1. A man above average height, he had broad shoulders and a deep chest. 他的身材比一般人高些,宽大的肩膀,深深的胸部。
2. As a result, the average number of births has been cut from 5.6 children per woman to 3. 其结果是每个妇女从平均生育5.6个孩子下降到平均生育3个。
3. A decade of enquiry has convinced me we can. What separates the average person from Edison, Picasso or even Shakespeare isn't creative capacity. It's the ability to use that capacity by encouraging creative impulses and then acting upon them. 十年的研究使我确信,我们都能变得那样聪明。普通人与爱迪生、毕加索或者莎士比亚之间的差别不在于创造力,而在于通过激发创造性灵感并将这种灵感付诸实践来利用创造力的能力。
4. "The average woman takes in only two thirds of the recommended daily allowance for iron," notes another expert. 另一名专家注意到,"普通女性只摄入了日需铁含量的三分之一。"
5. "You know, Mr. Callahan, I've heard that you put a lot more miles on that wheelchair than average." "您是知道的,卡拉汉先生,我听说您的那台轮椅比一般人用得多得多。"
6. You learn to cultivate the callers who increase your average as they take you through long stories of crisis and loneliness. 你得学会培养电话来访人,因为正是他们向你倾诉他们的危机和孤独时,那冗长的故事才能增加你的平均通话长度。
7. People are changing careers on average every ten years now, instead of staying in a job for life. 如今,人们不再是一辈子只干一个行当,而是平均每十年就换一个工作。
8. Mattel says the average American girl owns ten Barbie dolls, and two are sold somewhere in the world every second. 马特尔公司说,一般的美国女孩拥有10个芭比娃娃,全球每秒钟就有两个芭比娃娃售出。
9. “I would offer him three choices of glasses for the restaurant: an average one, a poor one, and fine crystal. "我提供给他三种玻璃酒杯,让他选用于餐厅。一种是普通的,一种是便宜的,还有一种是漂亮的水晶的。
10. Japanese workers labor about 200 more hours per year than the average of their American counterparts, according to figures from Japan's Labor Ministry. 据日本劳动省的数据,日本工人每年要比一般的美国工人多干200小时的活。