When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands.
英国人和美国人与人初次见面时，会相互握手致意。
When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands.
当英国人和美国人第一次和别人见面时，他们互相握手。
When British psychologist William Mcdougall (1871 ~ 1938) said, “Will is character in action, ” what did he mean?
当英国心理学家威廉.麦独孤（1871-1938）说，“意志就是行动中的品质”的时候，他是什么意思？
The average age when British people get married is 36 for men and 34 for women, according to the most recent official figures.
根据最新官方数据，英国男女结婚的平均年龄分别为36岁和34岁。
The issue hit the headlines when British pop veteran Elton John took a swipe at Madonna, saying she cheated her fans by miming on stage.
这一话题在英国老牌流行歌手艾尔顿·约翰炮轰麦当娜时成为头条新闻，他说麦当娜假唱欺骗了她的歌迷。
When British Prime Minister Edward Heath took Britain into the Common Market in 1973, the country thought it was entering a free-trade agreement.
当英国首相爱德华·希思于1973年推动英国加入共同市场时，人们只是认为他们加入了一个自由贸易协定。
It was not surprising that when British engineers heard about the gun, they were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high-speed trains.
这并不令人感到意外，当英国工程师对枪听说，他们急于测试其新的高速列车的挡风玻璃它。
THERE was a time, a decade ago, when British Airways (BA) could credibly claim to be “the world’s favourite airline”, as its posters proudly affirmed.
10年前，“英国航空”（英航）曾一度算得上“世界上最受欢迎的航空公司”，正如它的海报所骄傲宣称的那样。
International research tends to find that when British children leave primacy school they read well, but read less often for fun than those elsewhere .
国际调查显示了这样的趋势：英国孩子在小学毕业时，阅读水平尚可，但比起其余地区的同龄人，他们比较不会将读书当成业余爱好。
At the end of every academic year, when British school-leavers get their A-level exam results, a chorus rings out about grade inflation and indulgent marking.
在每个学年的末尾，当英国离校生得到一个A等级的考试成绩，有关分数膨胀和放纵的评分的声音四起。
At the height of the Enlightenment, the cultural paywall went virtual, when British authors gained the right to create legally protected markets for their works.
在启蒙时代的鼎盛时期，“付费文娱墙”是高尚的，当时英国的作家们为作品，争取到了受法律保护的权利。
When British Petroleum sets the pricefor its Alaskan crude oil, it uses an estimated demand model, both forgasoline consumers and also for the refineries to which BPsells.
英国石油为他在阿拉斯加原油定油价的时候，他用到了一个评估模型，用于汽油消费者和英石油所买的提炼油。
Many can date that ancestry to the 18th - and early 19th-centuries, when British employees of the East India Company tended to come to India without wives, and found local women to fill the gap.
许多人的祖先可以追溯到18世纪和19世纪早期，当时东印度公司的英国老板只身来到印度，发现当地的妇女可以解决这个问题。
It grated with him when people implied he wasn't really British.
当有人暗示他不是地道的英国人时，他很是恼火。
They laughed aloud in 1986 when the heir to British throne told a TV reporter that he talked to his plants at his country house, Highgrove, to stimulate their growth.
1986年，当这位英国王位继承人告诉一位电视记者，他在自己的乡间别墅海格罗夫与他的植物交谈以刺激它们生长时，他们放声大笑。
The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in former British bases.
当我们看到一些道路是以前英国基地的名字命名的，这个谜团就变得清晰了。
Simon, a British researcher, was lucky to get away safely when a shark bit into his boat.
西蒙是英国的一名研究人员，当鲨鱼咬到他的船时，他很幸运地安全地离开了。
Churchill got some surprised stares in 1941 when, evidently unaware of the vulgar usage, he gave the palm-backward "V" to British troops.
1941年，丘吉尔掌对英国军队做了个心向内的“V”形手势，当时有人惊讶地盯着他，显然他不知道这个手势的粗俗用法。
A British couple said that they encountered a great white shark when it nudged their dinghy as they fished at the Perth beach of Australia's west coast.
一对英国夫妇说，他们在澳大利亚西海岸的珀斯海滩钓鱼时遇到了一条大白鲨，当时鲨鱼在水下轻推了他们的小船。
The pronunciation in American and British English is also different, even when the spelling is the same.
即使拼写是一样的，美式英语和英式英语的发音也不同。
I was studying in British when I was young.
我小时候在英国学习。
When talking to British people, we should avoid subjects like age, weight or money.
与英国人交谈时，我们应该避免谈论像年龄、体重或金钱这样的话题。
When I met the British comedian Julian Clary, he was shy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect.
当我见到英国喜剧演员朱利安·克莱里时，他害羞而谨慎，但他的电视表演却十分出色。
Another thing that can make it difficult to understand British humor is that we don't always laugh or even smile when we say something funny.
另一件让人难以理解英式幽默的事情是，当我们说一些有趣的事情时，我们并不总是大笑甚至微笑。
The fact that we laugh when other people might feel hopeless is one of the strangest things to learn about British humor.
当其他人可能在感到绝望时，我们会大笑，这是关于英国幽默最奇怪的事情之一。
The fact that we laugh when other people might feel hopeless is one of the strangest things to learn about British humor.
当其他人可能在感到绝望时，我们会大笑，这是关于英国幽默最奇怪的事情之一。
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