It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers.
对于四十岁以下的普通读者来说，很难想象曾经有一段时间，大多数大城市的报纸上都能找到高质量的艺术评论。
We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared.
我们与20世纪初到第二次世界大战前夕英国报纸上发表的那些不那么聚焦的评论文章更是相去甚远，那时报纸纸张极其便宜，而风格高雅的艺术评论则被视为其出版物的装饰。
This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant.
但专家们认为，这一次价格平均比峰值下降了约40%，尽管有些作品的价格波动要大得多。
Everyone said, ‘Just wait, you’ll turn the corner, give it some time.
大家都说：‘再等等，你会转过弯来的，再给点时间。’
For the time, attention, and money of the art-loving public, classical instrumentalists must compete not only with opera houses, dance troupes, theater companies, and museums, but also with the recorded performances of the great classical musicians of the 20th century.
在艺术爱好者的时间、注意力和金钱面前，古典乐器演奏家不仅要与歌剧院、舞蹈团、剧院公司和博物馆竞争，还要与20世纪伟大古典音乐家的录音表演竞争。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。