One passage in The World is Flat points this out to me in very stark terms.
在扁平的世界这本书一个章节中，作者毫不掩饰地向我们指出了这一点。
Then the police picked me up. They managed to get the address of an old university friend from me and took me to his flat.
警察接着把我带走，他们设法找到了我的一位大学老友的地址，并把我送到他的公寓那里。
There I was, sitting at my laptop, alone in my flat, receiving emails from someone claiming to be me.
我一个人呆在公寓里，坐在笔记本前，收到一个自称是我的人的邮件。
I walk more cautiously because I don't see curves yet: things are flat for me and I don't see or expect things on the right side.
我走路要更加小心，因为我看不到曲线：所有东西在我看来都是平的，右侧的事物我看不到。
I live here with my boyfriend in a flat, which is bizarre and alien to me.
我和男朋友住在一个公寓里，这对我来说新鲜又奇异。
She maintains that she should pay me for staying in the flat, whereas I argue that this would defeat the purpose of the exercise.
她坚持为在我的公寓里居住付钱，但我认为这会违背我那么做的本意。
"She's taller than me," says Rosie, and she lies flat on her back, arms outstretched, to demonstrate the exceptional height of the mermaid with her weedy tail.
“她比我还高呀，”罗西说道，美人鱼平躺在海滩上，手臂伸出，向人们这展示着杂草尾美人鱼特殊的风采。
When I went into the trunk for the spare, it was flat too. A man in a BMW pulled over, gave me a ride, we chatted, and then he offered me a job. I start tomorrow.
就在这时，一个开着宝马的男人经过我身边，他载了我一程，我们在车上聊起来，再后来他竟然给了我一个工作，明天就开始。
When I went into the trunk for the spare, it was flat too.A man in a BMW pulled over, gave me a ride, we chatted, and then he offered me a job.I start tomorrow.
就在这时，一个开着宝马的男人经过我身边，他载了我一程，我们在车上聊起来，再后来他竟然给了我一个工作，明天就开始。
When I moved into my first apartment in college, I remember telling my flat-mate Tanya I am the luckiest person in the world and she looked at me like I was a weirdo.
记得刚搬进大学公寓的时候，我就对我对床的塔尼亚说，我是世界上最幸运的人，当时她看我的眼神就好像在看一个怪人。
I am strong enough to carry furniture up to my second floor flat. But love when my boyfriend carries it for me.
我力气足够大，可以自己把家具搬上二楼，不过要是男友帮我，我也非常喜欢。
Getting back to that dinner, please understand that my sensory issues just flat out keep me from eating lot of foods.
回到那顿晚餐，请理解，我的感觉问题刚刚爆发使我不能大吃特吃。
"No Afghan has told me flat out: 'Hey, you have to stop doing this, ' " Percovich said.
“没有一个阿富汗人让我离开，没有让我停止做这个事情”O说到。
Nandan Nilekani, the Infosys C.E.O., was showing me his global video-conference room, pointing with pride to a wall-size flat-screen TV, which he said was the biggest in Asia.
NandanNilekani，Infosys的CEO，给我看了他的全球视频会议房间，骄傲的指着一块墙那么大的平板电视，告诉我它是全亚洲最大的。
1：Don’t worry about the flat tire. No sweat! I have a car phone and a set of tools in back. Just let me get my jack and tire iron, and I’ll change the tire and have you back on the road in no time!
对于Jack说来轮胎瘪了显然不是大问题，因为他有汽车电话，而且车箱里还放着一套工具。所以他要Jill别担心，换个轮胎一点儿都不费劲儿。他只要取出车后面的千斤顶和铁扳手，没一会儿工夫就会把轮胎换好，让Jill开车上路。 这里的nosweat显然表示这是轻而易举、不费吹灰之力的事儿。
That case, Mcfee said, "allow me to invite you back to my flat for a drink."
麦克菲就说：“那就请你到我那儿去喝一杯吧。”
Two hours later my friend telephoned me from the flat.
两个小时后朋友从公寓打电话给我。
I am a third-year university student and I share a flat with a student on the same course as me from the year below.
我是一名大三的学生，与一个同专业的低年级学妹合租一套公寓。
Dad lets me mow on the flat places.
爸爸让我割那些平坦地方的草。
Hi, this is Tony, I have a flat tire, could you come and pick me up?
你好，我是托尼，我的车爆胎了，你能来接我吗？
He no longer sleeps rough , having found a flat 10 years ago, but still comes along "to show my respect for those who looked after me."
他在10年前就找到了一间公寓，从此不必再在公园过夜了，但他仍然会来这儿过圣诞，“以示对那些照顾过我的人的敬意”。
The taxi driver bore down on me and began honking his horn. He was trying to tell me that my car had a flat tire.
出租车司机开始鸣笛，给我施压。他试图告诉我，我的一个车胎露气了。
The possibility of renting that furnished flat to me is very small-the owner of the flat is asking too much money.
我要租那套带家具的房子的可能性非常小——房主的要价太高。
The possibility of renting that furnished flat to me is very small-the owner of the flat is asking too much money.
我要租那套带家具的房子的可能性非常小——房主的要价太高。
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