they are using a new prospecting method to quest for oil.
他们正在采用一种新的勘探方法寻找石油。
being short of sickles, they are reaping by hand.
由于缺少镰刀,他们在徒手收割庄稼。
the city they are living in will be rezoned.
他们现在居住的城市将重新分区。
they are friends rivaling with each other in technological design.
他们在工艺设计方面是互相竞争的朋友。
ask yourself who they are, what they are about.
问问你自己,他们是谁,他们在做什么。
they are trying to build up funds to relieve the poverty-stricken families.
他们设法筹集资金来救济非常贫困的家庭。
it is the matter they are wrangling over.
这就是他们正在争论的问题。
i think i ought to cut in on what they are doing.
我认为对他们现在干的事我应当进行干预。
they are contriving a robbery.
他们正在策划一场抢劫。
they are going from shanghai to los angeles via tokyo.
他们从上海经东京去洛杉矶。
they are ramming their motorcycles on the expressway at 80 miles per hour.
他们正以每小时80英里的速度骑着摩托车在高速公路上疾驶。
i don't know how these people go on for food when they are cut off by snow for days on end.
在连日下雪与外界隔绝的日子里,我不知道这些人是怎样解决食物的。
they are the backbone of the factory.
他们是这个厂的顶梁柱。
they are known to be rolling in money.
他们是尽人皆知的拥有大量钱财的人。
they are building a house.
他们正在盖一所房子。
they are trying to round up those robbers.
他们正在努力围捕那些强盗。
they are quality cigarette.
它们是精制香烟。
now they are at the beach and havened from the noises of the city.
现在,他们来到了海滩上,远离了城市的喧哗和嘈杂。
they are racing to see who is fastest.
他们在赛跑,看谁跑得最快。
go down and see what they are doing downstairs.
下去看看他们在楼下干什么。
all substances, whether they are gaseous, liquid or solid, are made of atoms.
一切物质,不论它们是气体、液体还是固体,都是由原子构成的。
they are lobbying for their own proposals.
他们在为自己的提议进行游说。
they are huckstering over the price of the rifle.
他们正为那支枪的价格讨价还价。
they are sunk in the depth of vice.
他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
they are recomposing the cabinet.
他们正在改组内阁。
they are hoping that she will announce for governor.
他们希望她将宣布参加竞选州长。
they are charting out the future of the organization.
他们正在明确规划这个组织的未来。