◆This survey highlights a number of differences in the way that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time.这项民意测验凸显出英国十几岁的男孩和女孩在打发闲暇时间上的诸多不同。
◆One of the main differences between the girls and the boys who took part in the research was the way in which they use the Internet.参与了这项研究的女生和男生之间的主要差异之一在于他们使用互联网的方式。
◆Unlike the girls, who use the Internet mainly to keep in touch with friends, the boys questioned in this survey tend to use the Internet for playing computer games.女生使用互联网主要是和朋友联系,这一点和男生不同,参与调查的男生往往是使用互联网来玩电脑游戏。
◆The girls differ from the boys in that they tend to spend more time keeping in touch with friends on the telephone or on social networking websites.与男生不同的是,女生往往花更多的时间通过电话或社交网站与朋友保持联系。
◆Compared to the boys, the girls spend much more time chatting to friends on the telephone.与男生相比,女生花在与朋友电话聊天上的时间要多得多。
◆On average the girls spend four hours a week chatting to friends on the phone. In contrast, very few of the boys spend more than five minutes a day talking to their friends in this way.女生平均每周花四个小时与朋友电话聊天。相比之下,很少有男生每天以这种方式与朋友聊天五分钟以上。
◆The boys prefer competitive sports and computer games, whereas / while the girls seem to enjoy more cooperative activities, such as shopping with friends.男生更喜欢竞技性体育运动和电脑游戏,而女生似乎更喜欢合作性活动,比如与朋友一起购物。
◆When the girls go shopping, they mainly buy clothes and cosmetics. The boys, on the other hand, tend to purchase computer games or gadgets.女生购物时主要买衣服和化妆品,而男生往往会买电脑游戏或小器具。
Conceding a point and making a counter-argument承认一个观点的正确性,并提出一个对立的观点
◆While the film is undoubtedly too long, it is nevertheless an intriguing piece of cinema.虽然这部电影的确太长了,但它不失为一部有趣的影片。
◆It can be argued that the movie is too long. It is nonetheless an intriguing piece of cinema.可以认为这部电影太长了,但它不失为一部有趣的影片。
◆The film is undoubtedly too long. Still, it is an intriguing piece of cinema.这部电影的确太长了,但它仍不失为一部有趣的影片。
◆Of course, huge chunks of the book have been sacrificed in order to make a two-hour movie, but it is nevertheless a successful piece of storytelling.当然,为了制作一部两小时的电影,该书中的大部分内容都被舍弃了,不过它仍不失为一部成功的故事片。
◆Critics are wrong to argue that the film's plot is too complicated. Certainly there are a couple of major twists, but audiences will have no difficulty following them.批评家认为这部电影的情节过于复杂,这种观点是不恰当的。影片中确实有几次大的情节变化,但观众还是不难看懂的。
◆It is true that you cannot make a good movie without a good script, but it is equally true that a talented director can make a good script into an excellent film.的确,没有好的剧本不可能拍出好的电影,但有天赋的导演能将较好的剧本制作成非常好的电影,这一点也是没有疑问的。
◆It remains to be seen whether these two movies herald a new era of westerns, but there is no doubt that they represent welcome additions to the genre.这两部电影是否预示着西部片新时代的来临还有待观察。但是毫无疑问,它们作为这一电影类型的新作而受到欢迎。
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