉了它，还和它达成了以后的互惠协议。

I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight.

今日清晨，我早早醒来，想到午夜钟声敲响前将做的一切，激动不已。

Trees, for example, react to downpours with a spurt of growth. During the longer droughts that follow, the extra biomass then dries up so that if lightning strikes, forests burn more spectacularly.

例如树木会反应下雨而发芽成长，若是接著又久旱不雨，当初那些雨后春笋统统晒到干枯，闪电一打，就很容易引起森林大火。

The number of strikes went up as the maximum altitude increased.

闪电的数量随着云层最高海拔的增高而变多。

He had set up a rod in his home in St Petersburg to studylightning strikes, but he got more than he bargained for when a pale blue ballof fire emerged from the rod and struck him in the head.

他在家中立起一个铁杆来研究闪电的电击。 但是他得到了比他所希望的更多的结果：一个灰蓝色的火球出现在铁杆上并击中了他的头部。

A lot of literary fiction strikes a bargain with the reader: you suck up a certain amount of difficulty, of resistance and interpretive work and even boredom, and then you get the payoff.

大量文学小说同读者达成了一个协议：要先克服某些困难和抵制心理，认真解读乃至忍受乏味，然后你才会获得报偿。

During the longer droughts that follow, the extra biomass then dries up so that if lightning strikes, forests burn more spectacularly.

而在接下来的长期干旱中，超额的生物质量会干旱，如遇闪电，森林大火则更加严重。

With a few strikes on her keyboard, Frick was able to call up daily radar data that covered a bat cave in Texas.

随着弗里克在键盘上敲击着字母，它能够调出一个德克·萨斯蝙蝠洞的日常雷达数据。

The seesawing could continue: next up on Disney’s release slate is “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” a live-action fantasy starring Nicolas Cage that strikes many veteran movie marketers as a tough sell.

波动延续：接下来迪士尼预备发布的影片是《巫师学徒》，由尼古拉斯 凯奇主演的实景奇幻影片，此片令许多资深电影制作人头疼不已，被认定是极难卖座。

The seesawing could continue: next up on Disney's release slate is “The Sorcerer's Apprentice,” a live-action fantasy starring Nicolas Cage that strikes many veteran movie marketers as a tough sell.

波动延续：接下来迪士尼预备发布的影片是《巫师学徒》，由尼古拉斯凯奇主演的实景奇幻影片，此片令许多资深电影制作人头疼不已，被认定是极难卖座。

When a neutrino strikes the liquid, a flash of light is produced that is then picked up by a bank of photomultiplier tubes around the liquid.

当中微子和液体反应后，产生的束光就会被液体周围一堆的光电倍增管所接收。

The New America Foundation, a Washington think-tank, found that up to 2,551 people have been killed in the strikes since 2004.

一家华盛顿智库新美国基金会发现，自2004年以来，多达2551人丧命于空袭。

Pakistan has used India's refusal to rule out military strikes "to whip up war hysteria, " which, in turn, antagonizes India, says Mr. Rashid.

巴基斯坦一直利用印度拒绝排除军事打击的可能性“来煽动战争的狂热气氛”，接下来，此举又引起印度的对抗，Rashid先生认为。

Late into the night in Tripoli, we often hear Nato air strikes - the distinct boom of the explosions is enough to wake everyone up.

的黎波里入夜之后，我们常能听见北约空袭的爆炸声，巨大的声响让人无法入睡。