It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big
advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone
directories.
①It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories.
②Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zoë Zysman.
③English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet.
④Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.
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①(例:分1)早已众所周知,当顾客翻阅电话簿时,一家名为AAAA汽车的出租车公司比卓达汽车公司更有优势。
②(并列:分2)不太为人所知的是,亚当·艾伯特在生活中比佐伊·齐斯曼更具优势。
③(并列:分3)英文名字在字母表中前后分布相当均匀。
④(转折:分4)然而,令人出奇的是,很多顶·尖人物的姓氏都是以a和K之间的字母开头的。
翻译小作业
早已众所周知的是,很多顶·尖人物的成功都是以做小事开头的。