Industry in Britain has been in decline since the 1970s.

In Britain and the US, people get the vote at 18.

在英国和美国，国民18岁开始有选举权。

Britain's licensing hours used to be very restricted.

英国的酒吧营业时间从前受到很严格的限制。

Britain is no longer in the front rank of world powers.

英国再也不是位于前列的世界强国。

In politics Britain has preferred evolution to revolution.

英国在政治上喜欢渐进而不喜欢革命。

It was the year Britain declared war on Germany.

那是英国对德国宣战的那一年。

Britain must be brought into line with the rest of Europe on taxes.

英国必须在税收上与其他欧洲国家保持一致。

Britain's workers went sick for a record number of days last year.

去年英国工人的病假天数创下了纪录。

I spend a lot of time in Britain but Paris is still my base.

我有很多时间在英国度过，但主要还是居住在巴黎。

We had a discussion with them about the differences between Britain and the US.

我们和他们讨论了英美两国的不同之处。

The school is the first of its kind in Britain.

这是英国同类学校中最早的一所。

Smedley and Snow first reached China in 1928.

史沫特莱和斯诺初次来到中国是在一九二八年.

They found themselves in a passive position under attack.

他们发现自己处于被动挨打的局面.

Lost little girl afraid of being beaten, chasing out quickly.

小姑娘害怕丢了饭勺挨打, 连忙追了出去.

They were right; we should not wait to be hit.

他们说得对, 我们不应当等着挨打.

Kuei Chang-lin tried to hold Tu Wei-yueh back . " Don't go down there! " he gasped.

桂长林拦住了 屠维岳,急口叫道: “ 去不得! 我们的人都挨打了!

The smallest boy usually gets the worst of it in a fight.

打起架来,最小的男孩通常要挨打.

You seem sad. Is something wrong? I'm increasingly unhappy with my job.

你好象很伤心，怎么了。我对自己的工作越来越不满意了！

Waiter: You know, this might seem rude, but you seem sad.

服务生：恕我直言，你看起来有点悲伤。

Some people cannot tell jokes well, they even make funny jokes seem sad.

有些人不会讲笑话，他们甚至把有趣的笑话讲得很悲伤。

Perhaps from here the house would not seem so sad, so full of gloom.

也许从这个角度看上去，宅子就不显得那样黯淡、样阴悒了。