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①This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.
1.对于尚没意识到其危害的人来说,这是对那些姓氏起始字母位于字母表后半部分的人的歧视.
②It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories.
2.人们很早就知道当顾客翻阅电话簿时,叫AAAA的出租汽车公司比 Zodiac 出租汽车公司有很大的优势.
③Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush\'s predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half.
美国的总统和副总统的姓氏起始字母分别是B. C;并且在乔治布什(包括其父亲)的前任总统中,有26位的姓氏排在字母表的前半部分,而只有16位排在后半部分.
