Most families in the UK buy a Christmas tree and send cards to friends.
英国的多数家庭都会在圣诞节购买圣诞树并给朋友寄送圣诞卡。
Owning your own home (or rather part-owning it with the bank!) has always been the norm in the UK, with those whose financial circumstances permit usually choosing to buy rather than rent.
拥有自己的房子(或者跟银行共同拥有一个房子！)一直都是英国人通行的做法，经济条件允许的人一般都选择买房而不是租房。
Among the 10 biggest Banks in the world, 4 are from China and 1 is from UK. The market value of ICBC (Industrial and Commercial bank of China) can buy two HSBCs and still with a bit of surplus.
全球市值最大的10家银行中，中国占4家，英国1家，中国工商银行的市值可以买两个汇丰还要多一些。
But, of course, we buy in market research expertise when we look outside the UK.
当然，我们关注英国之外的市场时，我们会买进市场调研技术。
The UK has become a nation obsessed with celebrity and now people are rushing out to buy the latest celebrity clothes ranges.
英国人一向都对明星的生活非常感兴趣，最近英国人又追赶起了明星们的穿着打扮，争先恐后的买起了和明星衣服类似的时装。
"I got tired of the UK, " she said. "I decided to buy a loom, which came in a flatpack from New Zealand, and now I am here again.
“我对英国已经厌了，”她说，“我决定买一架织机，是从新西兰买的扁平包装的。
Or buy an international sim card in the UK before you go.
或者在离开之前在英国买一个国际手机卡sim。
UK consumers now buy 20 million magazines every week.
如今的英国消费者每周要购买两千万本杂志。
When Perrier UK was looking to increase its sales in the early 1970's, it faced a sceptical public. Many questioned why anyone would buy water when you could get it free from the tap.
19世纪70年代早期，它面对的是满是怀疑的顾客，许多人不解：谁都可以免费从水管里得到的水，会有人买它嘛？
Customers wishing to buy a new MacBook from Apple’s online store in the US and the UK will now find that the usual “Dispatched within 24 hours” signs have disappeared.
希望在苹果网店购买新MacBook的欧美顾客们如今发现，往常“24小时内发送”的标语不见了。
They are prepared by the Chemical Suppliers and by UK law must be sent to you if you buy a chemical (CHIP) but can be requested even if you are only thinking of buying.
如果你购买了某一化学品，根据化学品供应商协会的规定和英国的法律这些文档必须一起送交给你，即便是你仅仅是有购买的意向，也可以进行索要。
I once travelled to New York simply to buy a pair of Prada shoes that had sold out in the UK.
有一次，我专门跑到纽约只是为了买普拉达的一款鞋子，因为这款鞋在英国已经买断了货。
The UK-based Manchester United Supporters Trust (Must) gave the idea a cautious welcome, saying there should also be a public listing in London to enable all fans to buy the shares.
总部位于英国的曼切斯特联队球迷信托基金（MUST）很是赞同曼联在港上市这个想法，并认为曼联也应当在伦敦公开上市，以使球迷们可买到曼联股票。
Perhapss UK shoppers might benefit from adopting this more relaxed approach to shopping, and taking the saying, 'try before you buy' to new, more literal levels.
英国顾客若是接受这种更加轻松的购物方式，说不定会受益良多，像俗话说的那样“买前需先试”，只不过“试”出了新高度，试得更真实罢了。閯。
But of course we buy in market research expertise when we look outside the UK.
当然，我们关注英国之外的市场时，我们会买进市场调研技术。
I wonder whether you can ship the things we buy here to the UK.
请问你们可以把我们在这儿买的东西寄到英国去吗？
Were they to do as the UK proposes, cutting this total by 80% and offsetting half of it, they would have to buy reductions equal to 20% of the world's total carbon production.
如果他们按照英国的提议减少总量的80%，但只承担其中的一半，那么他们将购买相当于20%的全球碳排放量。
He also attached to that to buy in the United States to adapt the engine of his car as long as 18 pounds, and in the UK has to buy engines and transmission as long as 50 pounds.
他还附带发现，在美国买一台适应于他的轿车的发动机只要18英镑，而在英国买一台发动机以及变速器却只要50磅。
The Stern report comes on the heels of a huge wave of alarming reports coming out in the UK recently-along with news berating Britons for the wastefulness of nearly everything they do and buy.
斯特恩报告是在各界此起彼伏的对英国人日常生活造成大量浪费的批评报告的浪潮中应时而生的。
UK insurer Prudential has scrapped plans to buy AIA, the Asian business of us insurer AIG.
英国保诚保险放弃收购美国友邦保险的计划，友邦保险是美国国际集团在亚洲的商业分部。
Biomass is expected to feature with wind power as the main winners under rules in the UK that will require energy companies to buy 10 per cent of their supplies from green sources by 2010.
生物质能有望与风能一起，成为英国立法规定使用的主要能源之一。英国规定，到2010年，能源公司所使用的原料中要有10%来源于绿色资源。
Biomass is expected to feature with wind power as the main winners under rules in the UK that will require energy companies to buy 10 per cent of their supplies from green sources by 2010.
生物质能有望与风能一起，成为英国立法规定使用的主要能源之一。英国规定，到2010年，能源公司所使用的原料中要有10%来源于绿色资源。
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