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The U. S. and Canada come next, with around $40, 000, 000 apiece, then Russia (about $20, 000, 000), and Mexico, Australia, and Southern Rhodesia (each with a dozen-odd million). 美国和加拿大紧随其后,两国产量分别在40,000,000美元左右。 之后是俄罗斯(约20,000,000美元)、墨西哥、澳大利亚,以及南罗德西亚(今津巴布韦——译注)(各地区产量均在千万美元左右)。 - 2
Zimbabwe and its predecessor, Rhodesia (correctly Southern Rhodesia until Mr Smith compressed the name), have produced a crop of fine writing. 津巴布韦及其前身罗德西亚(正确地讲,在史密斯先生提出这个名字之前,它还是南罗德西亚)让人类创造了大量的精彩著作。 - 3
This was often a nakedly snobbish observation, accompanied by the comment that the British colonists who went to Kenya tended to be officers, whereas those settling in Southern Rhodesia were NCOs. 这种说法通常暴露出势利小人眼中的世界,他们认为那些前往肯尼亚的英国殖民者都会成为长官,而那些被派遣进驻南罗得西亚的仅有着军士的身份。
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