1. The debate was over whether to go ahead with Overlord in the spring of 1944, as the Russians and Americans favoured, or possibly to postpone the invasion for the sake of operations in the Mediterranean, as the British proposed.
    辩论是针对是在1944年的春天像苏联和美国所赞成的那样继续进行“霸王”行动，还是如英国所提议的由于地中海地区军事行动的缘故可能推迟登陆。

2. He said the British government was anxious to begin Overlord as soon as possible but did not want to neglect the great possibilities in the Mediterranean merely for avoiding a delay of a month or two.
    他说英国政府急于尽快开始“霸王”行动，但是不想只为了避免一两个月的延迟而忽略了地中海地区的极大的可能性。

3. My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England.
    我的老朋友 Harrison 回到英国以前在地中海地区住过多年。

4. My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England.
    我的老朋友哈里森在回到英国以前曾多年居住在地中海地区。

5. Granted, a preponderance of Germans is a characteristic that seems common to most Mediterranean sites;
    在大多数地中海露营地里，德国人占优势似乎是个普遍现象，确实如此，

6. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
    譬如，假如你居住在地中海，你会觉得章鱼是一种美味。

7. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
    比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，

8. In Eastern Europe, northern Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia, and most of the Pacific, fewer cases of AIDS, usually among drug users, have been reported thus far.
    迄今为止，在东欧、北非、地中海东部地区、亚洲和太平洋大部分地区，很少有有关艾滋病的报道，这些地区的艾滋病通常发生在吸毒者群体中。