It has yet to be admitted with overeating, even though one in four adults in this country is obese and that number is predicted to double by the year 2050.
尽管这个国家有四分之一的成年人处于肥胖状态,而且估计这个数字到2050年将翻一番,但暴饮暴食还是没被承认。
"It seems crazy to me," says Gumbley, who is English, "that a cutting-edge-technology country is depending on a 40-year-old technology."
“在我看来这很疯狂,”身为英国人的甘布利说,“一个技术领先的国家依赖于一项40年前的技术。”
It is paradoxical that some of the poorest people live in some of the richest areas of the country.
某些最贫穷的人却住在这个国家一些最富有的地区,这似乎很矛盾。
It is claimed that another 1,000 young men from this country have signed up for the holy war against the West.
据称该国另有1000名年轻人报名参加了对西方的圣战。
All too often it is only the negative images of Ireland that are portrayed, colouring opinions and hiding the true nature of the country.
通常只有爱尔兰的负面形象被加以描绘,从而影响了人们的看法并掩盖了这个国家的实质。
It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before, and that, in many cases, being over-weight correlates with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease.
的确,在这个国家,体重超标的人比以往任何时候都多,而且在很多情况下,体重超标与心脏病和血管疾病风险的增加有关。
It is widely accepted that China is a country faced with severe water shortages.
人们普遍认为,中国是一个面临严重水资源短缺的国家。
The country is still hopeful that it will meet its emissions goals, like reducing emissions by 40% by 2020, but the acceptance of electric cars in the country has not occurred as fast as expected.
该国仍希望实现其排放目标,比如到2020年减排40%,但该国对电动汽车的接受没有预期中的那么快。
Declaring that one country is better than another in the way that it treats more than half its citizens means relying on broad strokes and generalities.
在对待大多数公民的方式上,当宣称一个国家比另外一个做得更好,意味着要依赖于广义的举措和概述。
Being culturally sensitive is important. And it is not enough to just know, "People from that country are like this."
对文化敏感是很重要的。仅仅知道“那个国家的人是这样的”是不够的。
But it is the fatalistic acceptance of his decision by most of the country that makes it possible.
但是,国家的大多数人对这一决定的宿命一般的接受才使得这成为可能。
It is no coincidence that Malaysia, the country with the highest proportion of prudently managed forest in the study, is also one of the richest.
调查中,马来西亚不仅拥有最多的、经悉心经营的森林,而且也是成员国中最富庶的国家之一,这决非偶然。
A bitter joke from the Soviet-era has it that Russia is the world's only country with an unpredictable past.
前苏联时期,曾有这样一个冷笑话——俄国是世界上唯一一个有着不确定的过去的国家。
In the country, it is said that boys typically prefer football, handball and badminton while girls generally prefer gymnastics, riding, handball and swimming.
在这个国家,男孩子通常喜欢足球、手球和羽毛球,而女孩子则普遍喜欢体操、马术、手球和游泳。
It is a humiliating climbdown for a country that, until a few months ago, imported Polish workers to do its grimy jobs.
对于一个直到数月前还在引进波兰工人干脏活的国家来说,这是一种令人屈辱的倒退。
It is a rich, peaceful, civilised country that does not feel like a place in crisis.
它是个富足、宁静、文明的国家,一点都不像有危机的样子。
It is that contrast which makes the country house so important to crime fiction. And Pemberley is the ideal country house in every sense.
就是这种强烈的对比,使乡村中的庄园在犯罪小说中占据着非常重要的地位。
AIPAC's ace in the hole is the idea that it represents Jewish interests in a country that is generally philo-Semitic.
在一个普遍“亲犹”的国家中代表犹太人的利益,这也许是AIPAC手中最大的王牌。
That raises another problem. It is tricky for one country to tell another how to cut its budget.
这会产生另一个问题:一个国家告诉另一个国家如何削减预算是个麻烦问题。
This ever-changing identity was startling, but, on second thought, it made sense: after all, Charles DE Gaulle famously said that it is difficult to govern a country with 246 types of cheese.
这种不停地转换的身份确实让人惊讶,不过,再一想,它是有道理的:不管怎么说,戴高乐有一个著名讲法,很难统治一个有246种奶酪的国家。
Tom Shakespeare, one of the authors of the World report on Disability, said: "the clear message from the report is that there is no country that has got it right."
汤姆·莎士比亚是世界残疾人报告的作者之一,他说:“报告给人一个明确的信息:没有一个国家正确对待这种情况。”
It is unacceptable that here, in the country that invented the Internet, we fell to fifteenth in the world in broadband deployment.
令人无法接受的是,在这个发明网际网路的国家,我们宽带数量的排名却滑到了世界第十五位。
It is not anything that the United States or any other country should, in any way, criticize.
美国和任何其他国家都不应以任何方式对此提出批评。
The right conclusion, in other words, is that it is wisest not to look for a single-country model at all, but just to take best practice wherever you find it.
换句话说,正确的结论就是,最明智的不是完全追究一个国家的模式,而是无论在哪里发现的,都要采取最佳实践。
The right conclusion, in other words, is that it is wisest not to look for a single-country model at all, but just to take best practice wherever you find it.
换句话说,正确的结论就是,最明智的不是完全追究一个国家的模式,而是无论在哪里发现的,都要采取最佳实践。
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