Although negotiators are optimistic, the details are complex enough that they may be hard-pressed to get a deal at all.

然谈判代表持乐观态度，但协议细节如此复杂，他们所面临的困难很可能使他们无法取得一致。

The modern city consists of monstrous edifices,

今日现代化的城市由大得吓人的高楼

and slipping through we no longer take omens from their flight on this side and that; and even the most superstitious villagers no longer take off their hats to the magpie and wish it good-morning.

这些鸟对我们是有益的，虽然我们不再从它们的飞翔姿态来占卜吉凶，连最迷信的村民也不再对喜鹊脱帽行礼，祝它早安了。

The majority of thepatients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals

在医院门诊部看病的大多数人

Moondwellers will be able to fly in space at only three percent of the cost of similar journeys by their terrestrial cousins.

月球居民在太空遨游的费用仅是地球上朋友飞越同样路所需费用的3%。

Such extreme cases must probably be taken with a grain of salt,

这种极端的事例虽不可全信，