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①For a generation of young Chinese, American television shows like “The Big Bang Theory”, “Breaking Bad” and “Sex and the City” were their first taste of life in the West.
对年轻一代的中国人来说,《生活大爆炸》、《绝命毒师》和《欲望都市》等美剧是他们对西方生活的初体验。
This is my first taste of success after a lot of hard work.
That trip gave me a taste for foreign travel.
那次旅游使我产生了去国外旅行的兴趣。
②Growing up with limited English inside China’s “great firewall”, millions of them watched pirated versions online, with the help of subtitles produced by volunteers.
在中国“防火墙”内,数百万年轻人从小就没有太多英语资源,他们借助志愿者制作的字幕,在网上观看盗版电影。
Growing up with limited entertainment, we can only stay at home watching TV or go out of the house playing with our friends. Now, young people enjoy a much wider range of leisure activities, from video games to family picnic.(可用于「娱乐/电子游戏」话题)
Millions of them turned to online pirated versions.
Many people here are turning to solar power.
这儿的很多人都开始使用太阳能了。
Many college students now are turning to part-time jobs to finance their habit.
Many schools are turning to online teaching because of the restrictive measures.
③Many of the translators were Chinese students, both in China and at universities abroad.
许多字幕翻译员都是中国学生,他们有的在中国,有的在国外上大学。
About one in 11 new students at the University of California’s campuses is now from China, and that does not include those born in China but permanently resident in America when they applied.
加州大学校园里十一名新生中就有一名来自中国,不包括那些在中国出生但在申请时已经永久居住在美国的学生。
④They provided their skills for little reward, except the glory of an on-screen credit, to streaming services that allowed free access or offered super-cheap subscriptions.
除了能把自己的名字加在屏幕上,他们几乎不求回报地为流媒体视频公司提供翻译服务,而流媒体公司会让他们免费观看电影美剧,或提供超便宜的订阅。
They sold their house for 8 million RMB.
XX is immensely attractive, both onscreen and offscreen.
荧屏内外 XX 都令人倾倒。
In addition, new digital technologies have allowed more rapid trading of equities, quicker use of information, and thus shortens attention spans in financial markets.
此外,新数字技术加快了股票交易频率,促进了信息使用,因此,也缩短了金融市场中的注意力持续时间。
⑤Being accepted into such firms’ “translation groups” was a badge of distinction.
加入“字幕组”是一种殊荣。
He sees his wartime injuries as a badge of honor.
他把战争中受的伤看成是一种荣誉标记。
Being a Communist was a badge of honour.
成为共产党员是荣誉的象征。
⑥Standards were high and competition for membership was fierce.
准入门槛高,竞争也很激烈。
⑦It will not be in future, however.
然而,未来不会这样了。
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