Some computers can perform over a billion computation a second.
有些计算机一秒钟能完成超过十亿次运算。
As a rule of thumb, a one-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax raises$1 billion. Oil producers in President-elect Bush's adopted state of Texas, however, would rather see a tax on imported crude oil.
一般情形是，每加仑加汽油一分钱的税可以征收10亿元。可是，在布什第二家乡德克萨斯州的产油商宁愿看见在进口原油上征税。
The human brain contains several billion nerve cells, which are connected with one another by fine nerves.
人类的大脑含有几十亿个神经细胞，这些细胞由纤细的神经将彼此连接起来。
