1: Once he had decided that comedy was his life, he practised and practised. 2: This discipline the army taught him—as well as how to play 11 instruments, and trip up people on parade. 3: When he caused hilarity once by falling off a horse, he rehearsed more such tumbles until he was black and blue. 4: At work, he would go through his routines from 9am till just before six in the darkened theatre; out of work, he would spend hours pulling faces in mirrors. 5: His reward was stardom in the 1950s and 1960s, a knighthood in 2000, a yacht and several gleaming motors. [...]116: He had to skip in the 1980s to a mansion in the Isle of Man, so the tax man wouldn't get him.

1:一旦他决定把喜剧表演作为他的生存手段，他就练习再练习。2:这种训练习惯都是他在从军生涯中养成的——他也学会了演奏11种乐器和在游行中向人群表演绊倒。3:一旦他的马摔表演引起轰动，他通常加倍表演，直到遍体鳞伤。4:上班时，他会从上午九点到晚上六点剧院漆黑一片，做完日常事务。下班后，他又花数小时在镜前拉脸。5:上世纪50到60年代，他的收入来自他的演员职业。2000年，他被授予爵士，有一艘快艇，数辆闪亮的摩托。[...]116:80年代，他不得不悄然溜到马恩岛的一公馆，以便收税员找不到他。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-英老牌喜剧演员诺曼·威斯登爵士

[...]111:On June 19th Excalibur Almaz, a space company based on the Isle of Man, a British dependency in the Irish Sea, became the second company-after Space Adventures, an American space-tourism firm-to offer tickets for a commercial moonshot.2:Both firms are charging $150m a seat, a price that includes months of ground-based training.3:Neither is offering a descent to the moon's surface-just a lunar fly-by.

[...]111:一个英国支持的位于英国曼岛的神剑在六月19号成为第为继美国空间旅游公司空间探险公司之后第二家空间旅行公司为登月的商业用途提供票。2:两个公司都要1500万一个座位，包括数月的地上训练。3:两个公司都不提供降落地面的服务————仅仅是绕月飞行。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-太空之旅 送我入太空

1:That achievement earned him many honours for services to horology, but it was only the beginning of a long slog to get his idea accepted.2:The world of clocks and watches was a closed one.3:He knew it himself, because his boyhood watch studies from library books were a private realm only he could understand, and the 18th-century English masters—Mudge, Arnold, Earnshaw—the only real friends he had.4:Watchmakers kept the secrets they learned in their lonely working hours.[...]115:Even later, when he had put himself in the millionaires' bracket and had to move to the Isle of Man for tax reasons, his friends were in the motoring clubs where he shared his other passion, for vintage Bentleys and racing cars.6:He had no watchmaker friends at all.

1:这一成就作为他对钟表业的杰出贡献，为他赢得了诸多荣誉。但这只是他为普及自己的技术使用而踏上的荆棘之路的起点。2:钟表业界是一个封闭的世界。3:他通过自己的经历得出这一点，因为他童年时从图书馆的书籍上获得的钟表知识构成了一个只有他自己才能涉足的私人领域，而18世纪英国的制表大师Mudge, Arnold和Earnshaw是他仅有的真正的朋友。4:制表师们都各自保留着他们在孤独工作时知悉的钟表的秘密。[...]115:即使后来，丹尼尔斯进入百万富翁的行列，为了避重税不得不搬到马恩岛（Isle of Man），他的朋友也仅限于摩托俱乐部内，这里有他能找到对老式宾利车和赛车的共同爱好者。6:他的朋友里没有一个是制表师。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-手握乾坤,制表大师乔治·丹尼尔斯

This little isle

大不列颠这个小岛

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-数字式家谱

Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Isle of Elba to begin his second conquest to France.

1815年，拿破仑逃离了他被放逐的厄尔巴岛，开始第二次征服法兰西。

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23A surfer passes the broken end of the Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier in Emerald Isle , N. C. on August 28, 2011.

2011年8月28日北卡州绿宝石岛，冲浪者正经过已被飓风损坏的博格（Bogue）钓鱼码头。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

"On the Isle of Wight we get lots of foreign language students staying with families, " said operations manager March Morgan Huws.

SouthernVectis巴士公司的运营经理马奇•摩根•胡斯说：“怀特岛有很多外国留学生是和家人生活在一起的。”

属类：中国大陆-www.chinadaily.com.cn-

An Australian magazine claimed that Miss Barks, from the Isle of Man, has developed a 'special relationship' with the Gladiator actor.

澳大利亚杂志称来自马恩岛的巴克斯小姐，已经和我们《角斗士》的主演发展了一种特殊的关系。

属类：中国大陆-edu.sina.com.cn-

Tours include an aerial view of the isle , few hours on a remote beach (location dependent on the weather), and a light lunch.

包括鸟瞰全岛，在一个偏僻的海滩上待几小时（取决于天气），还有一顿清淡的午餐。

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Poker sites have remained open for business, as their operations are run from outside America, in places such as the Isle of Man.

不过在美国之外，扑克网站仍然在进行商业运营，例如在马恩岛。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

But it was a tour of the Isle of Wight when he was 20, which provided him with the inspiration to produce his first major oil painting.

但20岁时到怀特岛的一次旅行激发了透纳创作第一幅重要油画作品的灵感。

属类：中国大陆-www.chinadaily.com.cn-

But his oyster bed, along the north side of Grand Isle , has likely been destroyed by the spill.

但今年，他位于大岛北岸的牡蛎养殖场已经被泄漏的石油完全毁坏了。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

But, he went on, "getting to Isle Derniere is a chore, then and now. "

但是，他继续说，“去Derniere小岛就像是家务事，过去是这样现在也是。”

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

But Dr. Sallenger said the practically featureless topography of Isle Derniere had never matched his idea of what a beach should look like.

但是萨兰格博士说Derniere小岛几乎平凡的地形和他想象中的海滩一点也不像。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

But to the Irish on the Emerald Isle it is a home-coming; a gesture of solidarity and kinsmanship in troubled times.

但它是爱尔兰翡翠岛上回家的；一种姿态，团结和kinsmanship中的乱世。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

ConocoPhillips has joined 3 Legs Resources, a small firm based on the Isle of Man, to explore a large tract of land in Poland.

而Conocophilips则已加入曼岛一家小型企业3Legs资源公司的行列，勘察位于波兰的一大块土地。

属类：无分类双语句库-bbs.ecocn.org-

And some Isle of Wight voters can sound pretty parochial.

而且，怀特岛选民有时还真是很狭隘。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

The Isle of Wight has more unemployed workers per new job than any other area.

怀特岛的问题尤为突出，争夺工作岗位的人更多。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Over the weekend the Isle of Wight went into occupation.

怀特岛在周末时也被“占领”。

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Cassidy's pregnancy comes just nine months after she met transport manager Cottrell at the Isle Of Wight Festival.

卡西迪与运输经理科特雷尔，在怀特岛音乐节相识9个月后就传出了怀孕的消息。

属类：中国大陆-edu.sina.com.cn-

Isle Juan de Nova in the Mozambique Channel between Madagascar and the African mainland.

马达加斯加和非洲大陆之间莫桑比克海峡中的新胡安岛。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Weekly Address: President Obama Outlines Administration Response Efforts to the BP Oil Spill from Grand Isle , LA

每周电视讲话：奥巴马总统在路易斯安那州大岛讲述当局为应对BP的石油泄漏所做的努力

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Louisiana, USA: A worker leaves the beach as storm clouds approach in Grand Isle , after the Gulf oil spill

美国路易斯安那州：港口石油泄漏后，一个工人在大峡谷风暴来临前离开海滩

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

An aerial view of a patch of forest near Presque Isle , ME on Friday, September 25, 2009.

普雷斯克岛附近一片森林的鸟瞰图。美国缅因州，2009年9月25日星期五。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Other British factory occupations have followed, most recently at the Vestas wind turbine plant on the Isle of Wight.

其他英国工厂占领运动接踵而至，最近的一次发生在威斯塔斯公司位于怀特岛的风能涡轮机厂。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

For Isle Derniere, Dr. Sallenger writes, the hurricane was "a tipping point from which it could not recover. "

萨兰格博士写道：“对Derniere小岛来说，这场飓风是一次难以恢复的转折点。”

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Even at 5, 000ft, the Isle of Man seemed just a hop away.

甚至在5000英尺的上空，马恩岛似乎只有一步之遥。

属类：英汉句库-www.ftchinese.com-

The foliage was starting to turn near Presque Isle , Maine on Friday, September 25, 2009.

树叶已开始变色。美国缅因州普雷斯克岛附近，2009年9月25日星期五。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Schonert-Reichl has been able to replicate these findings in three more studies in Canada as well as on the Isle of Man.

斯科勒-莱克尔教授将此实验在加拿大和马恩岛的三项研究中也进行了复制，发现结果是一样的。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Here, a taster draws a sample from a cask at the Bruichladdich distillery on the Isle of Islay.

图上是位于艾雷岛上布鲁克莱迪克酒厂的一个品酒师正在从木桶中抽取样品。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-