Those are not the most encouraging words to hear just before eating lunch at Hong Kong's smartest British restaurant, but head chef Neil Tomes has more to say.
在香港最气派的英国餐馆吃午餐前听到的这些话并不是最鼓舞人心的,但主厨尼尔·托姆斯还有更多的话要说。
Bill: I understand this may come as a shock, but Head Office are confident that you will do fine in Alaska.
比尔:我知道这个决定对你来说过于突然,但是总部坚定地认为你会在阿拉斯加有一番作为。
Webb was not an astronomer, but head of NASA in the 1960s—a sharp indication of how the balance of power has shifted between scientists and bureaucrats.
韦博不是一名宇航员,而是20世纪60年代美国国家航天太空总署的领导者-这点强烈说明了权利的平衡是如何在科学家和官僚家之间转移的。
But head coach Robert Donewald Jr will be missing an important part of his squad as sharp shooter Wang Shipeng is out because of an injury to his right arm.
但是,主教练罗伯特•邓华德将损失球队中一名重要球员,神投手王仕鹏因为右臂受伤而退出比赛。
Pattaya Beach may be the island's most developed tourist spot but head to quieter Sunrise Beach where a now settled community of "sea gypsies" the Chao Lei live and fish.
帕塔亚海滩(又称芭堤雅海滩[pattaya])可能是该岛最发达的旅游点。但朝着更安静的朝阳海滩,那儿如今定居着一个“海洋吉普赛人”的超雷社区在那儿生活并捕鱼。
Need to call a doctor, but not in the same time zone. So need to keep it somewhere. But head has no sense of future. If not capturing it a system, conscience is taken up.
例如要打电话给医生,但是不在同一个时区。你要把这件事记录在某个地方。但是大脑是不能感知未来的。如果不把这件事抓入系统,意识会被其他事情占据。
She can deal with complicated numbers in her head, but we lesser mortals need calculators!
她可以心算复杂的数字,而我们常人就需要计算器!
We are keeping our head above water, but our cash flow position is not too good.
我们虽然还未陷入困境,但资金流转状况不太好。
With a cry of rage he raised his iron hand over Smee's head; but he did not tear.
他愤怒地叫了一声,举起他的铁腕在斯密的头上。但是他没有下手。
Last week a tennis ball hit me on the head, but I tried to ignore the pain, believing that it would go away sooner or later.
上周,一个网球击中了我的头,但我试图忽视疼痛,相信痛感迟早会消失的。
It was not Christmas Eve then, but it came into his head to play a trick upon the bull.
那时候还不是平安夜,但他突然想捉弄一下那头公牛。
She never really crawled, but would scoot around with her head on the floor, bottom stuck up in the air.
她从来没有真正地爬过,但她会把她的头放在地板上,屁股翘在空中快速移动。
They had the head and voice and bristles and body of swine but their minds remained unchanged as before, so they were penned there weeping.
他们有猪的头、声音、鬃毛和身体,但他们的思想还是和以前一样,所以他们被关在那里哭泣。
She nearly made a hole in my head just now, but we must not get discouraged.
她刚才差点把我的脑袋打了个洞,但我们不能气馁。
There was silence now; and there was no head there but was bent in reverence, except this man's.
这时候一片寂静,除了这人以外,其他人都恭敬地低着头。
Insulation protects the leatherback everywhere but on its head and flippers.
除了头部和鳍状肢外,棱皮龟的全身都有鲸脂保护。
We'd assumed we'd have to give it a moving head and tail, facial features, and put a scene on it to make it smell like a real rat, but that wasn't necessary.
我们认为我们必须给它一个移动的头和尾巴,面部特征,并给它一个场景,使它闻起来像一只真正的老鼠,但这是不必要的。
I have no head for figures, but my sister is blessed with a superb head for figures.
我不擅长算术,而我妹妹却有一个精于数字运算的超级脑袋。
The victory was mine, I still believe, but when I made to take the trophy, winded Helen shook her head, declaring, "I have the curse."
我依然相信,胜利属于我,但是当我刚要摘得战利品时,海伦气喘吁吁地摇了摇头,说道:“我被诅咒了。”
Blanche swung at her but she moved her head back and Blanche missed.
布兰奇向她打去,但她把头向后一闪,布兰奇没打中。
Irena shook her head, but in bewilderment, not negation.
艾丽娜摇了摇头,是出于困惑,而非否定。
The troops rushed back onto the chopper and took off - but a head count showed one man was missing.
士兵们迅速回到直升机上,起飞了,但清点人数后发现一人失踪。
I can't remember the name off the top of my head, but I can look it up for you.
我一时想不起这个名字,不过我可以给你查一查。
The other is for protection—and again this isn't as significant as it was once, but hair does still benefit areas of the body such as the head and around the eyes.
另一个作用是保护——这也不像以前那么重要了,但是毛发仍然对身体的某些部位有好处,比如头部和眼睛周围。
That morning, I once again stuck my head into the attic, and this time I almost screamed…Not from what I saw, but from what I did not see.
那天早上,我又把头探进阁楼里,这一次我几乎尖叫出来…并不是因为我看见了什么,而是因为我什么都没有看见。
One Lascaux narrative picture, which shows a man with a birdlike head and a wounded animal, would seem to lend credence to this third opinion, but there is still much that remains unexplained.
一幅拉斯科岩洞叙事画描绘了一个头部像鸟的人和一只受伤的动物的故事,这似乎证实了第三种观点,但仍有许多未解之谜。
The pair shares a vitriolic relationship which is hardly romantic, but it showcases some of their finest work as they head to some dark places as a couple.
这对夫妻刻薄的关系并不浪漫,但这也展示了他们作为夫妻前往一些黑暗的地方时最出色的作品。
You also need to head to Pine Street for the museum—it's small but well worth a visit if you're interested in the history of the village and the old gold mining industry.
你还需要前往派恩街的博物馆——它很小,但如果你对这个村庄的历史和古老的采金业感兴趣的话,就很值得一去。
The head technician in the lab tried to persuade the hospital administration to replace it, but they are trying to cut costs.
实验室的首席技术人员试图说服医院管理部门更换它,但那些人正试图削减成本。
Sometimes you know a word in your head but you don't know what it looks like in print.
你有时候脑子里认识一个词,但是印刷出来你就不认得了。
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