Brits

The Brits love their games and play and watch them with fierce , competitive dedication.

英国人热爱比赛,全身心地参加或者观看各种赛事.

BMW left the Brits mostly alone until 2000, disposing of Rover and Land Rover when that strategy failed.

此后6年，宝马基本上任由罗孚自行发展，直到2000年这个战略被证明是失败的，宝马才将罗孚集团拆分，将罗孚和路虎（Land Rover）两个品牌转手卖出。

How did you enjoy the Brits last week?

你上周去了全英音乐颁奖典礼，感觉如何？

I'm just saying that the US should not be as dumb as the Brits.

我只是说，美国人不该和英国人一样蠢。

Holiday mad Brits are packing their buckets and spades and heading for the sun.

酷爱假日的英国人正收拾小桶和锹铲前往阳光充足的地方。

Brits stayed up a half-hour later to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morning thanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime.

英国人熬夜看了半个小时后，第二天早上由于极昼而比平常早起床——极昼指北方国家夏季太阳几乎不落山的现象。

Such thing could persuade we Brits that it is OK to play in public.

这些举措也许可以说服英国人，在公众场所玩游戏是可以的。

A study of the nation's best-loved sounds found that Brits love nothing more than the noise of the sea-which topped the list of fifty.

一项有关全国人民最爱声音的调查发现，英国人最爱大海的声音，美妙的海浪声排在了50个最爱声音的榜首。

And the Brits would never have been televised last week that's for sure.

况且Brits肯定不会在上周被播映.

And over half of Brits leave books to gather dust on their shelves, 16 per cent would take them to a charity shop and 15 pass finished books on to a friend when they have finished them.

近半成的英国人任由书籍在书架上落满灰尘，16%的人会把书捐给慈善机构，15%的人则在读完后转送给朋友。

My defence is that Brits subscribe to Horace's view: "A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness."

要让我说，我们英国人是赞同贺瑞斯（Horace）的观点：“遇到大事，比起一本正经的态度，开开玩笑能够更有效、也更开心地解决问题。”

Americans tend to lapse into the present tense when speaking of the past much more commonly than Brits do.

在讲述过去的事情时，美国人比英国人更常使用现在时态。

Other Brits in the list include actress Tilda Swinton and heiress Jemima Khan.

荣登此榜的英国名人还包括女演员蒂尔达·斯文顿和豪门女继承人杰迈玛·可汗.

The research by Premier Inn revealed one in five Brits-20 per cent-say their weekends feel shorter after being treated to an extended break over the Queen's Jubilee.

Premier Inn酒店调查发现，20%的英国人觉得，英国女王登基60周年大放假后，周末都好像不够用了。

When Brits use American words, their more fastidious compatriots take it as evidence of declining standards, while Americans see those who adopt Britishisms as pretentious and snobbish.

当某些英国人使用美式英语的词汇时，他们吹毛求疵的同胞会认为，这是英语标准降低的证据，而美国人则觉得使用英式英语的人特别装腔作势。

Besides weather, it's good to talk about gardens with Brits.

除了天气, 还可以和英国人谈论花园.

Meanwhile, Brits and Germans are the best at making chit chat with random strangers spending 50 per cent more time than any other nationalities schmoozing.

同时，英国人和德国人最善于跟随机遇到的陌生人聊天，他们花在闲谈上的时间比其他国家的旅客高50%。

Brits wouldn't fare much better, with a tunnel dug from under the Houses of Parliament finishing up off the coast of New Zealand.

换做英国人也是半斤八两，因为英国国会大厦的对跖点是新西兰海岸。

Brits call that having a stiff upper lip.

英国人称之为有个“抿嘴的上唇”.

Results showed that 69pc of Brits were too suspicious to accept offers of goodwill and also felt rewards and freebies are often too good to be true, while only 23pc of people thought it possible to get something for nothing.

试验显示，69%的英国人对善意的举动满腹狐疑，不愿意接受，而且经常不相信派发奖品和免费赠品这种好事。只有23%的人认为天上也有可能掉馅饼。

In the survey the Brits come out tops for humour.

这项调查显示，英国人的幽默是首屈一指的。

So the image of the US benefited from being perceived as less vicious than the Brits.

因此,美国的形象得益于美国人在中国人眼里不像英国人那样恶毒.

Meanwhile, Brits and Germans are the best at making chit chat with random strangers-spending 50 per cent more time than any other nationalities schmoozing.

同时，英国乘客和德国乘客最擅长和陌生人交谈--他们花在谈话上的时间比来自其他国家的乘客多了50%。

Brits the length and breadth of the country are currently gripped by London 2012 Olympic fever.

如今，英国四处洋溢着2012伦敦奥运会的狂热气息。

But it seems Brits don't help themselves, with the typical holidaymaker checking their phone up to 12 times a day, mainly out of habit than necessity.

不过英国的员工们似乎自己也不放过自己。英国度假者们平均一天要查看手机12次，主要是习惯使然，而非必须。

Still, Jobson says, class-conscious Brits would not mind -- and neither apparently would the royal family.

但约布森说, 阶级观念很重的英国人不会介意,王室家族显然也不介意.

When to raw emotion, the once buttoned-up Brits are to shed tears quite openly.

现在,当感情上受到伤害时, 曾经守口如瓶的英国人也会适当的在公开场合流泪.

Their findings also showed that almost half of Brits have admitted to never cleaning their carpets, making them an ideal breeding ground for colonies of disease-causing microbes.

研究结果还显示，近半数英国人承认从未清洗过地毯，使之成为致病微生物的理想滋生地。

Hard to say: some of the Brits did well, others ( like me ) fell by the wayside.

这很难说: 一些英国人有很不错的表现, 另一些 ( 像我这种 ) 就差远了.

Brits in the list include actress Tilda Swinton and heiress Jemima Khan.

荣登此榜的英国名人还包括女演员蒂尔达斯文顿和豪门女继承人杰迈玛可汗.