The train was on time, but there was no sign of my Finnish friend.

火车准时到达了，但还没有见到我芬兰朋友的踪影。

Fad Louhivuod, the school's principal, decided to try something extreme by Finnish standards.

学校校长 Fad Louhivuod 决定用芬兰的标准来尝试一些极端的事情。

In 1963, the Finnish Parliament made the bold decision to choose public education as the best means of driving the economy forward and out of recession.

在1963年，芬兰议会做出了一个大胆的决定：选择公共教育作为推动经济向前发展和走出经济衰退的最佳手段。

The result is that a Finnish child has a good chance of getting the same quality education no matter whether he or she lives in a rural village or a university town.

结果是，一个芬兰的孩子有很好的机会获得同样的素质教育，无论他或她生活在农村还是大学城。

Is Thailand's Finnish experiment working?

泰国的芬兰式实验获得成功了吗？

There is also a small group of Finnish descent.

也有少部分芬兰人的后裔。

The Finnish author who wrote an entire book in text message.

用短信写了一整本书的芬兰作家。

"But you're not elephants," reply the Finnish border guards in puzzlement.

芬兰边防士兵惊道：“可你们不是大象呀！”

However, the Finnish language bears some similarities to the Sami language.

然而芬兰语和萨米语有一些相似处。

That might seem harsh coming from a former Finnish professional goalkeeper.

这话出自一位前芬兰职业足球守门员之口，听上去总让人有些哭笑不得。

Ovi -the Finnish word for "door" -could even offer TV programs at some point.

这个词语在芬兰语中是“门”的意思，能够见诸于某些电视节目当中。

Most of the names are either Swedish, Danish, Finnish or Norwegian in origin.

大多数家具的名字都是来自瑞典语，丹麦语，芬兰语或者挪威语。

The biggest surprise of the Finnish election was that it was such a surprise.

芬兰选举最大的意外就是这真的是个意外。

The Finnish firm sells more handsets than anyone else; LG is number three.

这家芬兰公司全球手机销量第一，而LG是第三。

He plans to play with a Finnish team, the Loimaa Bisons, for a week in September.

他计划在九月份为芬兰的落马亚野牛队打一个星期的比赛。

Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi won a total of 12 Olympic MEDALS spanning three Games.

芬兰选手帕沃·鲁米在三届奥运会上总共获得了12枚奖牌。

The country "s official language is Estonian, which is closely related to Finnish."

该国的官方语言是爱沙尼亚语，它和芬兰语有很接近的关系。

The Finnish company ranks with Coca-Cola as the continent’s most recognised brand.

这家芬兰公司也与可口可乐并列非洲最知名品牌。

It could be anything from Bob Marley or Bach to Iron Maiden or an unknown Finnish band.

我根据自己的心情选择音乐，鲍勃·马利、巴赫、铁娘子合唱团、甚至是不知名的芬兰乐队。

The memo says the Finnish company must embrace “radical change” if it is to survive.

备忘录称，若想生存，诺基亚必须进行“根本性变革”。

He noted the Chinese side is confident in the prospects of the Sino-Finnish relations.

中方对中芬关系的发展前景充满信心。

This is in sharp contrast to the broad-based and universal structure of the Finnish system.

这种情形恰好与基础广泛而且普遍的芬兰系统结构形成了鲜明的对比。

A PINE tree in a Finnish forest takes 50 years before it can be pulped and milled into paper.

一棵生长在芬兰森林中的松树需要生长50年后才能被砍伐并碾碎了用来造纸。

The female director ratio in Swedish and Finnish companies is 22 and 17 percent, respectively.

瑞典和芬兰公司中，女领导比例分别占22％和17％。

The researchers confirmed their findings in another sampleof more than 19, 000 Finnish citizens.

这些研究员在另一项包含超过19 000名芬兰公民作为样本的研究中证实了他们的发现。

Precociously gifted, Schjerfbeck was 11 when she entered the Finnish Art Society's drawing school.

谢夫·贝克有着早熟的艺术天赋，她11岁时就进入了芬兰艺术协会的绘画学校。

In Finnish, exceptionally, each letter makes a single logical sound and there are no irregular words.

特别的是，芬兰语的每个单词都有符合逻辑的发音，并且没有不规则词汇。

A Finnish friend said the tradition is to go outside and make a snow angel after a sauna. I tried it.

一位芬兰朋友告诉我，这里的传统是在蒸桑拿之后跑到外面去堆一个雪人，我也照样试了，他简直是个傻瓜。

Last year it also denied that Chirac had made the disparaging remark about Finnish and British cuisine.

去年，对于希拉克贬损芬兰和英国菜肴一事，希拉克方面同样给予了否认。

Estonian mythology is based on primitive animistic beliefs and is closely related to Finnish mythology.

爱沙尼亚神话是以远古的万物有灵论为基础的，和芬兰神话有很大关联。