It was this thought that caused John Martin, once head of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in California, to declare, "give me half a tanker of iron, and I'll give you an ice age."

这个想法导致赵恩•马汀断言，“给我半油轮的铁，我将给你一个冰河时代。”赵恩•马汀曾是位于加利福尼亚的苔陆海洋实验室的领导。

At most airports, traffic controllers organise the approach and landing order of incoming planes in their last half-hour or so of flight.

在许多飞机场，交通管理人员在飞机行程的最后半小时里下达可以靠近或降落的各项指令。

By midmorning, nearly half of the Americans were wounded, but the militants directed their gunfire on the arriving medevac helicopters, preventing them from landing.

到早晨时，近一半的美国人都受伤了。而武装分子们将炮火对准了即将赶来的救援直升机，防止他们着陆。

But first it faces a long, 354-million-mile (570-million-kilometer) journey to get there, taking about eight and a half months before landing in August 2012.

当然，首先它得面对一个漫长的570多万公里的旅程，大约要到明年八月份，就是八个半月才能到达火星。

The plane will be landing in half an hour and the washrooms will be closed soon. You'd better use it now if you need to.

还有半个小时飞机就要降落了，洗手间马上就要关闭了。如果你要去厕所最好现在就去。

When we reached Horsehead landing, lightning was flashing across half the sky, and thunder was drowning out the sound of the sea.

当我们到达豪斯·海德码头时，闪电正闪耀着横过半边天空，雷声淹没了海的声音。

The three men had disembarked from the space station about three and a half hours prior to their landing.

这三名宇航员在着陆的近三个半小时之前离开了空间站。

From the open kitchen you can descend a half story to the semi-basement, where the hobby space and music room are located, or climb past the landing to the living room.

从开放式厨房下半层可以转入半地下室，在这里有业余爱好场所和音乐室，也能爬过梯台到卧室。

Landing operation, the Allied fighter planes, bombers and warships to meet the very place, fighter bombers, half an hour late, warships, and even dare not go into the Strait.

登陆行动中，盟军的战斗机，轰炸机和军舰配合极不到位，战斗机轰炸机晚了半个小时，军舰甚至不敢开到海峡里去。

In order to make you feel more at ease, you may have flexible dinner time either at 20 minutes after takeoff or one and a half hours before landing.

XX先生为了给您创造良好的休息环境，你可以选择在起飞后20分钟或下降前一个半小时用餐。

The plane will be landing in half an hour and the washrooms will be closed soon.

还有半个小时飞机就要降落了，洗手间马上就要关闭了。

The landing was delayed for half an hour because of the bad weather.

由于天气恶劣，着陆推迟了半个小时。

It's been one of those Beijing winters when flu is landing half the population in bed with a fever.

这是北京的一个冬天，当禽流感来临时，一半的人在床上发烧。

The winger, who scored and impressed on the left wing, was forced off in the second half after landing awkwardly following a tackle from John Terry.

这位边锋打进了世界波，在左路表现可圈可点。下半场因为遭到特里的飞铲因伤下场。