The godfather was enough to persuade him that all Italians were linked to organized crime

《教父》那本书足以使他相信所有意大利人都是与有组织的犯罪活动有牵连的。

A spokeswoman in berlusconi's office was unable to confirm whether the prime minister suffers from arachnophobia, saying only that he is an animal lover who also wants to protect Italians from potential danger.

贝卢斯科尼办公室的一位女发言人没有确认总理是否患有蜘蛛恐惧症,只说他是一个动物爱好者,同时也想防止意大利人遭受潜在的威胁。

When argentina played the Italians in Naples in the semi-final of the 1990 World Cup, Maradona even appealed to Neapolitans to support his team because "What has Italy ever done for you?"

当阿根廷在1990年世界杯半决赛中与意大利队在那不勒斯比赛时,马拉多那甚至呼吁那不勒斯人去支持他所在的球队,因为‘意大利又为你做过什么呢?’

"They torture me," she said of the curious visitors. "I wasn't surprised about the Americans. But it really did shock me that Italians , with their strong Catholic traditions, would also ask these questions."

当谈起那些好奇的游客时,她说:“他们简直是在折磨我。如果是美国人提出这些问题,我并不觉得奇怪。但是听到有着浓厚天主教传统的意大利人也问这样的问题,我感到非常惊讶。”

The next day they were strung up by the heels from lampposts and later cut down so that throughout the rest of the Sabbath day they lay in the gutter, where vengeful Italians reviled them

第二天,有人把他们倒吊在路灯杆子上,后来又切断绳子,因此在那个安息日,就一直陈尸在街头,意大利人都来指骂泄愤。

Almost two-thirds of Italians say ads "are among the most entertaining things on TV" and a third say they would be "sad" if there were no adverts, a survey of 980 viewers aged between 25 and 55 showed

对980名年龄在25至55岁之间的电视观众的调查显示,将近2/3的意大利人认为广告“是电视里最有趣的节目之一”,1/3的人说如果没有广告他们会感到“悲伤”。

Generalizations about nationalities (American are incurable optimists, Germans are professional pessimists, and Italians are amused by both)are usually not welcomed, even when they are basically accurate

对民族特性进行笼统性概括(比如说美国人是乐观主义者,无法改掉这一秉性;德国人是悲观主义者;而意大利人则觉得这两种人都很可笑)通常都不受人欢迎,即使这些概括基本上正确无误也同样如此

With Italians it's pronunciation that's the problem.

对意大利人来说,发音是个问题.

He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto.

很快就出名了,意大利人叫他乔凡尼阿库托。

Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero.

霍克伍德用这种方法挣取了大笔钱,尽管如此,意大利人还是把他视作某种英雄。

Marsh argued the divide was still there: "We have probably not caught up with the Americans or the Italians when it comes to the actual display of emotions."

马什认为即使现在区别仍然存在:“当真正表达情感的时候,我们可能还是不如美国人或意大利人直白。”

The fetes are veritable pleasure days to the Italians

那些徒步的人们在马脚和车轮间挤来挤去,而竟没发生一件意外,一次争吵,或一次殴斗。

indeed, how else to explain pale skin, flaxen hair and blue eyes in a family of dark-haired olive-skinned descendants of southern Italians ?

是啊,要不然怎么解释一个黑头发、棕色皮肤的南部意大利人后裔的家庭会有一个白皮肤、黄头发、蓝眼睛的孩子呢?

The Italians have an ungracious proverb, tanto buon che val niente: so good, that he is good for nothing

所以意大利有句嘲讽话:“他由于太仁慈,而成了一个窝囊废。”

His parents had always made it clear to him that he was adopted; indeed, how else to explain pale skin, flaxen hair and blue eyes in a family of dark-haired olive-skinned descendants of southern Italians ?

他的父母老早就告诉他是个领养的孩子,是啊,要不然怎么解释一个黑头发、棕色皮肤的南部意大利人后裔的家庭会有一个白皮肤、黄头发、蓝眼睛的孩子呢?

"We are catching up with Americans but are not nearly as open as the French, Italians and the Greeks," he said.

他说:“我们正在追赶美国人,但是还不能像法国人、意大利人和希腊人那样直白地表达情感。”

He has been to Italy, but it does not follow that he understands the Italians .

他虽然去过意大利,但不能因此说他就了解意大利人了。

If March, 1986, does not find one million of Italians in arms, then alas for liberty, alas for the life of Italy

倘若到了1861年3月,我还不能征募到一百万意大利军队,自由将丧失,意大利将要灭亡。

My grandparents on my mother's side were both Italians .

我外祖父母都是意大利人。

Certainly, there is every indication that Vermeer was bewitched by the Italians ' mathematical treatises and their applications to painting and cartography

无可否认地,种种迹象表明弗米尔对意大利人的数学专著以及其在绘画和地图绘制方面的运用如痴如醉。

International diplomacy and high politics aside. The real question Italians want answered is whether their prime minister is afraid of spiders.

先把国际外交和高级政治搁在一边,意大利人真正想要解答的问题是:他们的总理是否真的害怕蜘蛛类动物。

Modern Italians still have a weakness for such saints, not to mention weeping statues of the Madonna, crucifixes that sprout hair, and relics that talk

现代的意大利人仍然特别喜欢这样的圣徒,更不用说哭泣的《圣母像》、长头发的耶稣受难像和会说话的圣物了。

Many Italians immigrated to the United States and Canada.

许多意大利人移居到了美国和加拿大。

Italian television could never be accused of being highbrow, but now it's apparently become so tacky that most Italians would rather watch commercials, according to a new survey

意大利的电视节目向来说不上是阳春白雪,但一项新的调查显示它现在显然是太俗了,俗到大部分意大利人宁愿看广告也不看它的地步。

The Italians make little difference between children, and nephews or near kinsfolks; but so they be of the lump, they care not though they pass not through their own body

意大利风俗对子女和侄一视同仁,亲密无间。这是很可取的。

Italians often find businesspeople from other countries too directtoo purposeful

意大利经理人发现其他国家的商人太直截了当,太直奔目标。

Italians or Germans form a largely homogeneous society, white, Christian, and speaking one language, Americans do not

意大利人或德国人形成了大体上同性质的社会---白种人,信基督教,讲同一种语言,而美国人则不一样

Italians came from a long way off to look up at the war monument.

意大利人经过长途中跋涉,来瞻仰这里的战争纪念碑。

Do the Italians really design better than we do?

意大利人真比我们会设计吗

Do the Italians really design better than we do?

意大利人真的比我们设计吗?

Registro Italians

意大利验船协会