新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第47課 代價太高 (8)

　　It was revealed that 20% of men in their mid-thirties snore.This figure rises to a staggering 60% of men in their sixties. Against these figures, itwas found that only 5% of women snore regularly, while the rest are constantlywoken or kept awake by their trumpeting partners. Whatever the source of noise, onething is certain: silence, it seems, has become a golden memory.

　　22.It was revealed that 20% of men in their mid-thirties snore.

　　調(diào)查指出，20%的35歲左右的男人打鼾。

　　23.This figure rises to a staggering 60% of men in their sixties.

　　而到 60歲這個年齡段，這個數(shù)字上升到令人驚愕的60%。

　　24.Against these figures, it was found that only 5% of women snore regularly, whilethe rest are constantly woken or kept awake by their trumpeting partners.

　　與這些數(shù)字相比，只有5%的女性經(jīng)常打鼾;而其余則經(jīng)常被與她們同睡，像吹號似地打著呼嚕的男人吵醒或弄得睡不著。

　　25.Whatever the source of noise, one thing is certain: silence, it seems, has become agolden memory.

　　不管噪聲來自何方，有一點是肯定的：看來寂靜已變成一種珍貴的回憶。