The main school holidays are from mid-December till early February, when the days are long and warm.(學校的主要假期是從12月中旬到2月初，這段時間里白天長而且很溫暖。)

THERE were two lessons to be learned from the Asian art sales in Paris in mid-December.(在十二月中旬于巴黎舉行的亞洲藝術品的拍賣會上，我們學到了兩樣東西。)

Now, in mid-December 2007, the launch of the player was just weeks away.(現在，在2007年的12月中旬，距離該播放器發布只有幾個星期了。)

The Chinese began to study systematically the unusual animal behavior, and the Haicheng earthquake of February 1975 was predicted successfully as early as in mid-December of 1974.(由于中國開始對動物異常行為進行系統的研究，1975年2月發生在海城地震早在1974年12月中旬就已被成功預測到。)

In mid-December, Twitter said it had received a major infusion of funds from a group of investors, which reportedly put a 3.7 billion dollar value on the site.(在2010年12月份中旬，Twitter稱已經收到了一批投資者的大量資金投入，據報道這使得Twitter成為價值37億美元的網站。)

Between the start of 2006 and mid-December the Thai baht rose by 16% against the dollar—more than most other currencies tracked by The Economist.(自2006年初到12月中旬，泰銖兌美金升值16%，高于絕大多數<>跟蹤的其他貨幣。)

These latest two cases bring the total in Viet Nam since mid-December 2004 to eight.(這最新的兩個病例使越南自2004年12月中以來的病例總數達到8例。)

My surprise over the past few winters has been the personality transformation my parents go through around mid-December as they change from Dad and Mom into Grandpa and Grandma.(我一直很驚奇過去幾年中我父母的個性的轉變。當時是大約十二月中旬，他們就從父母變成了祖父母。是的，他們成了祖父母，完全不同于十一個半月之前我所熟悉的父母。)

Today’s official report brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in Viet Nam, detected since mid-December 2004, to 24.(今天的正式報告使越南自2004年12月中以來發現的經實驗室確認的病例總數達到24例。)

In December, China's apparent oil demand surged 15% compared with the same period a year earlier, helping underpin a 16% rise in oil-futures prices from mid-December to early January.(12月，中國表觀原油需求與去年同比激增15%，推動原油期貨價格從12月中旬至1月初上漲16%。)