Few words are spoken more often every day on the streets of Britain than "I'm sorry".
在英国的大街上,每天说的最多的一句话莫过于“我很抱歉”。
In Britain, Boxing Day is usually celebrated on December 26th.
在英国,节礼日通常在12月26日庆祝。
Children in Britain can work two hours a day at the most on a school day but not during school hours.
在英国的上学日,除去上课时间,孩子们最多可以每天工作两小时。
Can you believe people in Britain drink over 150 million cups of tea a day?
你能相信英国人一天喝掉1.5亿杯茶吗?
It's a big shopping day in the USA and it goes into Britain five years ago.
这是美国一个盛大的购物日,五年前它传入了英国。
In Britain, Australia, Canada and a few other English-speaking countries, people don't stop celebrating when Christmas Day is over.
在英国、澳大利亚、加拿大和其他一些说英语的国家,人们在圣诞节结束时仍在庆祝。
More than one million women in Britain are unemployed, with Numbers growing by around 500 a day.
英国有超过一百万的失业女性,而且这个数据每天会增加500个左右。
The very next day the Vestas wind-turbine plant on the Isle of Wight, the biggest in Britain, completed its final batch of turbine blades and shut up shop, with the loss of over 600 jobs.
就在第二天,位于英国最大岛屿怀特岛上的维斯塔斯风能涡轮机工厂完成了他最后一批涡轮叶片的制造后被关闭,造成600多人失业。
In fact, the study of how people use their time found that men in Britain spend slightly longer on "productive" work each day than women.
事实上,这项关于人们如何使用时间的研究发现英国男性每天在“生产性的”工作上所花的时间比女性要稍长一些。
They also promise to be a steadier revenue stream to supplement and even, one day, replace the petrol tax (and in some countries, such as Britain and Germany, the vehicle-excise tax).
这会成为一个稳定的收入补充,甚至在某一天彻底取代燃油税(目前在某些国家,如英国和德国,这是一项车辆特许税)。
In one day in Britain - "Super Thursday," last October 1-800 new works were published.
在英国,仅仅去年10月1日这一天(“超级星期四”)就出版了800种新的作品。
With details of records coming in to him all day in Britain, Glenday was able to confirm that Italians in the town of Treviso had broken a world record with a 186.3 metre (203.7 yards) line of pizzas.
在“吉尼斯世界纪录日”当天,许多新纪录已经得到格伦德的证实,其中之一就是意大利人在特乐威索市烹制出了长达186.3米的比萨饼。
Five people die every day from the condition in Britain.
英国每天有5个人死于此病。
About 57 billion text messages were sent in Britain last year, while an estimated three billion e-mails are sent every day, The Times reported.
据《泰晤士报》报道,去年英国人共发送约570亿条短信,平均每天约发送30亿封邮件。
Before that night, I had harboured some small hope that Britain would one day grasp the true nature of Halloween, but now I realise my mistake.
在那夜之前,我心里有一个小小的希望,希望有朝一日英国人能抓住万圣节之夜的真正本质,但是现在,我意识到了我的错误。
"Spend money and you'll be doing good" might, in fact, be a motto for modern-day Britain.
“花钱的同时您在做一件善举”事实上这有可能是当代英国人的座右铭。
“Day” was published in Britain last year and well deservedto win the 2007 Costa book of the year award, announced this week.
《长日》去年于英国出版,并当之无愧地赢得了于本周宣布的2007年年度科斯塔图书奖。
The estimated cost of lost productivity on a normal bank holiday in Britain, which, under the orders of Prime Minister David Cameron, the wedding day has become.
这个数字是英国在一天正常法定假日内损失的生产力的预估成本。按照英国首相大卫·卡梅伦的命令,婚礼当天为英国法定假日。
The Telegraph Group in Britain USES the Daily Telegraph to sell readers everything from goose-down pillows to Valentine's Day topiary baskets to insurance.
英国电报集团通过其每日电报,向读者出售鹅绒软毛枕头,瓦伦丁的日常灌木丛篮子,和包括保险在内的各种东西。
A survey published by the CBI on the same day as Mr Cameron’s speech listed poor infrastructure as one factor that made Britain an unattractive destination for foreign firms.
卡梅隆先生CBI会议上演讲当天CBI公布了一项调查,列出了不完善的基础设 施是对外国公司没有吸引力的因素之一。
In Britain, it is illegal to consume a mince pie on Christmas Day.
在英国,在圣诞节那天吃肉馅饼是违法的。
A Met Office study also rules out the shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean's conveyor belt, which would trigger Arctic winters in Britain like those seen in the film the Day After Tomorrow.
一项英国气象局的研究同时排除了大西洋“传送带”停止的可能性,而这将会使得英国产生北极冬天——正如电影《后天》中的场景。
Britain has just shown how a two-day strike at a Scottish refinery affected deliveries to petrol stations and, more seriously, disrupted oil output.
英国人已经看到,一家苏格兰炼油厂持续两天的罢工就能影响加油站的燃油供应,更严重的是,这还影响了石油产出。
The four-in-hand, the forerunner of the tie, appeared in Britain in about 1860 (like the suit) and was the social-networking tool of its day.
领带的先驱—打活结的领带—在1860年前后出现在英国,并成为当时社交工具。
As I walked home that night, I decided to give Britain one more day. If nothing interesting happened, I would take the next boat back to Africa.
当晚回家的时候我下定决心在英国再呆一天便走人。如果没有什么叫人感兴趣的事,我就乘下一班船回非洲去。
One day when I was making a trip in Britain, I heard of the wildlife project.
我在英国旅行时,有一天,听说了这项野生动物保护工程。
In Britain, it is the first day of the week.
在英国,它是一周的第一天。
In Britain, it is the first day of the week.
在英国,它是一周的第一天。
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