| 1. | He ' s tough like those icelanders
他象冰岛人一样坚强 |
| 2. | Actually didn ' t even thought they are called " icelanders " growing up
实际上，他甚至认为他们长大之后会被称做冰岛人 |
| 3. | The effects of the isolation are obvious in the character and habits of the icelanders
这种隔离感对冰岛人的性格和生活习惯影响非常明显。 |
| 4. | They are big enough to shift markets ? as the norwegians and icelanders discovered
但主权基金却大得足以操纵市场了? ?就像挪威人和冰岛人所发现的。 |
| 5. | " icelanders , by contrast , do not usually tip a measure of their introversion , no doubt
"相比之下，冰岛人通常不付小费，这无疑体现了他们的内向性格。 |
| 6. | Most icelanders derived their livelihood from farming ? ? and people ' s hopes were centered on the land , its soil
大多数冰岛人靠农业谋生? ?人们的希望寄托在土地，即土壤上。 |
| 7. | Icelanders mostly have no surnames , only given - names and patronymics , and use given patronymic for both sorting and display
冰岛人（多数）没有姓，只有名和父名，称呼和显示都是使用名+父名的形式。 |
| 8. | But whereas norwegian and swedish and danish have changed considerably down the centuries , the language of iceland has remained relatively pure , so that icelanders can read the medieval sages as easily as english speaking people can read shakespeare
但是尽管挪威语，瑞士语，以及丹麦语几个世纪来已经逐渐发生了相当的改变，冰岛的语言依然保持得相对纯正，所以冰岛人能够轻松读懂古时圣贤所言，正如讲英语的人们能读懂莎士比亚一般。 |
