Yeah. Absolutely. A lot of emphasis, a lot of variation in tone, and the italics are part of the representation of that.

对，绝对是的，很多的强调，很多语气上的变化，而斜体字就是它的表示方法之一。

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Now there's a lot of variation in that: men would be different from women, taller more then shorter, all that sort of thing, but nonetheless let's just use that as a reference.

当然随情况会有不同变化,男人需要的比女人多,高的比矮的多,像这类情况,但我们用这数据做个参考

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