Britons

It's never easy to say goodbye but when the time comes, more Britons are choosing a pop ditty over a mournful dirge.

说再见从来都不是件容易之事，但当这一刻来临之时，更多之英国人现在倾向于选择流行之歌谣而不是哀伤之挽歌。

SINCE the beginning of the so-called war on terror, many Britons have been appalled by the dirty tactics employed by American intelligence.

自从所谓的反恐战争拉开帷幕，许多英国人都觉得美国情报员采用的一些卑鄙伎俩实在令人发指。

With one-third of Britons classified as overweight, the nation spends ? 11billion a year trying to get thin.

由于三分之一的英国人体重超标，英国每年花在减肥上的费用高达110亿英镑。

The fact that no one was badly hurt, bar one of the suspected jihadists, has made it easier for Britons to shrug off the latest attacks.

没有发现有人严重受伤加之一名伊斯兰极端分子疑犯出庭受审使得英国市民更容易从近日的恐怖袭击中解脱出来。

Then, rich Britons with an eye on the future did not splash out on Chinese nannies so that their offspring might learn Mandarin.

后来，着眼与未来的富裕的英国人，不再为了他们的后代学习普通话，把大量的金钱挥霍到中国保姆身上。

Britons' experience of the second world war as their "finest hour" contrasts starkly with that of almost all other Europeans.

英国在二战期间的其“最美好的时刻”的经历，与几乎所有其他欧洲国家形成鲜明的对比。

Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.

调查人员发现，由于可以随时用手机查收电邮，英国人每年的工作时间平均增加了460个小时。

Britons spend more than five years of their total life worrying, or 27 days a year, according to a survey.

一项调查显示，英国人一生中有五年多的时间（即一年有27天）在发愁。

Even at the best of times, Britons tend to be uncomfortable with patriotism, finding it hard to disentangle from nationalism and xenophobia.

即使是在最好的情况下，英国人往往都会对爱国主义感到不自在，他们认为很难把爱国主义和民族主义与仇外情绪区分开来。

But even by their usual gloomy standards, Britons seem to have got themselves into a slough of despond of late.

但是以他们一贯悲观的标准视之，最近不列颠人似乎已把自己置于失望的泥沼。

hinting instead that Britons would be given a choice between the status quo and a more detached relationship.

相反，他却暗示称英国人应该在当前现状和一种更为独立的关系之间做出选择

A frail economy ought at least to be free of price pressures but Britons have had no such luck.

薄弱的经济体至少不应该有价格压力，但英国没有这样的幸运。

Why is Mr Stoltenberg so anxious to stop Norwegians using gas for heating and cooking, and yet happy for Britons to do so?

为什么斯托尔伯格先生如此焦急地要制止挪威人使用天然气供暖与烹饪食物，而又非常高兴英国人这样做？

It is a common practice for Britons to send cards to keep in touch with people that they do not know well or they do not see very often.

英国人习惯用卡片来与那些不是很熟或者不常见面的人保持联系。

The surge seems to have caught Ryanair, surely Britons' least-favourite budget airline, unaware.

瑞安航空公司无疑是英国人最不喜欢的廉价航空公司，乘客激增似乎使它始料未及，。

So far, at least, Britons, who are also generous private givers, seem not to begrudge official foreign aid.

至少到目前为止，慷慨大方的英国人似乎并未对上述援助政策表示不满。

But what foreign parents have in common is an eagerness to see their children educated with Britons rather than many other foreigners.

但外国父母的共同点是，他们都希望自己的孩子和英国人而不是其它外国人一起接受教育。

AS BRITONS ask themselves what has changed in their country that might have caused these riots, one obvious answer stands out: technology.

英国人会扪心自问，这个国家有那些变化可能会引起骚乱，有一个答案显而易见，这就是技术。

In terms of age differences, it does seem as though Britons become more unfaithful as time progresses.

从年龄差异来说，看起来英国人的确随着时间的推移越来越不忠。

The nuanced, idiomatic English of Britons, North Americans, Antipodeans (and Indians) can be hard to understand.

细微的差别实是，北美人和印度人可能难以听懂英国英语的习语。