这真是黑色幽默，但是同样浪费的就是，对青少年父母的帮助的缺乏，这一点不那么好笑了，不光是在内布拉·斯加，在英国也一样。
This is all quite funny in a dark sort of way, but what it also throws up is the less amusing issue of the paucity of help for parents of teenagers, not just in Nebraska but in Britain too.
正如破译密码在西班牙的战争中有着更广泛的意义一样，他试图晋升的努力也充分说明了英国社会的情况。
Just as the code breaking has its wider relevance in the struggle for Spain, so his attempts to make his way up the promotion ladder speak volumes about British society.
像其它大国一样，英国也在忍痛向纳税人保证，金融过剩引起的全球和国家金融危机将不会再发生。
Britain, like most big countries, is in the throes of reassuring taxpayers that the excesses which led to a global and national financial crisis will not be allowed to repeat themselves.
由于英国是美国最重要的军事盟友，与白厅一样，五角大楼也在热切等待着结果。
Since Britain is America's most important military ally, they will be keenly awaited in the Pentagon, as well as Whitehall.
在美国，一个演技低劣的新人也常常和英国的著名演员一样受欢迎。
A cheap, blank-slate actor is often as welcome here as an expensive home-grown one.
就如英国幽默可以对自卑一笑置之一样，在国际比赛中失利英国人也只是像遇到潮湿的夏天或长长的队伍一样用一个带有听由天命的优越感一笑了之。
Just as English humour can enjoy self-depreciation, so defeat at the national game brings a smile of resigned superiority as might a wet summer or a long queue.
就像庞巴迪以及其他一些在英国裁员的公司一样，罗尔斯·罗伊斯的公司人数也比2001年减少了20%，但与庞巴迪公司不同的是，他们的生产计划已安排得满满当当。
Like Bombardier and other manufacturing firms it has shed staff in britain-it has 20% fewer workers now than in 2001-but, unlike Bombardier, it still has a full order book.
如同在欧洲其他地区一样，英国对衰退的担忧也主要集中在房屋贷款中出现的问题、失业率上升和小型企业面临的困境。
Recession worries here, as in the rest of Europe, center on mortgage difficulties, rising unemployment and the difficulties small businesses face.
无独有偶，英国作家王尔德也嘲讽地写道：“可以说，除了语言，如今我们在各方面和美国是完全一样的。”
Likewise, Oscar Wilde wrote, "We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, the language."
像EdwardEngland和其它17至18世纪在印度洋活动的英国海盗一样，索马里海盗也根据季节活动。
Like Edward England and the other English pirates who worked the 17th and 18th century pirate round in the Indian Ocean, the Somali pirates operate according to the seasons.
美国犯罪率在上升，在英国情况也一样。
Crime is increasing in the US, and it's the same story in Britain.
当然，在我们英国，我们也经历了和美国一样的经济低迷。
Of course in our own country in Britain we are going through the downturn like the United States.
在英国，每个人的看法和你的一样，所有的中国人也都会这么说。
In the UK everyone said the same thing as what you're saying and what all the Chinese will say.
在英国，每个人的看法和你的一样，所有的中国人也都会这么说。
In the UK everyone said the same thing as what you're saying and what all the Chinese will say.
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