中國人最易誤解的話第11期:大約也是問題

　　He paid a matter of 1000 yuan.

　　(誤譯)他付了1000元的貨物賬。

　　(正譯)他大約付了1000元。

　　a matter of 大約;……的問題

　　It is a matter of compromise and balance. 這是一個(gè)妥協(xié)與平衡的問題。

　　This is actually a matter of indifference. 這其實(shí)是一件無關(guān)緊要的事。

　　Cancer therapy is too often a matter of chance. 癌癥治療是否成功，經(jīng)常得靠運(yùn)氣。

　　It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. 這不是環(huán)境的問題，而是我們的選擇問題。

　　1. approximately adv. 大約，近似地;近于

　　I kept out till approximately nine o'clock, and then I came back. 我在大約九點(diǎn)鐘以前，一直留在外面，后來我才回來。

　　Malaria, as we all know, kills approximately one million people a year. 虐疾，如我們所知，每年奪走大約一百萬條人命。

　　Experts predict by the 2015, approximately 35 percent of the Germany population will beover 60. Part of the reason is high unemployment which discourages couples from havingfamilies. 專家預(yù)測，到2015年，德國人口將近35%都是60歲以上。原因之一就是高失業(yè)率，阻礙了夫婦的結(jié)婚生育。

　　2. about prep. 關(guān)于;大約

　　adj. 在附近的;四處走動的;在起作用的

　　adv. 大約;周圍;到處

　　n. 大致;粗枝大葉;不拘小節(jié)的人

　　Well, I… about three months or. 我……，大概三個(gè)月左右或者。

　　For comparison, search engines account for about 7% of site visits. 與此相比，搜索引擎占了站點(diǎn)訪問量的7%左右。