Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations

"A result of the Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations is likely to be a reduction of 36 per cent in the average levels of farm subsidies paid by the rich countries in 1986-1990."

A result of the Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations: 世界貿易談判烏拉圭回合
 is likely to be:可能導致

所以先這樣看
"A result of the Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations is likely to be a reduction of 36 per cent in the average levels of farm subsidies."

"世貿談判烏拉圭回合可能導致平均36%的農業補貼下降"

而最後的" paid by the rich countries in 1986-1990"則是用來形容這個降低36%後的補貼是1986~1990年間先進國家的補貼水準嗎?


原文 IELTS 3  https://www.ielts.org/pdf/115016_Academic_Reading_sample_task_-_Matching_headings__2_.pdf

When it comes to blessing others, some people make lofty plans that end up going nowhere.

When it comes to blessing others, some people make lofty plans that end up going nowhere.


第一次看到這句話時,其實看不太懂.

When it comes to something: 當提到某事時

end up going nowhere: 沒有付諸行動

所以這句話或許可以解釋成
"當提到blessing others, 有些人無法將高尚的計劃計畫付諸行動"


Studio Clas sRoom April 2015

"be to blame for" 跟 "blame for"

"be to blame for" 跟 "blame for"

1.be to blame for
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=be+to+blame+for+sth
be to blame for [be responsible for sth]

"Are Louis Van Gall's tactics to blame for Man United's scoring struggles?"  
曼聯的進球荒是否是因為Gall's的策略所導致的?

2.blame for
"Please don't blame Jill for it"
那件事別責怪Jill

問題:
2 "blame for"沒太大的問題, 大概就是 S+V+O, "A責怪B+for 什麼事"
1"be to blame for"就有點疑問了,
如果是我寫一樣的句子,我會寫成
"Are LVG's blamed for ManUni scoring struggles?"
我無法理解那個"to"怎麼來?是放了那個"to"後就有被動的意思了嗎?是否文法上有些單元可以協助解釋?

Warning over new flexi-time rights: Employers talk of resentment among staff as rules allowing all workers to request adaptable hours come into force

原文:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2674489/Warning-new-flexi-time-rights-Employers-talk-resentment-staff-rules-allowing-workers-request-adaptable-hours-come-force.html

底下這句話看不太懂

"Employers talk of resentment among staff as rules allowing all workers to request adaptable hours come into force."

我的理解:

"Employers talk of resentment among staff "

資方們討論員工的不滿

 "rules allowing all workers to request adaptable hours come into force."

規範將強制允許所有的勞工有彈性工時

但兩段話加上"as"我就一直不知道要怎麼翻譯.

have

原文: http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2022091754_amazonfashionxml.html

Many companies are drawn by the opportunity to put their shirts, coats and scarves in front of those millions of Amazon shoppers. But some are hesitant to have their exclusive items sold in a store where consumers can pick up batteries, DVD players and tube socks.

後半段"but"之後我得理解為
"但有些(品牌)對於將他們特有的商品在amazon(可以買到dvd, tube socks,,,等物品的商店)上架持保留態度"

看不太動"have"在這邊的意義
如果是我,可能寫成這樣
But some are hesitant to sell their exclusive items in a store where consumers can pick up batteries, DVD players and tube socks.

refrain of

原文:http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/fashion-and-style/debra-bass/campaign-aims-to-make-retail-careers-trendy/article_50d19ffb-64b3-578d-ac15-89b481fb09ff.html

"Retail is detail. I say it all the time,” said Natalie Woods of Project Retail, a consulting firm that helps boutiques analyze sales data to work more efficiently. She, too, knows the refrain of would-be store owners who want to go into “fashion … and they don’t even really know what that means. "

看不懂 refrain of那段.
我猜的意思是
"他聽過不少有意願投入時尚界的人其實根本不懂他們要做的事"

如果意思是我猜得這樣,那可以寫成?
" She, too, knows many would-be store owners who want to go into “fashion … and they don’t even really know what that means. "

would

"The hardest part was conquering my fear of speaking in front of people. At first, I would just go blank because I  was so nervous."

這邊的"would"因該不是當"will"的過去式用,因該是"表示過去的習慣"(類似used to)

不過要注意,"would"用的時機是指"過去常發生",而並非"過去一段時間"

參考:http://blog.cybertranslator.idv.tw/archives/3911
I used to live in Taipei, but I moved to Kaohsiung last year   此時就不能用"would"代替"used to"