[00:00.00]Compared with her older sister,Rebecca is not as outgoing.
[00:02.05]跟她的姐姐相比，雷比卡不大喜欢与人交往。
[00:04.10]On the one hand I enyoy the conveniences of the city ,on the other,I really appreciate the quiet life in the countryside.
[00:08.08]一方面我喜欢城市的各种便利条件，另一方面，我也很欣赏乡村的宁静生活。
[00:12.06]I enjoyed the performance last night ,but it can't compare with the one we saw the week before.
[00:14.98]我喜欢昨天晚上的表演，但是它远远比不上前星期我们看过的表演。
[00:17.89]He is taller than his friend,but not as quick.
[00:19.55]他比他的朋友高，但不如他的朋友敏捷。
[00:21.20]While Susan is good at science and math ,Josh is best at language and history.
[00:23.69]苏珊擅长自然科学和数学，而约瑟语言和历史学得最好。
[00:26.17]It is hard to decide between them.They both gave similar performances.
[00:28.51]要在他们两人中作出决定很难，因为他们的表演类似。
[00:30.85]There is no competition.James is clearly better than the others.
[00:33.26]简直没得比。很明显詹姆斯比其他人要好。
[00:35.68]Both of the candidates are close together in the polls .It is not until closer to the election that one will pull ahead of the other.
[00:39.65]两位候选人在民意测验中的得标相当接近。要一直等到大选临近其中一位才可能会领先另一位。
[00:43.63]I feel terrible ,but I'm not quite as sick as I was last week.
[00:45.86]我感觉很糟糕，但我已经没有上星期病得那么厉害。
[00:48.10]This has been our best year yet.
[00:49.57]这是我们最好的一年。
[00:51.05]She pales in comparison with you.
[00:52.36]她与你相比显得黯然失色。
[00:53.68]You're going to outshine the rest.
[00:54.81]你会使其他人显得相形见绌。
[00:55.94]You can't compare apples and oranges.
[00:57.51]苹果和橙一也不象，是没法比的。
[00:59.08]They're as alike as two peas in a pod.
[01:00.44]他们非常相象，就象一个豆荚里的两颗豌豆。
[01:01.81]He's the spitting image of his father.
[01:03.27]他简直就是他父亲的翻版。
[01:04.73]Like mother,like daughter.
[01:05.86]有其母，必有其女。
[01:07.00]He stands head and shoulders above the rest.
[01:08.24]他与其他人相比显得鹤立鸡群。
[01:09.48]They're as different as night and day.
[01:10.65]他们完全不同，就象白天与黑夜的差别一样。
[01:11.82]If we compare these two examples ,we wil find many similarities.
[01:14.16]如果我们比较这两个例子，我们将会发现许多相似之处。
[01:16.50]They are ,perhaps ,similar in content ,but not in form.
[01:18.44]也许它们在内容上是相似的，但形式上是不同的。
[01:20.39]Their difference become obvious once we examine them both carefully.
[01:22.51]当我们对他们两者进行细致的检验，他们之间的差异就显得很明显。
[01:24.64]I would prefer a quiet evening at home as opoposed to spending my time in the company of many people.
[01:27.71]我宁愿在家里度过一个安静的夜晚，也不想在一大群人的陪伴中度过的时间。
[01:30.79]Loud music always bothers you much more than it does me.
[01:32.75]强劲的音乐对你的烦扰比对我要大得多。
[01:34.72]It is hard to compare two people who have such striking diferences.
[01:36.98]要比较两个有着如此显著差别的人是很困难的。
[01:39.25]I enjoy the opera thoroughly ,but I will always prefer the symphomy.
[01:41.50]我很欣赏那出歌剧，但我从来都是更喜欢交响乐。