With a start, I realized that perhaps the reason for the 4 a.m. wake-up noise was not ordinary rudeness but carefully executed spite: I had not tipped Raoul in Christmases past.
首先，我意识到让人凌晨4点起床的噪音不是普通的无礼，而是精心制造的恶意：在过去的圣诞节里，我没有给拉乌尔小费。
What makes for good news are exceptional events, not ordinary events.
异常事件才是好的新闻素材，平常事件不是。
CENTRAL bankers ordinarily strive to be boring. But these are not ordinary times.
中央银行的工作通常无大变化，但现在是非常时刻。
Do all the ordinary things well is not ordinary; Do all the simple things well is not simple.
把一切平凡的事做好就不平凡；把一切简单的事做好就不简单。
But these are not ordinary times for the nearly 20m chilangos that live in this sprawling metropolis.
但是对于生活在这座布局杂乱的大都市中的2000万墨西哥人而言，这并不是普通的时刻。
The events unfolding now are not ordinary; you know that something special is brewing, even if it won't be finished today.
正在展开的事情并不普通，你知道一些特殊的事正在酝酿中，即使今天不能完成。
What is not simple? Do every simple thing well is not simple; What is unusual? Do every ordinary things well is not ordinary.
什么是不简单？把每一件简单的事情做好就是不简单；什么是不平凡？把每一件平凡的事情做好就是不平凡。
The stone is not ordinary. It is not suitable for everyday use, like building a wall, paving steps, carving or washing clothes on.
正因为它不是一般的顽石，当然不能去做墙，做台阶，不能去雕刻，捶布。
But these are not ordinary weekday commuters. They are besuited businessmen heading for Madrid, almost 500km (310 miles) away.
不过他们并不是普通的上班族，而是衣冠楚楚商务人士，目的地是500公里之外的马德里。
This stone is not ordinary it cannot be used to build a wall or pave the steps, to carve woods or flowers or to wash clothes on.
正因为它不是一般的顽石，当然不能去做墙做台阶，不能去雕刻锤。
"Some people might think this is just a bottle shop," said Hua Yuzhou, 32, as she perused the neat rows of glass containers. "But these are not ordinary bottles."
32岁的周华雨一边仔细排整着瓶子，一边说，“有些人可能认为这只是一个卖瓶子的小店，但这些都不是普通的瓶子。”
The great drivers, addicted to speed and seemingly inured to fear and risk, are not ordinary men but surely an accident this serious has affected him psychologically?
这位伟大的、沉迷于速度并且似乎已习惯恐惧与危险的车手不是普通的人，如此严重的事故会影响他的心理吗？
Not all risks lend themselves to being covered by insurance. Broadly speaking, the ordinary risks of business and speculation cannot be covered.
并不是所有的风险都适合投保。一般来说，商业和投机的普通风险不包括在内。
The patronage, entwined with the ordinary deference, was not plain to them.
这种恩宠与平常的顺从交织在一起，对他们来说并不寻常。
A pitcher or a flytrap cannot carry out much photosynthesis because, unlike plants with ordinary leaves, they do not have flat solar panels that can grab lots of sunlight.
猪笼草或捕蝇草不能进行太多光合作用，因为和普通植物的叶子不一样，它们没有能接受太阳能的平台，来吸收大量阳光。
Both governments and ordinary citizens should join forces to make this world a better place to live in, not only for ourselves but also for future generations.
不仅仅是为了我们，更是为了我们的后代，政府和市民应该联合起来，使这个世界变成更美好的家园。
What I want is not just an ordinary cafe but a very special one.
我想要的不是一家普通的咖啡馆，而是一家非常特别的咖啡馆。
Queen Elizabeth I's clothes were purple, but ordinary people were not allowed to wear the color.
伊丽莎白女王一世的衣服是紫色的，但普通人是不允许穿这种颜色的。
Painters, sculptors—they've all tried to make the best of this ordinary face, but I'm afraid there's not much hope.
画家、雕刻家都尽力把这张平凡的脸表现得淋漓尽致，但恐怕希望不大了。
I never liked the term "the great recession," because this is not an ordinary recession, not even a great one.
“大衰退”这个术语我向来是不喜欢的，这不是一个普通的衰退，更不是史无前例的一个。
Years later he attended his daughter's marriage as an ordinary guest, not as father of the bride.
多年以后，在他女儿出嫁时，他作为普通客人参加了婚礼，而不是新娘父亲的角色。
However the district consists not only of containers.There are also ordinary houses in which native citizens live.
然而，这个地区不全是集装箱，也有当地人居住的普通房子。
Prices have been shooting up, but demand from ordinary consumers is not keeping pace.
价格已经连续暴涨，然而普通用户的需求却没有跟上趟了。
What happens when the CEO of a major corporation decides to deal directly with customers? Not large customers, but ordinary ones.
如今，如果一个大公司的CEO打算直接面对客户——我不是指大客户，而是指普通消费者时，会发生些什么呢？
Micro blogs have also made some ordinary people famous, though not in the way they would like.
微博也令到一些平凡的人突然变得家喻户晓，可是都不是通过他们想要的方式而出名。
The sense is the same – apparel accesories shoes are created not from ordinary materials but this time from flowers.
其风格还是一样的--无论是这里的衣服、饰品还是鞋子在都是以花而不是由普通材料制成的。
The sense is the same - apparel, accesories, shoes are created not from ordinary materials but this time from flowers.
其风格还是一样的——无论是这里的衣服、饰品还是鞋子在都是以花而不是由普通材料制成的。
Regulators love these because they are "sticky" : ordinary savers tend not to move their funds around.
监管者喜爱这些存款，因为它们“黏性高”：普通储户往往不会到处转移他们的资金。
Regulators love these because they are "sticky" : ordinary savers tend not to move their funds around.
监管者喜爱这些存款，因为它们“黏性高”：普通储户往往不会到处转移他们的资金。
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