英国说法

In England they call one thousand million a milliard.

十亿是英国对十万万的说法。

As James Woudhuysen, a professor at the UK's De Montfort University, likes to

正如英国德蒙特福特大学教授詹姆斯"沃德海森所喜欢说的那样："我们这一生听到太多'跳出框框去思考'的说法。

As James Woudhuysen, a professor at the UK's De Montfort University, likes to say:"We've heard enough for one lifetime about 'thinking outside the box'."

正如英国德蒙特福德大学教授詹姆士·沃德海森喜欢说的那样："我们这辈子已经听到太多'跳出框框去思考'的说法了。"

As James Woudhuysen, a professor at the UK's De Montfort Uniersity, likes to say:"We'e heard enough for one lifetime about 'thinking outside the box'."

正如英国德蒙特福德大学教授詹姆士·沃德海森喜欢说的那样："我们这辈子已经听到太多'跳出框框去思考'的说法了。"

Listen to any public debate or radio phone-in about immigration and you will hear people reiterating this view. Only the British, they say, would have allowed so many black and brown people into their country, would have treated them so well, given them jobs, put them on the National Health Service, and so on.

E。这句话的意思是"这是一种彻头彻尾的虚伪姿态，这种姿态使人们怀疑，英国人所声称的特别能容忍的说法是否能站得住"这也是用来承接前一句的，因为前面已经说明"他们所说的宽容并不是实际存在，而是编造出来为观念的偏狭辩护的"。

In his defence he cites some big thinkers, including Roy Harrod, a British economist best known as a growth theorist and a biographer of John Maynard Keynes, who thought discounting future generations was just a "polite expression for rapacity".

一些大思想家被他引用，作为支持的论据。其中包括英国经济学家罗伊·哈罗德，以作为增长理论的创始人最为著名，同时也是梅纳德·凯恩斯的传记作者。他认为，对未来的人民打折扣，不过是"掠夺的文明说法"。

In British English, there is such a thing as 'Received Pronunciation', which is a kind of standard most people can cope with.

英国英语中有一种所谓的"标准音"(Received Pronunciation，简略成RP)的说法，这是大多数人可以接受的标准音。

In 1996, when the British Broadcasting Corp. aired a short documentary on the same subject, archaeologists challenged the claims.

在1996年，英国广播公司曾播出同样一个话题的记录短片，当时考古学家对片中说法提出挑战。

It is said that in England death is pressing, in Canada death is inevitable and in California death is optional. Small wonder.

据说，在英国死亡是迫在眉睫的，在加拿大死亡是不可避免的，在加州是可以选择的，这种说法并不奇怪。

And, the expression swan song has long been a part of the English language.

对于天鹅之歌的说法很长时间以来一直都是英国语言的一部分。

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失