第十章 与汉语思维顺序不同的结构(续5）

71. I can still remember the day I opened up USA Today.

我还记得这一天，我翻开《今日美国》。

72. This is already starting small business but medium and large enterprises will start

to adopt Google within 10 years.

小公司已经开始采取行动，而大中型企业也将纷纷在 10 年内采用谷歌的新技术。

73. the lives of middle-and lower-class Cairenes 开罗中产阶级和下层人民的生活

74. in elementary-to advanced-level classes 从初级班到高级班

75. The old hands only take large and medium-size first class sedan cars such as

Benz, Lincoln and BMW.

老手们只要大中型高级轿车，如奔驰、林肯、宝马。

76. Focusing on the lower and middle end—with some famous designer names also

in the rack —has meant Bangladesh has withstood changing global fashions.

集中在中低端——还有一些着名设计师的名字也在机架上——这意味着孟加拉国经受了

不断变化的全球时尚。

上面几个放在一起对比会发现，有连字符的，汉英顺序一致，没有连字符的汉英顺序不一致。

77. The cost of direct US military operations—not even including long-term costs

such as taking care of wounded veterans—already exceeds the cost of the 12-year

war in Vietnam and is more than double the cost of the Korean War.

美国直接军事行动的开销——甚至都不包括像料理伤退老兵抚恤事宜这样的长期费用——

也已经超过了 12 年越南战争的开销，而且比朝鲜战争开销的两倍还多。

78. Insurers estimate that the costs of rebuilding would range between double and

triple the amount of the annual California state budget.

保险公司估计，灾后重建所需的费用会是加州年预算的 2 倍至 3 倍。

79. Just ask Ford or Gap, which lost 19% and 15% of their brand value, respectively, in

this year's Business Week/Interbrand annual ranking of the 100 Best Global Brands.

在今年的《商业周刊》/Interbrand 年度全球百大品牌排行榜上，这两家公司的品牌价值分

别降低了 19%和 15%。

80. Some 396 people died on Ireland's roads in 2005, a four-year high.

爱尔兰大约有 396 人死于道路交通事故，是 4 年以来新高。（与汉语思维模式一致）