1. And find some grace and pleasure in our condition, not like a self-centered British poet but like a patient princess sealed up in a tower, waiting for the happy ending to our fairy tale.
    要在我们自身的条件下发现一些优雅和乐趣，不要做一个以自我为中心的英国诗人，而要像一个被关在塔楼里的公主，耐心地等待着我们的童话故事进入快乐的结局。

2. At one time Nigeria was a British colony.
    过去，尼日利亚是英国的殖民地。

3. At a meeting of the military chiefs a few hours earlier, the British, at first hesitant, were raising additional objections to fixing the date for the invasion of northern France, known by the code name Overlord.
    在几小时之前召开的一次军事首脑会议上，英国人先是犹豫不决，后来又节外生枝，反对商定攻占法国北部，即代号为“霸王”行动的日期。

4. "The British will never feel European."
    "英国人从来不会觉得自己是欧洲人。"

5. A lawyer in a London law firm that often handles divorces for British-American couples noted that in Britain, prenuptial agreements were "just about ignored" by the courts because English law says that circumstances of a marriage aren't sta
    伦敦一家法律公司的一名律师经常为分处英美两国的夫妇处理离婚事宜。他注意到，在英国，法院"几乎忽视"婚前协议，因为英国的法律认为婚姻状况不是静态的，因此应由法官来决定资产怎样分配。

6. Your carrier for this flight is British Airways.
    你的这一班机是英国航空公司的飞机.

7. Spain is a favorite vacation destination for the British.
    西班牙是英国人最喜欢的旅游胜地。

8. Some time ago a British car manufacturer was accused of operating a fund to pay bribes, and of other questionable practices such as paying agents and purchasers an exaggerated commission, offering additional discounts, and making payments to numbered
    早些时候，一家英国汽车制造商被指控经管一笔基金行贿，还有其他一些可疑运作，如给代理商和客户高额回扣、提供额外折扣、向一些在瑞士银行开的匿名账户汇款等。

9. Most British workers get their wages by the week.
    多数英国工人的工资是每周领取的。

10. Suggested an idea on which he had been working for many years to the British Government and industrial circles.
    他向英国政府和工业界提出了他研究多年的一项计划。