In the year two thousand, the United States was preparing to elect a new president.

2000年，美国准备选举一位新总统。

As the nineteen nineties ended, some experts worried about computers making the change to the year two thousand.

随着20世纪90年代的结束，一些专家担心计算机会在2000年有所改变。

Over the past hundred years, two thousand square miles of land has been conquered by the ocean in Louisiana south.

在过去的一百年里，路易斯安那州南部两千平方英里的土地已经被海洋征服。

As the nineties came to a close, people around the world were preparing to celebrate the arrival of the year two thousand.

随着90年代的结束，全世界的人们都在准备庆祝2000年的到来。