Italians always see me as a foreigner.

意大利人总是把我当成外国人。

Some Italians eat donkeys; South Africans eat ostriches.

有些意大利人吃驴；南非人吃鸵鸟。

I lived with Italians and my entire life was not in English,

我和意大利人住在一起，我整个生活都没有用英语，

My grandfather once told me that the Italians were very brave.

我的祖父曾经告诉我，意大利人非常勇敢。

After a while, I heard no more of the romantic-sounding Italians.

过了一会儿，我再也听不到意大利人美妙浪漫的声音了。

Italians, says Counihan, traditionally began the day with a small meal.

库尼汉说，意大利人的传统是以简餐开始他们的一天。

Opera originated in Italy but was not confined to Italy any more than Italians were.

歌剧起源于意大利，但并不像意大利人那样局限于意大利。

Italians might think you're bored unless you use a lot of gestures during discussions.

除非你在谈论时做很多手势，否则意大利人可能会认为你很无聊。

One Dutch professor I had dismissed another Italian one, saying, "All the Italians care about are pasta and mamma."

我的一个荷兰教授对一个意大利人不屑一顾，他说：“所有的意大利人都只关心意大利面和妈妈。”

English people are unfriendly because they stand too far away! And English people may think that Italians are too close.

英国人不友好是因为他们站得太远！英国人可能会认为意大利人太亲近了。

So as Italians migrated across Europe, they carried theater with them and opera specifically because it was an Italian form.

所以当意大利人移民到欧洲各地时，他们带来了戏剧，尤其是歌剧，因为它是一种意大利的形式。

So that you have this circle of musical influences—the Italians invented opera, the French adapted it, the English adopted it, the Italians took it back.

因此你会看到一个音乐互相影响而形成的环状效应——意大利人发明了歌剧，法国人修改了它，英国人吸收了它，意大利人又带回本国。

So far in the Paris region there's been a forty six percent decline in Japanese visitors, thirty five percent fewer Russians and twenty seven percent fewer Italians.

到目前为止，巴黎地区的日本游客减少了46%，俄罗斯游客减少了35%，意大利游客减少了27%。

So far in the Paris region, there's been a forty-six percent decline in Japanese visitors, thirty-five percent fewer Russians and twenty-seven percent fewer Italians.

到目前为止，巴黎地区的日本游客减少了46%，俄罗斯游客减少了35%，意大利游客减少了27%。

That was nothing though, compared to German, Italians, and the French, who stayed up around an hour and a half later on various days throughout the summer to watch the Cup.

与德国人、意大利人和法国人相比，这算不了什么。整个夏天，他们在不同的日子里晚睡一个半小时，就是为了看世界杯。

That was nothing, though, compared to German, Italians, and the French, who stayed up around an hour and a half later on various days throughout the summer to watch the Cup.

与德国人、意大利人和法国人相比，这算不了什么。整个夏天，他们在不同的日子里熬夜一个半小时，就是为了看世界杯。

Last year Italians built a house in just 48 hours.

去年，意大利人在48小时内建造了一座房子。

This is where Milton describes the enthusiasm that he received for his poetry from many learned Italians during his recent travels to Italy.

这里就是弥尔顿对于他近期去意大利的旅行中，因为他的诗歌，从许多知识渊博的意大利人收到热情的描述。

Like the Italians and the Irish, most of the colored people migrated to Piedmont at the turn of the 20th century to work at the paper mill, which opened in 1888.

同意大利人和爱尔兰人一样，大多数有色人种在二十世纪之交移民到皮埃蒙特，并在1888年开业的造纸厂里工作。

Many Italians hero-worshipped him.

许多意大利人将他奉为英雄。

Italians call their country Italia.

意大利人称自己的国家为Italia。

The Italians are moving to cut spending.

意大利人正在采取行动，缩减支出。

It's crowded, dirty and full of Italians.

又拥挤，又肮脏，到处都是意大利人。

Italians already know his name: Berlusconi.

意大利人已经知道了他的名字：贝鲁斯科尼。

But Italians are less pious than they pretend.

但意大利人并不像他们装得那样虔诚。

Are the Italians more laid back than the Poles?

还是意大利人比波兰人更放得开？

The Italians are without even that comfort.

但是意大利却连这样的自我安慰都没有。

Some Italians eat donkeys; South Africans eat ostrich.

有些意大利人吃驴；南非人吃鸵鸟。