第十一章 与汉语思维模式一致的结构(续2）

21. Currently, Japan can only produce less than 30 percent of its annual domestic

soybean consumption.

22. News anchor Tom Brokaw recently held a bottle up to the camera.

新闻节目主持人汤姆·布罗考就把一个瓶子举到镜头前说。

23. an imitation sub-machine gun 一把仿制的冲锋枪

24. These frigid, starkly beautiful mountains of floating ice turn out to be bubbling

hot spots of biological activity.

这些寒气逼人、十分美丽的浮动冰山最终会成为生物活动的极为热门场所。

25. I suspect this is because their men like to be constantly listened to, and a

whopping pair of diamond-drop earrings draws attention to one’s good-listener

equipment.

我猜想这是因为，她们的男人喜欢别人总是对自己洗耳恭听，而一副大得出奇的砖石吊

坠耳环可将注意力引向自己那善于倾听的耳朵。

26. See a ghost. 见鬼了。

27. You meet Buddha. 送你上西天。

28. Coming up next is a man who… 接下来这位是……

29. An ethic of don't talk about family business outside the family. 家丑不可外扬。

30. First impression are firmly entrenched. 先入为主。