Scots 专八

1.He spoke broad Scots.

他说话有很重的苏格兰口音。

2.The Scots like to ring out the Old Year.

苏格兰人喜欢鸣钟送旧。

3.The Scots were on the offensive for most of the game.

苏格兰队在比赛的大部份采取攻势。

4.Is the Scots “thrapple” just the same as the English “thropple” (throat)?

苏格兰人说的“thrapple”跟英国人说的“thropple”(喉咙)意思完全一样吗？

5.The majority of Scots favour an autonomous Scotland involving devolution or complete independence.

大多数苏格兰人都赞成一个中央权力下放自治苏格兰或完全独立。

6.The English were heavily defeated by the Scots in the battle that followed.

英格兰人在之后的那场战役中被苏格兰人打得惨败。

7.Parliament House was the seat of the Scots Parliament until the Union with England.

直到与英格兰统一之前，议会大厦一直是苏格兰议会的所在地。

8.The uvular r's of French and the fricative, glottal ch's of German (and Scots) are essential to one's imagination of these languages and their speakers.

人们一听到法语的小舌音、摩擦音，或者德语（和苏格兰语）的喉音，就会对语言本身和语言的使用者产生各种想象。