A：Well, you finally got here.
      啊，你总算来了。

B：It's about time. I've been waiting in this restaurant a full thirty minutes.
      你迟到了。我在这家饭店足足等了三十分钟。

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A：Sorry, Jeannie. You know me. I'm always late.
      对不起，珍妮。你是知道我的，我总是迟到。

B：Everybody knows, and every body's getting tired of it.
      人人都知道，人人都对此感到讨厌。

A：All I can say is sorry. Maybe I'll reform, but don't count on it.
      我所能说的只有抱歉。也许我会改正，不过别对我抱太大希望。

A：Excuse me. Can you tell me how to find some books on social science?
      请问，能告诉我怎样查找社会科学书籍吗？

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B：Sure. You see all these little drawers here and all the way around the walls?
      当然。你看到靠墙排列的这一个个小抽屉了吗？

A：Yes.
      看见了。

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B：These drawers contain cards describing every book in our library. Together they constitute the library’s “card catalog”.You can see that each drawer runs from one part of the alphabet to another. For example, this drawer goes from SCA to SCM.
      这些抽屉里装着这本图书馆所有图书的卡片，它们构成了图书馆的“卡片目录”。你可以看出每只抽屉都是从字母表中的一部分排到另一部分。比如说这只抽屉，就是从SCA 排到SCM。

A：So if I’m looking for a look called A History of Western Society, I’d just look under “A”.
      这么说，如果我要找一本《西方社会史》的话，就在“A”的分类下找。

B：No. You’d look under “W”. The articles “a” and “the” don’t count in our alphabetization, and card are generally omitted for extremely common words and phrases such as “history of”, “introduction to”, “story of” and so forth.
      不。应该“W”下找。冠词“a”和“the”不包括在字母排列中。一般来说，目录卡片往往省略一些特别常用的词和词组。如“history of”，“introduction to”，“story of”等等。

A：What if I don’t know the title of the book?
      如果不知道书名怎么办？

B：When you can look under the author’s name.
      那你可以在作者名下找。

A：Could you give me an example?
      能举个例子吗？

B：Suppose you want to find a book by your professor, William Smith. You’d look under SMITH and then WILLIAM. Since that’s a very common name, you may have to go through several “William Smith” until you come to the one who wrote book on the subject you’re interested in.
      假如你要找一本你的导师威廉?史密斯教授写的书，你可以在SMITH 栏下寻找，由于William Smith 是一个很常见的姓名，你可能得查阅很多William Smith 才能找到你所感兴趣的书的那位William Smith。

1. 数数
    When you count, you say all the numbers one after another up to a particular number.

    e.g. He was counting slowly under his breath...
           他轻声地慢慢数着数。
    e.g. Brian counted to twenty and lifted his binoculars.
           布赖恩数到20，然后举起双筒望远镜。

2. 计算(或清点)总数
    If you count all the things in a group, you add them up in order to find how many there are.

    e.g. At the last family wedding, George's wife counted the total number in the family...
           在上一次家族婚礼上，乔治的妻子清点了家族成员的总数。
    e.g. I counted the money. It was more than five hundred pounds...
           我数了数那些钱，有500多英镑。

3. 数数;数出的数
    A count is the action of counting a particular set of things, or the number that you get when you have counted them.

    e.g. The final count in last month's referendum showed 56.7 per cent in favour...
           上个月全民投票的最终计票数显示支持率为56.7%。
    e.g. At the last count the police in the Rimini area had 247 people in custody.
           根据最近清点的结果，里米尼警方已拘押了247人。

4. (某物的)计数
    You use count when referring to the level or amount of something that someone or something has.

    e.g. A glass or two of wine will not significantly add to the calorie count...
           喝一两杯葡萄酒不会增加多少热量。
    e.g. My husband had a very low sperm count.
           我丈夫的精子数很低。

5. (为计算时间的)计数,数数
    You use count in expressions such as a count of three or a count of ten when you are measuring a length of time by counting slowly up to a certain number.

    e.g. Hold your breath for a count of five, then slowly breathe out...
           屏住气息数五下，然后慢慢地呼气。
    e.g. The fight ended when Mendoza landed a hard right to the chin of Palacios, who went down for a count of eight.
           门多萨朝帕拉西奥斯的下巴猛地一记右手拳将其打倒在地，在数点八下后这场拳击比赛结束了。

6. 重要;有价值
    If something or someone counts for something or counts, they are important or valuable.

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    e.g. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what counts is what they do with it...
           慈善机构从哪里筹得捐款的确无关紧要：关键是钱是怎么花的。
    e.g. It's as if your opinions, your likes and dislikes just don't count...
           就好像是你的意见、你的好恶根本不重要似的。

7. (尤指在特定环境中或在特定规则下)将…看作，将…视为
    If something counts or is counted as a particular thing, it is regarded as being that thing, especially in particular circumstances or under particular rules.

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    e.g. No one agrees on what counts as a desert...
           关于沙漠的界定，众说纷纭。
    e.g. Any word that's not legible will be counted as wrong...
           任何无法辨认的词都将视为错字。

8. 把…算入;包括
    If you count something when you are making a calculation, you include it in that calculation.

    e.g. It's under 7 percent only because statistics don't count the people who aren't qualified to be in the work force...
           数字低于7%，只是因为统计数据没有把不能算作劳动力的人口包括在内。
    e.g. The years before their arrival in prison are not counted as part of their sentence.
           他们入狱前的那些年不算在服刑期之内。

9. 点;方面;事项
    You can use count to refer to one or more points that you are considering. For example, if someone is wrong on two counts, they are wrong in two ways.

    e.g. 'You drink Scotch,' she said. 'All Republicans drink Scotch.' — 'Wrong on both counts. I'm a Democrat, and I drink bourbon.'
           “你喝苏格兰威士忌，”她说。“所有共和党人都喝苏格兰威士忌。”——“都说错了。我是民主党人，我喝波旁威士忌。”

10. 指控；罪状
      In law, a count is one of a number of charges brought against someone in court.

      e.g. He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder.
             他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

11. 记录…的数目/记不清…的数目
      If you keep count of a number of things, you note or keep a record of how many have occurred. If you lose count of a number of things, you cannot remember how many have occurred.

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      e.g. The authorities say they are not able to keep count of the bodies still being found as helicopters search the area...
             当局称直升机搜查该地区时尸体仍在陆续被发现，他们无法提供具体数目。
      e.g. She'd lost count of the interviews she'd been called for.
             她都记不清接受过多少次采访了。

12. 失去意识;熟睡
      If someone is out for the count, they are unconscious or very deeply asleep.

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13. 公开表明态度
      If you say that someone should stand up and be counted, you mean that they should say publicly what they think, and not hide it or be ashamed of it.

      e.g. Those involved and benefiting from the scandal must be prepared to stand up and be counted.
             丑闻中涉及的那些从中受益的人必须准备公开表明态度了。

14. to count your blessings -> see blessing

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