更糟糕的是,他甚至不是一个英国人。
Being a brit myself, I always wonder what the rise of China means for us.
作为一个英国人,我很想知道中国的崛起对我们英国人来说意味着什么。
The problem: he wasn't British, and producers wanted a Brit to play the young wizard.
问题出在:他不是英国人——而制片人想找一个土生土长的英国小男孩来扮演可爱的小魔法师。
A Brit was just ahead of a German in the laboratory, but Germany had a jet flying 18 months earlier.
英国人只是在实验室领先于德国人,而德国拥有喷气式飞机比他们早上18个月。
I'm a Brit living in the US and the phrase 'two cultures separated by a common language' is very appropriate.
作为一个住在美国的英国人,我觉得‘一种语言,两种文化’这个短语非常恰当。
The Guardian threw its weight behind a Brit in Harry Potter, asking: “Is Rupert Grint the new Leonardo DiCaprio?”
《卫报》曾借此支持另一位哈利波特系列电影的英国演员,打出了这样的字样:“鲁珀特·格林特,新一代的莱昂纳多迪卡普里奥?”
“THIS is a referendum on modern-day corporate Japan,” fumes Michael Woodford, a Brit cast down from the heights of Olympus, a Japanese camera maker.
“这就是现代的日本企业的公投,”迈克尔•伍德福德(Michael Woodford),一个被日本相机制造商奥林巴斯踢出高层的英国佬愤愤不平地说道。
"THIS is a referendum on modern-day corporate Japan," fumes Michael Woodford, a Brit cast down from the heights of Olympus, a Japanese camera maker.
“这就是现代的日本企业的公投,”迈克尔·伍德福德(Michael Woodford),一个被日本相机制造商奥林巴斯踢出高层的英国佬愤愤不平地说道。
So Mr Grantham, a Brit based in New England, knows what he is talking about, which makes his latest GMO letter, "Reaping the Whirlwind", a must-read.
这个身在新英格兰的英国人,清楚知道他在说什么。这使得他在公司的最新信件《收割旋风》成为必读之选。
Mr Macrae (who is British) said that an American partner might introduce himself by boasting how many millions he made last year; a Brit, by bemoaning yesterday's cricketing defeat.
Macrae先生(英国人)说一个美国合伙人可能通过吹嘘去年挣了百万美元来介绍自己,而英国人则会因为昨天板球输了而为之叹息。
'If you have two candidates for a job [overseas] who are on all other grounds equal and one is American and one is British, the Brit is going to be cheaper because you don't have all that tax cost.
如果一个海外职位有两个其他条件完全一样的候选人,而一个是美国人,另一个来自英国,雇用英国人的成本会低些,因为没有那么多税费。
We really like this fresh-faced Brit. And she's a relatively new actress who doesn't have a whole lot of baggage (i.e., bad movies in her filmography) to wear her down.
我们真心喜欢这位英国来的新面孔,而且她作为新演员,没那么重的包袱(也就是说还没拍过多少坏片子)要放下。
Edge of Darkness, based on the 1985 Brit TV drama about a cop searching for his daughter's killers, bears a resemblance to last year's Liam Neeson hit Taken.
《黑暗边缘》改编自一部1985年的英国电视剧,讲述的是一名警察寻找杀害其女儿凶手的故事,这部电影被指与去年利亚姆·尼森的卖座电影《飓风营救》情节雷同。
Brits really don't mind telling fibs, for not only does the average Brit man lie five times a day, but the women too lie at least thrice a day.
看来英国人真的不把说谎当回事——因为不仅男性平均每天说谎五次,女性每天也会说谎三次。
"I can believe these findings," says Brit Beemer, founder and CEO of America's Research Group. "When you a shop, for example, you are more alert, and that's a benefit."
我相信这些研究结果,比如你在购物的时候,意识上会更会警惕些,这就是一个好处“,美国一家调查公司的创立人兼首席执行官Brit Beemer这样说道。”
I know he wants to be the first Brit to win a Grand Slam in... what is it... 150000 years?
我知道他想成为英国史上多少年来着,15万年?第一个得大满贯的人。
The average online Brit spends 4.6 hours a week talking to friends online and only six hours a week talking to people in person, said Yazino.
Yazino称,由于上述的种种原因,英国人平均每周花4.6个小时和朋友在网上聊天,而用于当面交流的时间仅为6小时。
If you need some extra stress relief, chew some gum, find a puppy to spend some time with, or channel your inner Brit with a hot cup of tea.
如果你还需要其它方式的解压,嚼嚼口香糖,花点时间和小狗待着,或是喝一杯热茶来唤醒状态。
A native Brit can pinpoint a person's place of birth, annual salary, and parentage going back three generations within moments of hearing another Brit speak.
别人只要一开口说话,土生土长的英国人瞬间就能确定说话者的出生地、年薪,还能追溯到往上三代的出身。
The iconic Brit actor died at 69 after a battle with cancer.
这位英国国宝级演员在经历了与癌症斗争后去世,享年69岁。
Gary Daniels as the Brit, General Garza's main henchman and a former Expendable who wants to go to war and get revenge against the team for kicking him out.
加里·丹尼尔斯饰演英国佬,加尔扎将军的主要追随者,前敢死队员,已被开除,渴望在战斗中对敢死队进行复仇。
She was out again the next evening for a Thursday night AA meeting, where X17 caught up with Brit exclusively.
第二天晚上,即周四她又出去赴约,当时x17独家报道了该消息。
She was out again the next evening for a Thursday night AA meeting, where X17 caught up with Brit exclusively.
第二天晚上,即周四她又出去赴约,当时x17独家报道了该消息。
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