The south-west monsoon begins at the end of May and blows until August or so, making life much harder for pirates.(五月底至八月左右，會持續吹起印度洋的西南季風，不利于海盜謀生。)

No sooner had the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported at the end of August that Iran was going slow on uranium enrichment than he popped up to say the opposite.(八月底，國際原子能機構（IAEA）剛剛公布伊朗的鈾濃縮進程緩慢，內賈德就突然放出相反的說法。)

Gallas is out of contract at the end of the season, and as such is free to talk to any clubs, with Roma reported to be tracking the former Chelsea defender who turns 33 in August.(加拉斯在本賽季結束后合同到期，并可以自由地與其他俱樂部接觸。據報道，羅馬俱樂部正在追逐這位今年八月滿33歲的前切爾西后防隊員。)

At the end of August, the MSCI emerging-markets index was down by 10.3% in dollar terms since the start of the year. The developed-world index was down by 5.4% over the same period.(截至今年8月末，摩根·士丹利資本國際公司按美元計算的新興市場指數下降了10.3%，而同期發達國家股指的下滑幅度為5.4%。)

However, he wants the deal to be completed within two weeks to allow Hodgson time to strengthen the squad before the transfer deadline at the end of August.(然而他希望交易能在兩周內完成，以便給霍奇森充足的時間在8月底轉會窗口關閉前補強球隊陣容。)

This week India, which had threatened to cut off BlackBerry service at the end of August, granted RIM, the device’s maker, an extra two months while authorities consider the firm’s proposal to comply.(本周，印度在威脅8月底終止黑莓服務之后，又允許給黑莓制造商RIM公司額外兩個月的時間，讓當局考慮該公司遞交的服從規定的申請。)

Likewise, I can see a surge in my Facebook starting at the end of August 2009.(類似地，我看到我的Facebook活動從2009年8月底開始猛增。)

He finally tied the knot with his long-term partner Angelina Jolie at the end of August and Brad Pitt appears to be loving his new role as husband.(布拉德·皮特終于在今年八月底和女友安吉麗娜結束愛情長跑，喜結連理。他看起來很喜歡丈夫這一新角色。)

I started work at the end of August.(在八月末我開始了工作。)

At the end of August, the MSCI emerging-markets index was down by 10.3% in dollar terms since the start of the year.(截止到8月底，摩根·士丹利資本國際型新市場指數以美元計算較年初累計下跌了10.3%。)