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球类中英文对照

球类中英文对照

足球Football
篮球Basketball
排球Volleyball
冰球Hockey
羽毛球Badminton
网球Tennis
台球Snooker
手球Handball
水球Water polo
马球Polo
高尔夫球Golf
保龄球Bowling
曲棍球Hockey
橄榄球Rugby
壁球Squash
门球Gateball
兵乓球PingPang
棒球Baseball
垒球Softball
铅球Shot Put
链球Hammer

Jiao Liu : 18 Nov 2011 17:20 |  Tags: Englishstudy |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

乐器中英文对照表

乐器中英文对照表

【弦乐器】
•弓拉弦鸣乐器
小提琴—————violin
中提琴—————Viola .[vɪ’əʊlə]
大提琴—————Cello [ ‘tʃeləʊ]
倍低音提琴———Double Bass

•弹拨弦鸣乐器
竖琴————Harp .[hɑ:p]
吉它————Guitar
电吉它———Electric Guitar
贝司————Bass
电贝司———Electric Bass

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【木管乐器】
•唇鸣类乐器
长笛———Flute
短笛———Piccolo .[‘pɪkə,ləʊ]

•簧鸣类乐器
单簧管———Clarinet .[,klærə’net]
双簧管———Oboe .[’əʊbəʊ]
英国管———English Horn
大管————Bassoon
萨克斯管——Saxophone .[’sæksə,fəʊn]
口琴————harmonica .[hɑ:’mɔnɪkə]

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【铜管乐器】
小号———Trumpet [ ‘trʌmpit]
短号———Cornet
长号———Trombone
圆号———French Horn
大号———Tuba

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【键盘乐器】
钢琴————Piano
管风琴———Organ .[’ɔ:ɡən]
手风琴———Piano Accordion .[ə’kɔ:di:ən
电子琴———Electronic Keyboard

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【打击乐器】
•有调打击乐器
定音鼓－－－Timpani .[‘timpəni:]
木琴－－－－Xylophone .[‘zaɪlə,fəʊn]
•无调打击乐器
小鼓－－－Snare Drum .[sneə]
大鼓－－－Bass Drum
三角铁－－Triangle
锣－－－－Gong [gɔ:ŋ, gɔŋ]
铃鼓－－－Tambourine .[,tæmbə’ri:n]
响板－－－Castanets [,kæstə’nets]
砂槌－－－Maracas
钹－－－－Cymbals [simbɔlz]

英文詞彙 中文詞彙

木管樂器(woodwind instruments)
Piccolo (Pic.), Piccolo-Flute 短笛
Flute (Fl.) 長笛
Bass-Flute (B. Fl.) 中音長笛、低音長笛
Oboe (Ob.P), Hautboy 雙簧管、奧博管、管
Cor Anglais, English Horn (E. H.) 英國管
Oboe d’Amore (Ob. A.) 柔音管
Bassoon (Bon.) 巴松管、低音管
Double-Bassoon, Contra-Bssoon (C. Bon.) 倍低音管
Sarrusopnone (Sarr.) 薩魯管
Calrinet (Cl.)、Clarionet 單簧管、黑管、豎笛
Bass Clarinet (B. Cl.) 低音豎笛
Eb Clarinet 小豎笛
Alto-Clarinet (Alt. Cl.) 中音豎笛
Bassett-Horn 巴塞管
Saxphone (Saxp.) 薩克斯風
Soprano-Saxphone 高音薩克斯風
Alto-Saxphone 中音薩克斯風
Tenor-Saxphone 次中音薩克斯風
Harmonum, Reed-Organ 簧風琴、風琴
Organ 管風琴、風琴
Accordion 手風琴

銅管樂器(brass instruments)
French Horn、Horn 法國號、號
Trumpet (Tr.) 小喇叭、小號
Piccolo Trumpet (Pic. Tr.) 小小號
Bass Trumpet (B. Tr.) 低音小喇叭、低音小號
Cornet (Corn.) 短號
Trombone (Trb.) 長號
Tuba (Tub.) 低音號
Flugel Horn, Soprano-Saxhorn 高音號、號角、粗管短號
Alto-Saxhorn, Tenor-Horn 中音號
Bariton 上低音號、巴里東
Euphonion, Euphonium 小低音號、粗管上低音號、小貝斯
Bombardon, Bass 大低音號、土巴低音號、本巴敦低音號
Ophicleide 音孔大號、低音大號
Serpent 蛇形號

弦樂器(string instruments)
Violin, Fiddle 小提琴
Viola, Alto Fiddle 中提琴
Cello, Tenor Fiddle 大提琴
Double-Bass, Contra-Bass, Bass Fiddle 低音提琴
Harp (Hp.) 豎琴、箜篌
Chromatic Harp 半音階豎琴
Guitar 吉他
Banjo 斑鳩琴
Mandolin 曼陀林
Mandola 中曼陀林、曼陀拉
Piano (Pia.) 鋼琴
Harpsichord 大鍵琴、古鋼琴
Clavicorde 古鋼琴
Viloa d’Amore 柔音提琴、古中提琴
Lute 詩琴、魯特琴

打擊樂器(percussion instruments)
Kettle-Drum, Timpani 定音鼓
Bass-Drum 大鼓
Side-Drum, Snare-Drum 小鼓
Tenor-Drum, Parade Drum 中鼓
Tambrel, Tabor 長胴鼓
Tambourine, Tabor 鈴鼓
Castanets 響板
Xylophone 木琴
Triangle 三角鐵
Cymbals 鐃鈸、鈸、銅鈸
High-Hat (Cymbals) 腳踏鈸
Gong, Tam-Tam 鑼、銅鑼
Bell 管鐘、鐘、排鐘
Glockenspiel 鐵琴 (Vibraphone 一般也俗稱鐵琴)
Celesta 鋼片琴
　
中國樂器(Chinese instruments)
Bangu 板鼓
Bangze/Chinese Wooden Clappers 梆子
Chinese Base Drum 大鼓
Chinese Bass Gong 低音大鑼
Chinese Cymbal 鈸
Chinese Snare Drum 小鼓
Chinese Wood Block 木魚
Luo/Chinese Gong 鑼
Paigu 排鼓
Slapstick 拍板
Yunluo 雲鑼
Banhu 板胡
Bass Gehu 倍革胡
Ching Hu 京胡
Gehu 革胡
Nanhu/Erhu/Chinese Fiddle 南胡/二胡
Zhonghu 中胡
Guzheng/Chinese Zither 古箏
Liuqin 柳葉琴
Pipa/Chinese Lute 琵琶
Ruan/Moon Guitar 阮咸
Sanxian 三絃
Yangqin 揚琴
Di/Chinese Bamboo Flute 曲笛
Sheng 笙
Suona/Shanai 鎖吶
Xiao/Chinese Vertical Bamboo Flute 蕭

電子樂器(electric instruments)
Clavinova 數位鋼琴/數位化電子琴
Double-Neck Guitar 雙頸吉他
Electone 電子琴
Electric Guitar 電吉他
Electric Organ 電子琴
Electric Piano 電鋼琴
Electronic Piano 電子鋼琴
Pedal Steel Guitar/Hawaiian Guitar 立式電吉他/夏威夷式電吉他
Portatone keyboards 手提電子琴
Synthesizer 電子合成器

Jiao Liu : 18 Nov 2011 17:18 |  Tags: Englishstudy |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

夸奖他人３０句经典(转载)

夸奖他人３０句经典(转载) 　　
　　2. you did a good job. （你干得非常好。）【国际最通用的表扬！】
　　
　　3. we’re so proud of you.（我们十分为你骄傲。）【最高级的表扬！】
　　
　　4. i’m very pleased with your work.（我对你的工作非常满意。）【正式、真诚的赞扬！】
　　
　　5. this is really a nice place.（这真是个好地方！）【随口就说、但效果很好的表扬！】
　　
　　6. you’re looking sharp!（你看上去真精神/真棒/真漂亮。）【与众不同的表扬！】
　　
　　7. you always know the right thing to say.
　　
　　8. you’re very eloquent.（你总是说话得体。）【高层次的表扬！】
　　
　　9. nice going! = you did a good job.（干得好！）【极其地道的表扬！】
　　
　　10. the food is delicious.（好吃！）【最普通、但非常重要的表扬！】
　　
　　11. everything tastes great.（每样东西都很美味！）
　　
　　12. your son/daughter is so cute.（你的孩子很可爱。）【外国人绝对喜欢听的表扬！】
　　
　　13. what an adorable baby!（多么可爱的孩子。）【只管大胆用！】
　　
　　14. i admire your work.
　　
　　15. i respect your work.（我对你的工作表示敬意。）【世界通用！】
　　
　　16. you’ve got a great personality.（你的个性很好。）【一个非常安全的表扬！】
　　
　　17. you have a good sense of humor.（你真幽默。）【美国人极其喜欢的表扬！】
　　
　　18. your chinese is really surprising.（你的中文令人惊讶。）【绝对和其他人不一样的表扬！】
　　
　　19. your english is incredible.（我真不敢相信你的英语。）【用了六星级形容词！】
　　
　　20. you have a very successful business.（你的事业很成功。）【现代人非常喜欢听！】
　　
　　21. you’re very professional.（你非常专业。）【专业化的表扬！】
　　
　　22. your company is very impressive.（你的公司给我留下深刻印象。）
　　
　　23. you’re so smart.（你非常聪明。）
　　
　　24. i envy you very much.（我非常羡慕你。）
　　
　　25. your wife is very charming.（你的妻子很有魅力！）
　　
　　26. you two make a lovely couple.（你们真是天生的一对！）
　　
　　27. you’re really talented.（你很有天赋。）
　　
　　28. you look nice in that color.（你穿那种颜色很好看。）
　　
　　29. you have a good taste.（你很有品位。）
　　
　　30. you look like a million dollars. = you look outstanding.=you look like a movie star.（你看上去帅呆了。）

1.you look great today.（你今天看上去很棒。）【每天都可以用！】

Jiao Liu : 15 Oct 2008 04:01 |  Tags: Englishstudy |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

功夫熊猫语录

功夫熊猫语录

1. Impossible is nothing 莫非阿迪是本片赞助商?

2. Simpleness is beautiful!.

3. I’m not hungry，熊猫同学志气的伟大体现

4. One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it 子欲避之，反促遇之

5. There’s no charge for awesomeness and attractiveness!!

6. Just like I took it over from my father, who took it over from his father, and who gained it from his friend by playing games of 麻将！

7. Yesterday is a history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that is why it is called Present.

过去的已经过去,而未来还为到来, 重要的是正视今天,珍惜今天一切

8.You eat when you are upset. 化悲痛为食量吧, 人生苦短, 洗洗睡吧

9. There are not accidents. 人世间很多事情看似偶然,实则必然

10.You just need to believe. You must believe.

11. We are not trying to stop you, but coming with you 团队精神,令人敬佩

12. There are not secret ingredients. 成功靠的是自己的努力

13. I am not a big fat panda. I am THE big fat panda. 自信让你与众不同

14. If he believes in himself, he can do anything. 相信自己,你能成功

15. No news are good or bad. 有几分禅的味道！

16. Awesome! 托福听力必考词汇哦

Jiao Liu : 15 Oct 2008 03:57 |  Tags: Englishstudy |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

谚语

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

If you want something badly enough, you can find the means to get it.

Jiao Liu : 17 Jun 2008 12:11 |  Tags: Englishstudy |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

200句常用英语谚语1

1---You can’t argue with success
Though you may tell someone they are doing something in a wrong way, you have to stop criticizing them if their method works.

2---Nothing succeeds like success
Like money in a savings account, success seems to compound itself. A person who has a small success expects it to be followed by a bigger one.

3---The end justifies the means
It does not matter how you succeed. Any method is all right if it works for you. This proverb is not always accepted. Often one hears the opposite, ” the end doesn’t justifies the means.”

4---If you can’t beat them, join them
If you cannot compete successfully with a person or a group, stop competing and go join them. Then you can share in their success.

5---Always a day late and a dollar short
A criticism of a person who never succeeds. The failures may not be drastic but the pattern of small failures is annoying to others, especially in two areas that Americans value as highly as time and money.

6---One thing at a time
Concentration leads to success. The person who tires to do too many things at once may fail at all of them.

7---We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it
We will not discuss or worry about a future problem. If and when the problem becomes urgent, we will deal with it.

8---Don’t put the cart before the hourse
Do things in a sensible order. For example, do something to impress your boss before you ask for a raise in pay. Don’t ask for the raise first.

9---All’s fair in love and war
Do not trust a rival or an enemy at all. His or her desire to succeed will overrule everything else. Such a people may lie, cheat, attack or do many other things far more terrible than he or she would normally do.

10---When in Rome do as the romans do
Flexibility leads to success in unfamiliar circumstances. People may changes their normal way of doing things in order to fit in better with those they are visiting.

11--—Easy does it
Some things require gentleness for success. One should not push too hard. Force may cause damage

12---The bigger they are, the harder they fall
Do not be discouraged by the size of your problem or the fame of your competitor. (the saying is traced to a boxer preparing to fight an opponent much larger than he was.)

13---All is well that ends well
If we can come to a successful conclusion, let us forget about the pain and mistakes along the way.

14---Go for it
Go ahead and try to achieve your goal. Don’t worry about failing. Similar to this proverb—God provides food to every bird, but he won’t cast to its nest, you got to earn it.

15---Every little bit helps
If someone apologizes for giving only a small gift, the recipient may encourage the giver by quoting this proverb. This is especially true if there is a huge job to do or a huge amount of money to be raised from many people.

16---Look before you leap
Don’t jump into a situation carelessly. You may land in difficulty.

17---All that glitters is not gold
Do not be fooled by worthless things that seem valuable or look attractive.
“Fool’s gold ” is the popular name for a kind of stone that glitters like gold but contains no gold at all.

18--—Curiosity killed the cat
Do not ask too many questions or become too curious about things. You may get yourself into trouble like a cat that does not see the danger in a new situation.

19---Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Do not risk everything in one place or on one project. Divide your sources that one failure will not ruin you. Similar to this proverb—-Do not use both feet to test the depth of the river.

20---Don’t bite off more than you can chew
Do not attempt something too large for you to handle.

21---Too good to be ture
This is often used to warn about advertising. An offer looks good but turns out to be misleading.

22---Flattery will get you nowhere
If flattery (insincere praise) is recognized, it will not succeed. One sometimes hears the opposite, Flattery will get you everywhere.

23---There is no such thing as a free lunch
If someone you do not know offers you a free lunch or other gift, watch out. The gift may be a method of getting something from you.

24--—Pride goes before a fall
Do not be over-confident and careless. Your circumstances may change quickly and the emptiness of your bragging will be exposed.

25--—Better safe than sorry
It is better not to take a risk than to take a risk foolishly.

26---Winning isn’t everything
One may enjoy the process of playing a game whether one wins or not. This traditional proverb is now often heard in the opposite form, Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing!

27--—Time will tell
Wait and see how something will work out. Don’t trust a person or thing too much right now.

28---The burned child shuns fire
Some of life’s lessons are learned the hard way. The person who has had to pay for a mistake will be careful not to make that mistake again.

29---There are other fish in the sea
There are opportunities! For example, this may be used to encourage someone who has just broken off a relationship with a sweetheart.

30---Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched
Do not become too confident of success before you can see that progress is happening.

31---Rome wasn’t built in a day
Do not be discouraged if your goal still seems far away. On a big project, success takes time!

32---There is more here than meets the eye
Be careful. People are hiding something in order to protect themselves or take advantage of you.

33---The customer is always right
Businesses instruct their clerks not to do anything that might threaten a customer’s self-esteem, no matter how unreasonable the customer is. Any complaint of any customer must be carefully and politely heard by any employee. The customer must not be made to feel ignorant.

34---Be true to yourself
Do not compromise yourself or your beliefs in order to please other people or fit in with a system. Know who you are. Let other people know what you stand for. Do not give in to pressure to conform or to do things you do not agree with.

35---Once bitten, twice shy
This may be used to explain the behavior of a person who is overly cautious about something. The wise person makes mistakes but does not usually make the same mistake twice.

36---It isn’t over till the fat lady sings
I refuse to admit defeat yet. Though right now it looks like I may fall, there is still time for things to change. (The “fat lady” is an insulting reference to an opera soloist, opera often end with a female solo.)

37---To each his own
Each individual should be allowed to have his or her own preferences. people will naturally choose different activities, goals, life-s, etc.

38---Looking out for number one
Looking out for one’s own personal welfare more than anything else. This is sometimes used to criticize a person who has abused or taken advantage of someone else, “All he was doing was looking out for number one.” Or it may be used to defend himself or herself, “There is nothing wrong with what I did. I was just looking out for number one.”

39---When the going gets tough, the tough get going
When situation is difficult, only the determined people can handle it. They don’t give up!

40---Times flies when you are having fun
A day seems shot when it is full of enjoyable things but it seems like an eternity if one is idle or stuck with a boring job.

41---If it feels good, do it
Live according to your desires at the moment. Forget about rules, regulations or consequences. Just have fun.

42---Live and let live
Do not be judgmental. Do not try to control or punish other people.
You live as you like and let others live as they like.

43---Variety is the spice of life
Variety is what makes life pleasureable. Boredom is seen as a threat and monotony is the surest route to boredom.

44--—Money talks
Wealth has influence. People who make big contributions to political candidates are “talking” to the candidates and expecting them to listen.

45---All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
This is used to criticize someone who takes work too seriously. It affirms that play is as an essential part of human life.

46---The more the merrier
This is a way of welcoming someone to participate. It means, the bigger the group, the bigger the party.

47--—A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A thing you already have is worth twice as much as a thing you might get in the future.

48---You can’t have your cake and eat it too
Make up your mind. Sometimes one must choose between two very desirable things, giving up one thing in order to enjoy the other.

49---There is more than one way to skin a cat
Any of several methods may bring about the desired result. Each person may choose the method that best suits her. If one method does not work, choose a different one and try again.

50---One man’s meat is another man’s poison
Since the same thing may affect different people in different ways, each person must choose the things that will work in his or her particular case.

51---Love finds a way
Love is considered one of the most powerful and determined forces in the world. Two people in love will “find a way” to get together.

52---Absence makes the heart grow fonder
When lovers are separated, they may think about each other constantly. their love may deepen.

53---Out of sight, out of mind
This is said of someone not considered important or worthy of loyalty. One forgets about that person as soon as he or she is out of sight.

54--—Love makes the world go around
Love is the driving force in all of life. Love makes life worth living. If you understand love,you understand everything about life.

55---Marry in haste and repent at leisure
Do not rush into any long-term commitment. In the past this meant, “take your time before you commit yourself to a marriage partner.” Now it means, “Do not commit yourself to anyone you will be sorry.” or it may mean, “Live with a person for a while before marrying him or her.” It may also apply to any long-term partnership, such as a joint business venture.

56--—Talk is cheap
Talking is not doing, It is easy to talk about a plan, but this gets little respect untill one takes a risk and puts the plan into action.

57---Love is blind
When people are in love, they do not see each other’s faults.

58---Time is money
Time can be converted to money, that is, wages are often paid per hour of work. Managers want employees to do things quickly because “time is money.” If employees waste time, the company loses money.

59---If you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich
This question implies that intelligence, like time, can be converted into money. It is used to cut down an ordinary person (not a rich one) who has expressed an opinion as if it is the final word on the subject.

60---Beggars can’t be choosers
Beggars have to accept whatever they get. A poor person has very few choices in life. This harsh reply may be used if people complain about the size or quality of a gift.

61---The love of money is the root of all evil
Greed will lead a person into many other evils such as cheating, oppression and violence. (one also hears, money is the root of all evil, which places the blame more on money than on greed.)

62---A fool and his money are soon parted
Folly will always show up in the way a fool handles money. Wise people are the ones smart enough to guard money once they have it.

63---It isn’t whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game
Playing well and fairly is more important than succeeding. This saying is sometimes used to console someone who has lost a game. The ideas is that in spite of losing, one may still feel like a success if one has played as well as possible.

64---Money can’t buy happiness
There are some things money just can’t buy. This reminds people that money is not an ultimate value although it often is treated as one. The saying may be used as a comment when a wealthy but lonely and wretched person commits suicide.

65---Nice guys finish last
Success is valued more highly than kindness and politeness. If unkindness and impoliteness contribute to one’s success, they are sometimes excused as “toughness” or “what it takes.” This is more often applied to men than woman.

66---The one who dies with the most toys wins
This recent, cynical saying makes fun of three common American desires—competing, accumulating property, and having fun.

67---Just do it
This proverb is actually a recently invented advertising slogan for the Nike Shoe company. It may also be the best three-word summary of American cultural values. It means, “quit being indecisive, Don’t bother consulting a lot of people. Don’t waste much times on planning. Just do it and do it now.

68---You only go around once in life
Enjoy life, do what you want to do, experience everything you can.

69---Put your money where your mouth is
Get serious about what you are saying. When you have spoken in favor of something, prove that you mean it by risking some money on it in a bet or an investment.

70---The best defense is a good offense
Be pro-active and goal-oriented, not timid or conservative. Aim to conquer, not merely to protect yourself.

71---The road to hell is paved with good intentions
Like talking, intending is not doing. Actions matter far more than intentions. Actions determine where a person ends up.

72---Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
Doing is better than waiting. If you wait, you might lose your opportunity

73---Action speak louder than words
To know people’s hearts, pay more attention to what they do than what they say.

74---Idle hands are the devil’s workshop
When people have nothing constructive to do, they get into mischief. The child who is bored may pick up a crayon and color on the wall, something that would not happen if the child were happily occupied in some other activity.

75---You’ve got to take the bull by the horns
Grab directly and fearlessly for the toughnest part of a problem. Don’t look for an easy way out.

76---Money doesn’t grow on trees
You have to work for things. Success does not come on its own.

77---Easy come, easy go
If you have received something without working for it, it may soon be gone. You will not be as careful with it as you will be with something you earned.

78---Too many cooks spoil the broth
Individual action or action by the smallest group possible is better than consulting a lot of people. Too much consultation will waste time and create problems.

79---Stand on your own two feet
Grow up; act like an adult. Don’t ask me to do something for you. This may be said to a young or immature person who depends too much on others. It is like a cow kicking a grown calf that wants to suckle.

80--—If you want something done right, do it yourself
This discourages people from trusting anyone except themselves. It maybe said to someone who ask another person to do a job for him/her and then complains about it was done.

81--—Necessity is the mother of invention
When a person really needs something, he or she figures out some new way to get it. This creative initiative to change one’s situation is considered much better than giving up and accepting things as they are.

82--—First come, first served.
This saying is used when there is a limited supply of something such as tickets to an event or food at a picnic. The idea is that no matter what your status, if you want some of what is being given away or sold, you must present yourself in person and in good time.

83---No pain no gain
one must put forth an effort in order to succeed. This saying comes from physical fitness instructors. They say that if you do not exercise hard enough to make your muscles hurt, the exercise is not doing you much good.

84---Give him an inch and he’ll take a mile
Be careful of presumptuous people who take more initiative than they should. If you do someone a small favor or delegate a little permission or a little power, he or she may take advantage of you.

85---If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it
Do not bother trying to improve something if it is already working satisfactorily. That is a waste of time and you run the risk of breaking the thing while you are trying to improve it.

86---There is no harm in trying
A person expects to be respected for making an effort even if it does not succeed.

87---The cure is worse than the disease
While trying to solve one problem, we create an even bigger problem. We would have been better off if we had done nothing.

88---Count to ten before you lose your temper
Do not instantly let your feelings control your actions. Slow down. Think before you react.

89---All things come to him who waits
Sometimes patience is better than initiative.

90---There is many a slip between the cup and the lip
This refers to a plan that has gone wrong. When one is drinking from a cup, one intends to get all the drink into the mouth, but this does not always happen. The plan is good but it can still fail.

91---Boys will be boys
People will act according to their nature, including some mischief. This is sometimes used to describe irresponsible but not too seriously wrong behavior by men. In other words, grown men will sometimes act like little boys.

92--—One bad apple can spoil the whole barrel
Do not associate with bad people. They may spoil you as a rotting apple spoils the apples next to it in the barrel.

93---Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t
People are generally not trustworthy. It is therefore better to deal with a familiar person or situation than an unknown one. That way you know what to watch out for and you can protect yourself better.

94---Nobody is perfect
Everyone has shortcomings. This is used as an excuse for a minor Mistake that has been made.

95--—The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
People are never satisfied with what they have. They always want what someone else has.

96---A man is only as old as he feels
A person’s energy level is more important than age.

97---A man’s home is his castle
At home a man is like a king, completely free to do as he wishes.

98---Clothes make the man
The way a man dresses will affect the way he sees himself and the way other people see him. The implication is that if you want to succeed, dress for success.

99---Two heads are better than one
Two people are more likely to succeed than one working or thinking alone. It is better to consult than to act alone.

100---Beauty is only skin deep
One should admire a person, particularly a woman, for her deep, inner character and not simply for her superficial beauty.

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200句常用英语谚语2

101---Many hands make light work
Cooperation makes a job much easier.

102---There is safety in numbers
Do not take large risks all by yourself. Do not walk alone on a dangerous street at night.

103---Charity begins at home
One should be kind to close relatives before doing good to the community in general.

104---There is no place like home
Home is the best place in the world. The most relaxing and enjoyable place.

105---Silence is consent
Do not stay silent when you see a problem or an injustice. Speak out against it. Say, “Enough is enough.” or people will think you do not mind the situation.

106---What goes around comes around
What you do to others, especially if it is bad, will eventually be done to you. As you seek your own success, do not treat other people badly. They may take revenge and spoil your success.

107---Honesty is the best policy
When one is tempted to cheat, this proverb serves as a reminder of the importance of good character. Honesty brings trust and trust leads to success.

108---If the shoe fits, wear it
If an accusation is true, accept the blame. This saying can also mean, ” if a suitable opportunity comes to you, take it!”

109---You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink
Even when given an opportunity, some people will not use it. In that case the blame is all on him.

110---You made the bed, you lie in it
You created a certain situation so you are now responsible to take the consequences.

111---The pot calling the kettle black
Since the pot and the kettle are equally black from the cooking fire, the pot has not right to criticize the kettle. This might be used if someone known to be a gossip criticizes someone else for gossiping.

112---Don’t get mad, get even
When someone treats you badly, do not just get angry, express your anger in action.

113---Get a life
Do not be so unreasonably critical about tiny things. Find something better to do with your time.

114---My country, right or wrong
I am absolutely loyal to my country whether or not I agree with its policy in a certain area.

115--—There are two sides to everything
Never assume that all the blame for a conflict lies on one side, especially if you have heard only one side of the story.

116---Forgive and forget
Conflicts should be resolved and ended, not left alone to cause years of regret, bitterness and pain.

117--—Business and pleasure don’t mix
When you work, work. When you play, play. It is inefficient and therefore unwise to try to mix the two.

118---Let a sleeping dog lie
Do not meddle in something that will cause you no trouble if you leave it alone. If you wake up the “dog,” it may bite you.

119--—No man can serve two masters
Divided loyalty will break down sooner or later.

120---Make it short and sweet
Speak briefly and to the point. We don’t have time for the details

121---What will be will be
Some things cannot be changed or avoided.

122---A friend in need is a friend indeed
My true friend is the one who show loyalty to me by helping me when I am in need.

123---People who live in glass house should not throw stones
Do not attact anyone if you have no way to defend yourself when they attact you in the same way.

124---Opposites attract
As positive and negative magnets attract each other, so people of very different types attract each other. For example, a quiet woman marries a very outgoing man. These differences have a mixed effect on the couple, partly making them interested in each other but also leading to miscommunication and conflict.

125---The early bird catches the worm
Punctuality is important. If you want to succeed, arrive early, like the bird that hunts worms at dawn before they go into hiding for the day.

126---Blood is thicker than water
Blood relationship is stronger than voluntarily chosen friendship. Brothers will stick up for each other against their own friends if they have to. This proverb is not quoted much anymore because kinship is not as highly valued as it used to be.

127---You can’t teach an old dog new tricks
Once habits are learned, it is very hard to change them.

128---To err is human
It is normal for humans to make mistakes and it is godly (or God-like) to forgive them.

129---Haste makes waste
Through acting quickly is generally a good thing, acting too quickly may cause troulbe. This proverb is used when someone has done a job carelessly and wrongly. For example, a carpenter in a hurry may cut a board too short and have to throw it away.

130---Make hay while the sun shines
If you do not seize the opportunity, rain may come and spoil the hay before you get into the barn.

131---If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
Withdraw from an activity if you don’t like the conflict and criticism it brings. Let other people do it without you.

132---Everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time
This is to tell us that we are all equal.

133---Life is a pie
It’s dished out in large and small pieces and when’s gone, it’s gone. If we ask for more than our share, we’re just begging to be disappointed.

134---Making every minute count
Doing something productive all the time, not letting any time “slip away.”

135---A pen is mightier than the sword
A conflict maybe resolved more deeply and effectively by writing the truth than by resorting to violence.

136---A new broom sweeps clean
A new person in power will change many things and improve the situation. change is better than leaving things as they are.

137---Tomorrow is another day (or, Tomorrow is a new day.)
No matter how bad things are right now, a person may hope for better prospects in the morning. New opportunities will come.

138---Opportunity only knocks once
Opportunity is like an unexpected stranger passing by. It knocks on someone’s door. If the person fails to answer the door, opportunity goes away and knocks on someone else’s door. It does not return to the same person.

139---Business is business
Do business with strangers as if they were brothers and with brothers as if they were strangers.

140---History repeats itself
There are patterns in history. Nations rise and fall for similar reasons. Nations do not change their ways or learn from the mistakes of others. They repeat them.

141---People are people
Their human nature is predictable. They respond to stimulus and incentives.

142---Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer
A man without enemy is a man without quality. Think not? Even Jesus Christ had many, many enemies.

143---Better late than never
Though being on time is better than being late, doing something late is better than giving up or doing nothing.

144---Punish one, teach a hundred
People problems sometimes must be dealt with harshly. When you make an example of someone, make sure that everyone knows what the lesson is.

145---Attitude is everything
A pessimist sees a glass half-empty, An optimist sees it half-full.

146---Like father, like son
A son will be like his father. This may be quoted whenever the son has done something that reminds people of the father. Whether it is good or bad.

147---When the cat’s away the mice will play
People will take advantage of a situation if they can. Employees will get lazy if the supervisor is not keeping an eye on them. A teenage son or daughter might hold a wild party at home during a weekend when the parents have gone out of town.

148---Praise when praise is due (sometimes even when it isn’t)
Do not criticise beyond necessity and seldom in public. And always precede criticism with a few words of praise.

149---Turnabout is fair play
If a person is taking advantage of someone else, the situation may change. The one on top may end up on the bottom. Then the one who has turned the tables will say, “I am only doing to you what you did to me.

150---Here today, gone tomorrow
Things may change quickly. This is said as a criticism of a person who changes quickly for no good reason. It may also be said of a thing or situation which does not last. Change is not good when it indicates unreliability.

151---Will wonders never cease?
Said when someone has done something untypical of him or her and much better than was expected. It may also be used of a technological breakthrough.

152---Do not stand out, fit in
Make no long-term, close friendships with any colleague., but be cordial to all.

153---There is no morality in struggles for power
In struggles for power, your judgements should be based entirely on self-interest and finding as direct and economical a route to your goal as possible.

154---Natural law is blind
Just like water, cleaness and refreshes without any distinction, and without any judgement either.

155---The more things change, the more they stay the same
Said when an apparent change is only superficial.

156---Happiness is a choice and misery is optional
The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.

157---The leopard cannot change his spots
Some people are not willing or able to change their chartacter. This is said when a notoriously bad person tries to change but fails into the same mistake all over again.

158---Man proposes, God disposes
Human beings make their plans but God determines whether they succeed or not.

159---A live dog is better than a dead lion
It may be better to run away like a scared dog with its tail between its legs than to stand and fight to the death like a courageous lion.

160---It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind
Since women are often considered more emotional and less logical than men, and since emotions are more changeable than reasons, women are allowed to change their minds.

161---Spare the rod and spoil the child
An undisciplined child will turn out to be a rotten person. Many parents think that any physical punishment of children is abusive, while many others think that without it, children grow up to be morally retarded.

162---Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me
A taunt used by people claiming that an insult did not affect them.

163---The worm turns
Everything chnages. Do not expect situations or people to stay the same for very long.

164---You are what you eat
A nation’s diet can be more revealing than it’s art or literature.

165---Marriages are made in heaven
God is the source of human love and the one who destines two individuals to be married. This proverb is going out of fashion since it goes against individual freedom.

166---If you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours
If you do something good for me, I should do something good for you.

167---Office politics are secret and dirty and there is never an end to it
To survive, be patient-watch, listen and say little; to win, be patient-survive, plan and then strike swiftly.

168---Work smarter, not harder
Get others to do as much as they can for you.

169---Time heals all wounds
The damage done by a conflict is like a wound that will heal naturally over time if it is not re-injured.

170---No news is good news
If a friend is travelling and one does not hear from him/her, one may assume that everything is going well. As another proverb says, Bad news travels fast.

171---Time marches on
Time is marching to its own drumbeat. It does not slow down or stop for anyone.

172---Keeping up with Joneses
This means buying things that you see your neighbors buying. That way you look like just as much a success as they do.

173---A man may work from sun to sun, but woman’s work is never done
Men may have to work long days but they can go home to rest in the evening. Women can never get away from what used to be called “women’s work,” such as cooking and cleaning.

174---The sooner the better
A wish for quick action or quick change. Once a decision has been made, there is no point in waiting to carry it out.

175---A good captain goes down with his ship
The captain remains on board his ship even when all hope to save it is lost.

176---Every cloud has a silver lining
Even bad situations will contain something good if we look for it. Clouds are considered symbols of undersirable things. The bright edge of a dark clouds is like something good that can cheer us up.

177---The exception proves the rule
Though we are making an exception and breaking the rule in this one case, we do it only becasue the circumstances are so unusual.

178---Shop till you drop
Shopping is a form of considering options. People think this is fun so they keep doing it untill they are worn out.

179---The devil can quote scripture

A quotation from an authoritative book or person cannot always be trusted. The quote may be distorted or incorrectly applied.

180---Hindsight is always 20/20
Looking back on the past, it is easy for anyone to see what should have been done even though it was impossible for anyone to see it at the time. (“20/20 vision” is an eye doctor’s term for eyes that see perfectly.)

181---The good die young
Life is not always fair. Some very fine people die at a young age though it seems they were so good they deserved to live longer.

182---Power corrupts
When people are put into positions of power, they gradually forget what life is like for ordinary people. They become more likely to abuse their power, perhaps without even realizing it.

183---Half a loaf is better than no bread at all
Sometimes we will not be able to get all we want or hope for. As such times of only partial success, we should look on bright side and be glad for what we got.

184---A house divided against itself cannot stand
Unity is the strength that preserves a family or a nation.

185---Easy said than done
We promise according to our hope but we perform according to our fear.

186---A dog is a man’s best friend
Dogs are know for their loyalty. Their friendship is more reliable than the friendship of people.

187---Practice makes perfect
Effort brings improvement and success.

188---Where there is a will, there’s a way
Any problem can be solved if one is determined enough.

189---He who laughs last, laughs best
If a person does wrong to someone and laughs at him or her, the victim will look for a way to get revenge. When revenge is taken, the victim gets the last laugh, defeating the other person.

190---It takes two to make a quarrel
Avoid a fight if you can. An insult does not become a fight unless it is answered by an insult.

191---Let bygones be bygones
Do not bring up an old problem. Pretent it never happened.

192---Two wrongs don’t make a right
If someone does a wrong to you, react with justice, not by doing something vicious. (He did wrong to you, but you do right in response.

193---Crime does not pay
Though crime appears to have benefits, this is an illusion. for example, shoplifting seems like an easy way to get things one wants, but crime always puts the criminal in danger of punishment.

194---So far so good
Said by or to someone who is carrying out a plan taking one step at a time. Confidence increases with each step.

195---Two is company and three is a crowd
This may be used when two people are talking and a third, unwanted person approaches.

196---Innocent untill proven guilty
In a court of law, the accused person is presumed innocent at the start. The burden of proof always rests on the accuser, not the accused. The jury will not convict the person unless the proof is clear.

197---The devil made me do it
I am not to blame for what I did. I could not help it. Some power outside of me was forcing me to act in that way. This is playfully used as an excuse by people who know they have done something wrong but want to avoid the penalty.

198---Home is where the heart is
Home is wherever ones loved ones are. The size or appearance of a house does not make it a home or keep it from being a home.

199---Time and tide wait for no man
When something’s time has come, it will happen and nothing can stop it. It is like an ocean tide coming in to the shore.

200---Home, sweet home
This phrase reminds people of the ideal home—It should be a place of warmth, love and joy.

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英语谚语

事实胜于雄辩：facts speak louder than words
寸金难买寸光阴：money can’t buy time
失败乃成功之母：failure is the mother of success
教学相长：to teach is to learn
有其父，必有其子：like father,like son.

All shall be well, and Jack shall have Jill. 有情人终成眷属
you reap what you sow. 一分耕耘，一分收获
Custom is a second nature. 习惯成自然
be there or be square.不见不散
constant dripping wears away the stone.滴水穿石

骄者必败：pride goes before a fall
浑水摸鱼：fish in troubled water
公事公办：business is business
文如其人：the style is the man
欲速则不达：more haste, less speed

英雄所见略同：great minds think alike
祸不单行：misfortunes never come alone
隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳：hedges have eyes, wall have ears
谋事在人，成事在天：man proposes, God disposes
情人眼里出西施：beauty is in the eye of the beholder

A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。

时不我待/岁月无情 time and tide wait for no man
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 a young idler, an old beggar
不要恩将仇报 a man should not bite the hand that feeds him
家有万贯财，不如一身健 health is better than wealth
无官一身轻 out of office, out of danger

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。
A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。
A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。
A burden of one’s choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
A cat has 9 lives.猫有九条命。
A cat may look at a king.人人平等。

前事不忘，后事之师。／前车之覆，后车之鉴。the remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future
爱屋及乌：love me, love my dog
一箭双雕/一石双鸟：kill two birds with one stone.
说到曹操，曹操到。speak of the devil(and he will appear)
新官上任三把火。a new broom sweeps clean

He sits no sure that sits too high.高处不胜寒。
He that respects not is not respected.欲受人敬，要先敬人。
So said, so done.说到做到。言出必行。
Haste makes waste.忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
Better be envied than pitied.宁被人妒，不受人怜。
Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.未雨绸缪。
So the world wags.这就是人生。

杀鸡儆猴： beat the dog before the lion
班门弄斧：teach fish to swim
一言既出，驷马难追：a word spoken is past recalling
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳：once bit, twice shy
物以类聚，人以群分：birds of a feather flock together

勿打草惊蛇 let sleeping dogs lie
一不做，二不休 in for a penny, in for a pound
无风不起浪 there is no smoke whithout fire
胸有成竹 have a card up one’s sleeve
本末倒置 put the cart before the horse

一不做，二不休：In for a penny, in for pound
无风不起浪：there is no smoke without fire
胸有成竹：have a card up one’s sleeve
本末倒置：put the cart before the horse
佛要金装，人要衣装：fine feathers make fine birds

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆：as a man sows, so he shall reap.
得寸进尺：much will have more.
喧宾夺主：the sauce is better than fish
挂羊头，卖狗肉：he cries wine and sells vinegar
酒香不怕巷子深：good wine needs no bush

王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸：every potter praises his pot
青出于蓝而胜于蓝：the pupil outdoes the master
天涯何处无芳草：there are plenty of fish in the sea
强中更有强中手：diamond cut diamond
杀鸡用牛刀：he takes a spear to kill a fly

拿了手短，吃了嘴软：gifts blind the eyes
天下乌鸦一般黑：dogs bite in every country
明枪易躲，暗箭难防：better an open enemy than a false friend
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量：judge not a book by its cover
滴水穿石/只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针：little strokes fell great oaks

a straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子歪
the same knife cuts bread and fingers. 水能载舟亦能覆舟
a sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan. 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志哉
it is better to be the head of a dog/lizard than the tail of a lion. 宁做鸡头不当凤尾

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英语文化陷阱和小谚语4

Lots for sale
初中时学到的英文lots of是“许多”的意思，所以初看到路旁插了个 Lots For Sale的牌子时，我直觉就是有很多东西要卖，于是兴冲冲地跟着指示开去，以为可以捡到一些便宜货，不想开到后一看却只是荒地一片。后来才知道，原来 Lots for sale 的Lots指的是空地的意思，和“许多”是八竿子搭不上关系的。

Need of
朋友Y的住所不大，多年前置业，六百多英尺面积。当时他自称蜗居，但实际上也算相当宽敞了。Y说日前听朋友M文绉绉地提到：The toilet has the need of repairing，自然地想到“蜗居”的浴厕也该修理了。他说：My toilet is also in need of repairing。朋友S说 to have the need of… 和 to be in need of… 意思一样，都是“需要……”或者“有……之必要”，前者是较旧的说法，显得文雅而有婉曲之感。后者比较“现代化”，现在普遍通用。to have… 和 to be… 在许多表现方式中用以表现相同意思，但以to be… 较为通用。(是吗，谁来确认一下哈)

On the street？
最近，公司在做一个项目，眼看就要到期了，可是大家还没有把握是否可以如期完成。于是我们这个小组的组长对我们说：“Everybody! Be serious! Otherwise , we are all on the street!”我一时没能听懂，心想写不出来，为什么要全部都到街上去呢？后来另一位同事向我解释说：“组长的意思是指，如果计划书写不出来，我们可能都要被炒鱿鱼 (开除) !”

Party pooper
除夕到了,有人提议守夜的时候一起去 Pasadena 排队占位子，观赏元旦早晨的玫瑰花车游行。正当大家兴致勃勃的在讨论各项细节时，Jill 却一直在唱反调，想要阻止我们的计划。于是，Belle 就劝她说：“Come on, take it easy. Don’t be a ‘party pooper’ ！” 没想到 Jill 会错了意，马上跳起来大声抗议：“没有！我才没有放‘臭气’呢！” 我们一群人都被她逗得笑翻了天，Belle 赶紧向 Jill 道歉说：“对不起！对不起！我不是说你‘poop’放臭气，我是叫你不要扫大家的兴！”原来\”party pooper\”是指社交聚会上令人扫兴的人或者煞风景的人。

Play it by ear
学期末教授要求我们作一个小组报告，我和几名小组成员拿不准教授会出什么样的刁难问题而发愁，最后同学们说： \”Why don’t we play it by ear?\” (我们为什么不[动]耳朵呢？) 我觉得莫名其妙，反问大家：\”我只听说过动脑筋才能想出办法，动耳朵能管用吗？\” 大家听完我的话，笑得前仰后合，等他们好不容易喘过气来，才告诉我 \”play something by ear\”的意思是\”到时见机行事\”。

Promise
Promise作名词的时候，表示有希望、有前途。朋友说不久前听一个朋友七岁的女儿弹琴，颇有天才。那位钢琴老师说：She has high promise of a pianist（大有希望成为钢琴家。）此外称一个人大有前途，除high promise外，常见的还有bright, brilliant或者great等词形容。比如朋友的男孩子能说善辩，朋友说他：He has a great future to be a statesman.除了上面的用法之外，promise还有下面这样的用法：The sky gives promise of fine weather tomorrow（连日阴雨，忽见天空云随风散，可知明日将会转晴。）；The report gives promise of a better tomorrow（经济低迷，前者未可乐观，但是有报告指出“明天”会转好。）Promise作动词用，有“希望”和“约束”两个意思。例如The sky gives promise of fine weather tomorrow可以更简单地说成：The sky promises a fine weather tomorrow。

Horse around？
有一天我带着孩子去公园散步，看见一群美国孩子在那里玩，只见其中一位家长走过来，问我们说：“Do you want to horse around？”我心想：“这附近也没见到马，他怎么会问我们这个呢？”我当时就随便跟他点头回应了一下，我想必定有其他的意思！等我回公司上班时，问了美国同事后才恍然大悟，原来对方是问我们要不要跟他们一起玩？Horse around就是 play around 的意思！

I’m in the dark
那天是先生的同事 John 的订婚宴，我们应邀赴宴。见到John和他的未婚妻，我们由衷祝福。先生还和 John 聊了一会，说着这两天的新鲜事，只听 John 说: “I am in the dark.”。我纳闷了，这是他的大喜日子，可他的心里怎么这样灰暗。回程路上，向先生说起对 John 的看法，这才歪打正着，又学一招。in the dark，不是指消级、心里灰暗。John 当时那么说，表示他对先生所说的事一无所知。所以确切地说，那天 in the dark 的是我.

In apple pie shape
好长一阵子沒有见到同事 Peg了。一天我问安妮 Peg 到哪去了，她说因为店里的老板给她调了一个部门，她不太高兴，所以辞了职换到别家商店工作了。我说Peg一向工作认真，尽心尽力，从不马虎。安妮也说： “的确如此！经她整理过的服裝 Everything is in apple pie shape.” 我没有听懂这句话的意思，这里是服裝店又不是食品店，哪来的 apple pie呢？于是我请教了几个老美，终于弄清了这句话的含意。原来它的意思是指做事有条不紊、规则而有秩序，外形看上去又很漂亮，就像是apple pie一样。

Kill someone with kindness
Kindness有时确实可以置人于死地的，但不必过于担忧，kill someone with kindness只是一种夸张的说法，其真正含义在汉语中大致可以表达为热情得让人受不了，而没有你想像的那样危情四起。打个比方，你到百货大楼去购物，本来只是想买一件衬衣，可热情有加的服务员不仅为你拿来了各式各样的衬衣让你比试，还拿出了她们认为和这件衬衫搭配地最完美的领带、外套、裤子、鞋子，笑容可掬地极力向你推荐，而且称赞你眼光独特，品味极高，挑到了最好的货色。对此情景，你能拒绝吗？你好意思拒绝吗？那就全买下来吧。结果回家之后一个劲地后悔，我买这些个有用没用的东西都是干啥来着？唉，都是被服务员那冬天里的一把火似的热情烧的，从心底你会说they killed me with kindness。

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Rocking the cradle
同事一伙人开车去吃午飯，男士们开一辆车，女士们坐另一辆车跟在后面。后面车里的女人自然议论到前车上的男人们，说他们喜欢打球，喜欢吃 Pizza，凯瑟琳说了一句“One of them is rocking the cradle.”车上的人听后大笑起来。我没有理解她的意思，于是问她们说：“could you explain for me？”这下她们更乐了，不过还是向我解释了这句话的意思。原来“rocking the cradle”的本意是指摇动摇篮，引伸为指两个年龄相差很大的人在一起，这就和俚语中的另一个词语“May-December”很接近。也就是说她们认为，前面车里的一位男士和他的女伴，在年龄上相差很悬殊.

Root beer
退休的刘教授同几位友人去 Town Hall Buffet 用餐，这是一家自助餐馆。席间，他兴高采烈地端来一杯饮料，说：”这里还有啤酒呢！”说罢一饮而尽。”咦，怎么是甜的，一点啤酒的味道也没有？”别人听了以后，无不捧腹大笑。刘公见状颇为纳闷，不知就里。后有一人问道：”你刚才倒的不是 root beer吗？” 他才醒悟过来。draught beer 是生啤，black beer 是黑啤，light beer 是淡啤，而 root beer 则与啤酒无关，是一种由植物根部酿造的可乐一类的饮料.

Run your stockings
早上才刚进办公室，隔壁桌的Toni就悄悄地对我说:“You ran your stockings.”穿着丝袜跑步?没有呀!于是我回答她说：“No!I did not run with my stockings.” Toni愣了一会儿，才大笑着解释，她是指我的丝袜破了，并不是说我去跑步。

Say uncle!
朋友T有一次讲他叔父儿时在上海读书时的故事，他说他叔父那时身健力壮，喜欢打架，在同学中号称“大亨”。凡是看不顺眼的同学，叔父一定要和他较量，把人家压倒在地上，命令人家“叫声爷叔！”。被压倒的同学叫过一声“爷叔”后，叔父就会放他起身，握手成为朋友。T说上海黑帮中的“大哥”，有“爷叔”之称，而“叫声爷叔”则是表示投降之意。这个“叫声爷叔！”正是英语中的：Say uncle！相当于：Surrender！英语中之 Say uncle，以其叫喊之程度不同而作 Cry uncle，Yell uncle 以及Scream uncle-——叫喊，大喊和尖声叫喊。Say uncle在上个世纪初在美国开始流行， T说不知是否由沪语转成。语言学家芬克（Charles Earle Funk）认为可能源于拉丁语。他说罗马时代儿童遇到困难时喊叫：Patrue mi Patruissime。（Uncle, my best of uncles.）可能是 Say uncle 的来源。1992年克林顿竞选总统时的助手卡维尔（James Carville）谈到当时的老布什总统时说：He didn’t yell uncle; he screamed it，就是说布什宣布“投降”也形势不利，还是叫声爷叔的好。

She is under the weather
这天同事 Leslie没来上班, 另一个同事告诉我: “She is under the weather.” 我一时没能听懂,同事又重复了一遍，外加， “She is not feeling well.” 我不假思索地说: “噢，她有关节炎？”同事看看我，说“我不太清楚。”这下我可糊涂了，明明是他告诉我的，怎么又说不清楚呢？待我晚上打电话给Leslie表示问候，提到白天的疑惑时，Leslie这才向我解释说， She is under the weather 是说她身体欠佳，可是和天气无关.

She’s a has been?
一次，我和朋友乔治等人一起看电视，节目中一位风韵犹存的好莱坞女演员正在接受采访。乔治问我知不知道这个女演员，我回答说不知道。于是，乔治嘴里嘟囔了一句，听上去好像是: “She’s a husband.”我听了觉得很奇怪，就试探着问: “难道她是个女同性恋?” 乔治看了我一眼，说: “为什么这么问？” 我说: “刚才你不是说she’s a husband?” 乔治哈哈大笑，把他的话重复了一遍 “She is a has been.” 然后向我解释说，这句话的意思是说这位女演员已经过时了，不红了，所以也就是 “已经成为过去式了”, 可是跟 “老公” 一点关系都没有。

Shoot from the hip
刚刚跳槽来到一个新的公司，对什么都不熟悉。午饭时，热情的Isabella向我介绍办公室里其他几个同事的情况。当她说到老板Robert时，她说他是个什么都 “Shoot from the hip”的人。听后我着实一惊，不明就理，难道他还随身携带武器不成？后来才搞明白，这是形容一个人做事干脆利落，连想也不想，说干就干，原来如此！（金山里却是“鲁莽做事”意思）

Lobster
爱吃龙虾的朋友随旅行团游澳洲，在悉尼餐馆中天天大快朵颐，大赞价廉物美。他说据久居悉尼的朋友说，从悉尼起，沿岸城镇多的是海鲜餐馆，而 seafood 中最“抵食”者莫过于龙虾。朋友K说澳洲英语的特征在发音方面，但是有时用字会因地区不同而异。换言之，在昆士兰用的词，有的和在西澳洲方言中所用者不一样。西澳洲用词，又可能和新南威尔斯（NSW）区域所用者不同。在昆士兰和新南威尔斯，龙虾叫做lobster；而游客们在餐馆中听到的可能是 rock lobster，是龙虾正式名称。到其他地区，例如维多利亚、南澳或者西澳，通常称龙虾为 crayfish （螯虾）。如果到新南威尔斯去，又不可用 crayfish 称 lobster，因为那里称 crayfish 者，指真正的螯虾。这种螯虾，在澳洲一般叫作 yabby，则是维多利亚区土人用语。螯虾天相笨拙，英语中 lobster 用以比喻容易受骗、动作笨拙之辈（duffer-clumsy fellow, with peculiar apperance and gait）。美国口语中称报馆值夜班为 on lobster shift，也许值夜班要睁开大眼——两眼突出，lobstereyed 也。

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Spaghetti
朋友S说，意大利面食pasta，除实心粉spaghetti外，还有通心粉macaroni，宽面条lasagna，有肉馅做小方块形的意大利馄饨（云吞）ravioli，细长面条tagliatelle以及细线状的细面vermicelli（我们将“粉丝”译作vermicelli，原是意大利细面借之名）。意大利是欧洲第一个吃面食的国家。十三世纪时马可波罗从中国传去制面食方法后，大受欢迎，特别是实心意粉spaghetti，以其容易烹调，可以配上各种佐料， 很快就风行全国。不过那时没有刀*可用，因此吃的都是无汤汁的实心意粉，便于用手抓送入口。现在的肉汁意粉（spaghetti with meat sauce），是后来才出现的吃法。当然，马可波罗当年在中国也吃过我们的牛肉汤面或者排骨汤面。但是有汤的spaghetti乃至以之作汤的 spaghetti soup，全是后来出现的意粉吃法。Spaghetti一词源于意大利语spago，意思是一条线。一条意粉是spaghetto，通常用复数的 spaghetti。意粉一碟，面条杂乱，因此车辆往来多，交通混乱的街口称为 spaghetti junction

Speaking of the devil
几个同学聚到一起聊天，大家都到齐了，唯独不见Wayne。其中一个说”今天好象没见到Wayne”，另一个接着说”他的女儿放暑假，东西要从宿舍里搬出来，他大概帮忙去了”。正说着，只见Wayne从外面走过来。Joe于是说”speaking of the devil”。几个人乐了起来。我心想Wayne 这个人平常挺老实的，为什么说他是devil呢？于是我悄悄地去问Joe。 原来”speaking of the devil”是一条成语，相当于中文的”说曹操，曹操到”。也就是刚说Wayne 不在，结果他就来了。我不禁惊诧于语言的共通性，因为曹操不是也有”*雄”的称号吗？中英文在这一成语上有着这样惊人的异曲同工之处。

Stolen from … dealer
高速公路上人车奔驰，朋友突然指着前方一部小轿车，说：”哇！这人好嚣张，贼车还敢挂上招牌！” 我顺着他的目光看过去，不禁哑然失笑，我说：”先生呀！人家车牌上写着’stolen from … Dealer’,是指他这部从… Dealer那儿买来的车，价格低廉，便宜得像偷来得一样。” 这是一种美式幽默广告手法，吸引顾客去… Dealer那儿买车，不是贼车啦。

Sweet tooth
我最害怕看牙医，但是因为有一颗蛀牙让我实在疼痛难忍,所以只好鼓足勇气，到牙医诊所挂号。当医生为我检查的时候，他问我：“Do you have a sweet tooth？”我很无辜的回答：“I had a doughnut this morning before coming here. I brushed my teeth. There is no sweet tooth.”他听了后摇摇头，便开始替我补牙。很敏感的我，知道可能答非所问，闹了笑话，但是却百思不解。我懂 Sweet 及 Tooth 这两个单字，但把这两个字放在一起合用，我就不知道意思了。回家查了字典后，我才恍然大悟，原来sweet tooth的意思是“爱吃甜食”。

The Hong Kong dog
一次在一堂电脑课上，铃响后，系里的女秘书突然跑到教室来宣布：“Dr. Walker has a touch of the Hong Kong dog and will be here a little bit late.” 听完宣布后，我一脸正经的向坐在隔壁的美国朋友抱怨说：“Dr. Walker 怎么可以抚弄他的爱犬以至于来不及上课呢？” 老美听完后居然大笑着说：“真是太好笑了！The Hong Kong dog 并非指一种狗，而是指某人吃坏了肚子、拉肚子的意思。”这一解释让我尴尬得无地自容。

Throw the book at Somebody
和先生从car wash(洗车场)里开出来，车上的水珠还依稀可见，这让先生想起一件事：曾经有一个美国人在高速公路上超速开车，时速达100多英里。警察当然把他截下来。在法庭上，他辩解之所以开快车，是因为想让风尽快把刚刚洗过的车吹干。我听了好笑，更好奇结果如何。先生答曰：结果是”They threw the book at him”。我不禁诧异，想像着他被”砸书”的样子。原来并非如此，”Throw the book at somebody”是指给某人最大极限的惩罚：charge someone to the full range of law。如果法律是一本书，那么这本书中所有被违犯了的条例，他都将为之遭受最严重的惩罚。

tighten my belt
刚刚才发薪水，有人提议这个周末大家一起上馆子打打牙祭。我因为想要减肥，好穿新近买的一条短裙，推辞说: \”No, I don’t think I can make it. I want to tighten my belt.\” 后来，Mary悄悄地问我：“如果你最近手头不方便的话，我能帮你什么忙吗？” 不会啊，不是早晨才发了薪水吗？我被她问得一头雾水，解释半天才弄明白。原来, \”tighten my belt\” 是指经济拮据，必须节衣缩食度日。例如: \”The harvest was bad last year, we all had to tighten our belts.\”

put somebody to sleep
我去洗衣服的时候，通常会路过隔壁德国老太太的门口，她开门出来打招呼。她由于单身一个人，非常孤独，看见我女儿会”Honey(宝贝)长，Honey短的”。一个周日的晚上,她见到我, 便问：”Where is your little girl? I did not see her today.” 我答说：”Oh,I just put her to sleep.”她听罢，突然惊叫起来，”Ashley(我的名字),What did you say?” 不等她说完，我立即意识到我说了一句天大的错话。我马上补充说：”I am sorry.I mean that I just put her to bed.”(我的意思是我刚哄她入睡了)。英语中”put somebody to sleep”是指终止某人生命（right？），是一种委婉的表达,也可以用作”(为动手术而用麻醉剂)使人失去知觉”的意思。常听老美说：”Oh,I had to put my dog to sleep. He suffered too much from his sickness”(我只好让我的狗安息，它饱受病痛的折磨!)

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英语文化陷阱小故事和小谚语

You have matches
最近我有一次机会登上一艘豪华游轮观光。一次, 我在酒吧台拿了两杯鸡尾酒回房间享受，途中遇到一位女士，她看看我后笑着说：“You have matches？”我一楞，回答说：“很抱歉，我十五年前就戒烟了，所以没有火柴。”她立刻会意到我误解了她的意思，好像是有点抱歉的说：“It’s a joke.” 然后，我们就相互尴尬的笑了笑，走开了。事后和朋友在吃晚饭的时候聊天，我趁机向一个美国朋友请教白天的那句话，他解释说：“因为她看你两手都占着，就故意开玩笑跟你要火柴，这是个非常普通的笑话，非但没有恶意，反而是想问你需不需要帮忙。”

Turn the table
一位亲戚和妻子失和到了要离婚的地步。几天前接到亲戚电话，说他们在走进律师楼之前，先去求助于心理和婚姻问题专家。夫妇俩心平气和地坐下来谈了好多次，互相之间多了一份理解，少了一份猜疑、埋怨，结果化干戈为玉帛。说简单也简单，就这么拯救了这场婚姻。我打心眼里为他们高兴，把这一消息告诉了同样也认识他们的一位美国朋友。这位朋友挺激动的，连连说着”感谢上帝，感谢上帝”，她还补充了一句”He turned the table”。这话让我心里很不舒服，她是指我亲戚动粗吗？我打抱不平说：”不会，不会，他很斯文，很有绅士风度，不会以粗鲁的举动压制对方，不会以高压让对方屈从。” 结果，越说谁也听不懂谁。看着我那一脸不快的表情，朋友突然茅塞頓开了，以另一种方法向我解释。终于让我明白，她是说我亲戚”扭转了局面”，那 “table”和我想到的”桌子”根本无关。再说远一点, turn the tables (on someone)这个短语也和”桌子’没什么关系, 它的意思是to suddenly take a position of strength or advantage that was formerly held by someone else (反败为胜,转弱为强), 例如: “She played badly in the first set, but then she turned the tables on her opponent and won the match.

Wearing two hats
同事朋友聚会，少不了相互介绍。先生在向我介绍他的同事 Larry 时，说他可是个大忙人: “He is wearing two hats.” 我说，你开什么玩笑，他根本就没戴帽子。 Larry 一直以笑作答，倒是先生察言观色，知道我不懂，便帮我找台阶下。原来，先生是指Larry在医院某一部门担任要职，除此之外，还有自己的生意，就是说 Larry 身兼两职，而不是真的戴了两顶帽子

With a grain of salt
一天吃饭的时候，好友 Allen 和他的中国籍太太坐在餐桌旁大谈最近流行的一种草药，说它能包治百病。 Allen 说了一句：“I’d like to take it with a grain of salt”。他太太笑道：“你以为它是蔬菜啊，还要加点盐再吃。健康专家可没有说过要加盐。” Allen 愣了一下，然后大笑不已，解释道“ Take something with a grain of salt” 是“对某事有保留、持怀疑态度”的意思。原来刚才Allen 是说他对这种草药的神奇疗效表示怀疑，而不是说要“放些盐再吃”。

You are in for a treat！
这天，同事们正在讨论为我和 Rhonda 开生日 party的事情，为了尊重寿星，大家让Rhonda 和我选择一家中意的餐厅。Rhonda建议去镇上一家叫做BBQ 的美国餐厅。我从来没有去过那里，于是就问她那里有什么特色。Rhonda便开始滔滔不绝的介绍他们的招牌菜，听得我十指大动，直咽口水，Rhonda便笑着说: \”You are in for a treat !\” 我愣了一下，以为Rhonda要请我去那里吃饭，心里十分不好意思，试探着问过她之后，Rhonda 笑着解释说: \”You are in for a treat means you’ll like it !\”

Skeleton in the closet
一天朋友谈及一则大爆“名人”家丑的八卦新闻，说那些家族中人以搬弄“skeleton in the closet”为乐事，难道这些名人家的壁橱中真的有骷髅？ 他说的“skeleton in the closet”（英国人则习惯说成skeleton in the cupboard）现在的意义并没有那么可怕。不过据说当年这个习语产生的时候的确指那些有钱人家谋杀了一个人，把骸骨暗藏在壁橱中，不让外人知道，从此 skeleton in the closet 就成了那家人的秘密，后来这个短语用来指不可或不愿外扬的家丑，简称作family skeleton。例如： Many old families have a number of skeletons in their closets which they are loath to discuss（许多古老的家族中有很多秘密，他们不愿谈及这些话题。）

Skin off one’s nose
Joe很热心公益，每周固定有一天去做义工。在他的影响下，我也参加了几次。有一次跟他提起如果能到附近的剧院做义工的话，也许会比较有趣。有一天他拿了一份报纸，上面就有剧院要找义工的消息，我打算下班后过去看看，可是不巧碰上那天身体不舒服，下了班躺在床上就不想动了。第二天碰到Joe，问我有没有去，我把实情跟他解释。他听完后说： “No skin off my nose.” 我不懂，只好怔怔地望着他，心想，他大概以为我是”叶公好龙”吧。回家查了俚语词典，才知道skin off one’s nose是与某人有关的意思。Joe是在说我去不去其实”不关他的事”，他只是顺便问一下罢了。

Small beer
Small beer是“小啤酒”的意思吗？难道啤酒还分大小？其实，在英国small beer指的是口味比较淡啤酒，但是在美语中则是“少量啤酒”的意思。比如说夏天有客人来访，问他要喝些什么：Anything to drink？客人就可能回答说：“I’ll have a small beer（给我一点儿啤酒。）” 比喻用法中说的small beer，指规模或者格局不大的事物。自以为了不起，不是小人物的人：He thinks no small beer of himself. Be small beer常用作与人比较的表现。 口语中常用small beer作形容词，因此开快餐店的朋友可以说：Ours is a small-beer fast-food joint beside McDonald.

Knock back
我在宠物店买了一只小猫咪。猫咪毛茸茸的，十分可爱，所以我总忍不住要带它出去炫耀一番。一次好友安琪拉看到我的爱猫，一边逗弄它，一边问我说： “This cutie must have knocked you back a lot！”我听了以后，以为安琪拉是说猫咪很淘气，会抓我的背，就回答说：“Not at all. This is a tender kitten.”谁知安琪拉听了大笑，说道：“This cutie must have cost you a lot！”安琪拉的话让我一头雾水，回家查过字典，才发现原来“knock back”这个片语是“花费”的意思。所以安琪拉原本是问我，买猫咪一定花了我不少钱，而不是说我的猫咪很调皮。

Knock out
一次我向同事 John 借一支笔，当时他正忙着打字，头也不回的对我说: “Knock yourself out”.我闻听心里十分不悦，心想John也真是的，怎么会如此无理，我不过就是向你借一支笔，不借也就算了，还说什么要打我出去。于是我说: “对不起，我没听清楚，你说什么？”大概他听出我口气不对，回头看见我没好气的样子，忙解释道: “老兄，別急，我的意思是说 go ahead ，go for it，或者 do as much as you want (like)，or you don’t have to ask my permission”.原来并不是我所理解的把人击倒，打出场外的意思呀。

Put the cart before a horse
一天，我到邻居老外家串门，见到他们全家正在听一个正在上初中的孩子讲故事。这个孩子说老师出了一道題：世界上到底先有鸡还是先有蛋。班里同学对这个问题展开了热烈的辩论，两种观点相持不下。孩子的爸爸问他：“那么你认为答案应该是什么呢？”孩子回答说：“先有蛋。”可是爸爸不同意。于是爷俩争了起来。孩子的爸爸好像有些着急，说了一句：“You put the cart before a horse.”我听了很纳闷，明明在讨论鸡与蛋的问题，怎么会扯到车与马上去呢？于是我不禁偷偷问这个孩子说：“你爸爸说的是什么意思？”孩子解释说，他爸爸的意思是说他把事情搞颠倒了。我恍然大悟，仔细想想，马拉车，车应该在马后边，而不能把它放在马之前嘛。如果这句话翻译成一个中国成语应该就是“顛倒是非”或“本末倒置”吧。

Jiao Liu : 22 Aug 2007 09:31 |  Tags: Englishstudy |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

看病英语

1) 一般病情:
He feels headache, nausea and vomiting. (他觉得头痛、恶心和想吐。)
He is under the weather. (他不舒服，生病了。)
He began to feel unusually tired. (他感到反常的疲倦。)
He feels light-headed. (他觉得头晕。)
She has been shut-in for a few days. (她生病在家几天了。)
Her head is pounding. (她头痛。)
His symptoms include loss of appetite, weight loss, excessive fatigue, fever and chills. (他的症状包括没有食欲、体重减轻、非常疲倦、发烧和发冷。)
He feels exhausted or fatigued most of the time. (他大部份时间都觉得非常疲倦。)
He has been lacking in energy for some time. (他感到虚弱有段时间了。) { 枫下论坛 .net/forum }
He feels drowsy, dizzy and nauseated. (他觉得昏昏欲睡，头晕目眩和想吐。)
He feels as though everything around him is spinning. (他感到周围的东西都在打转。)
He has noticed some loss of hearing. (他发觉听力差些。)
She has some pains and itching around her eyes. (她眼睛四周又痛又痒。)

(2) 伤风感冒：

He has been coughing up rusty or greenish-yellow phlegm. (他咳嗽带有绿黄色的痰。)
His eyes feel itchy and he has been sneezing. (他眼睛发痒，而且一直在打喷嚏。)
He has a fever, aching muscles and hacking cough. (他有发烧，筋骨酸痛和常常咳嗽。) (hacking = constant)
He coughed with sputum and feeling of malaise. (他咳嗽有浓痰，而且觉得很虚弱。) (malaise = debility)
He gets a cold with a deep hacking cough. (他伤风咳嗽。)
He has a headache, aching bones and joints. (他头痛，骨头、关节也痛。)
He has a persistent cough. (他不停地在咳。) 或
He has bouts of uncontrollable coughing. (他一阵阵的咳嗽，难以控制。)
He has hoarse and has lost his voice sometimes. (他声音嘶哑，有时失声。)
He has a sore throat and a stuffy nose. (他嗓子疼痛而且鼻子不通。)
His breathing is harsh and wheezy. (他呼吸时，有气喘似的呼哧呼哧作响。)
He has a stabbing pain that comes on suddenly in one or both temples. (有时突然间太阳穴刺痛。)
He has a runny nose, sneezing or a scratchy throat. (他流鼻水，打喷嚏和喉咙沙哑。)

(3) 女性疾病：

She has noticed one lump in her breast. (她发觉乳房有个肿块。)
There is a hard, swollen lump on her right breast. (她右乳房有肿块。)
Her left breast is painful and swollen. (她左乳房疼痛且肿大。)
She has heavy bleeding with her periods. (她月经来的很多。)
Her vaginal discharge is white or greenish-yellow and unpleasant smelling. (她阴道分泌物带白色或绿黄色，而且气味不好。)
She has noticed occasional spotting of blood between periods. (在月经来的前后，她有时也发觉有滴滴达达的流血。)
She has some bleeding after intercourse. (性交后有出血。)
She feels some vaginal itching. (她感到阴部发痒。)
She has painful periods and abnormal vaginal discharge. (她月经来时疼痛，而且阴道有不正常的分泌物。)

(4) 手脚毛病：

His both hands and feet ache all over. (他两手两脚都很酸痛。)
He has pain on the sole of his feet. (他脚底很痛。)
There is a wart-like lump on the sole of right foot. (我右脚底有个像肉疣般的硬块。)
His ankles look puffy and they pit when he presses them with his finger. (他的足踝好象肿了，用手按，就有小坑痕。) (pit = small dent form)
(句里的 they 和 them 都是指 ankles)
The pain in his left foot is accompanied by redness and swelling. (左脚酸痛，并有红肿。)
The joints near his fingernails and knuckles look swollen. (指头和指节旁边的关节，似乎有肿大。)
He has numbness and tingling in his hands and fingers. (他的手和指头感到麻木和刺痛。)
His legs become painful following strenuous exercise. (激烈?#092;动后，他的腿就痛。)
His knee is misshapen or unable to move. (他的膝盖有点畸形，也不能动。)
There are some swellings in his armpit. (他的腋窝肿大。)
He is troubled with painful muscles and joints. (他的筋骨和关节都痛。)
She is troubled by the pains in the back and shoulders. (她的后背和肩膀都痛。)
His knee has been bothering him for some time. (他的膝盖不舒服，已有一段时间了。)

(5) 睡眠不好：

He is sleeping poorly.（他睡不好）
He has difficulty in sleeping, inability to concentrate.（他不易入睡，也难集中精神。）
It is usually hard for her to fall asleep when she goes to bed at night.（她晚上就寝，很难入睡。）
He wakes during the night or early morning and finds it difficult to fall asleep again.（他晚间或清早醒来后，再也不能入睡。）
He has nightmares occasionally.（他有时做噩梦。）

(6) 男性疾病：

He urinates more frequently than usual.（他小便比平时多。）
He has difficulty controlling his bladder.（他很难控制小便。）(bladder 是膀胱)
There are some lumps on his testicles. （他的睪丸有些硬块。）
He has had burning or pain when he urinates.（他小便时感到发烫和疼痛。）
He is passing less urine than usual.（他小便比平时少。）
He has had painless swelling in his scrotum.（他的阴囊有不痛的肿大。）
He feels lack of interest in sex.（他自觉对性的兴趣大减。）
He has difficulty starting his urine flow.（他小便不畅通。）
His urine stream is very weak and slow.（他小便流动得很慢很弱。）
He dribbles a little urine after he has finished urinating.（他小便后，还会有少量零星地滴下。）
He has had some discharge from his penis.（他的阴茎排出一些流脓。）
His urine is cloudy and it smells strong.（他的小便混浊，而且气味不好。）
He has a dull heavy ache in the crotch.（他的胯部感到隐痛。）
He has a small leakage of urine when he coughs or sneezes.（他咳嗽或打喷嚏时，会有点泄尿。）
He has trouble urinating.（他小便有困难。）

(7) 呼吸方面：

His breathing has become increasingly difficult.（他呼吸越来越困难。）
He has to breathe through his mouth.（他要用口呼吸。）
He is short of breath, even when he has not been exercising, he is breathless.（他喘气；即使不?#092;动，他也是上气不接下气。）
His cough is more like wheezing.（他的咳嗽有呼哧呼哧的响声。）
His cough is dry, producing no phlegm.（他是干咳，没有痰。）
He has coughed up blood.（他咳嗽有血。）
His nose stuffed up when he had a cold.（他感冒时鼻子就不通。）
He coughs up a lot of phlegm (thick spit) on most days.（他多半时间咳出浓浓的痰。）
He has a feeling of tightness in the chest or a feeling that he is suffocating.（他胸部觉得闷闷的，好象透不过气来。）

(8)口腔毛病：

He has pain in his teeth or jaw. (他的牙齿和下巴疼痛。)
He has some problems with his teeth. (他牙齿有问题。)
The tooth hurts only when he bites down on it. (他咬东西时，牙齿就痛。)
(动词时态：hurt, hurt, hurt; bite, bit, bit)
His gums are red and swollen. (他的牙床红肿。)
His tongue is red and sore all over. (他的舌头到处红和痛。)
His breath smells bad and he has a foul taste in his mouth. (他口里有怪味。)
His gums do bleed. (他牙床有出血。)
He has some sore swellings on his gum or jaw. (他的牙床和下巴肿痛。)
He has sore places on or around the lip. (他的嘴唇和周围都很痛。)
There are cracks at the corners of his mouth. (他的嘴巴角落破了。)
There are some discolored areas inside on his tongue. (他舌头里边有些地方颜色怪怪的。)

(9) 肠胃毛病：

He has a bloated, uncomfortable feeling after meal. (他饭后肚子觉得胀胀的，很不舒服。) 或
He feels bloated after eating.
He has bouts of abdominal pain. (他有一阵阵的肚痛。)
He feels bloated in his abdominal area. (他感到肚子胀胀的。)
(注：胀胀的，像「puff up」，但不是真正的肿「swell up」。)
The pain is mainly in the lower (upper) right part of the abdomen. (痛是在肚子下半部。)
He has nausea and vomiting. (他有恶心和呕吐。)
It is difficult or painful for him to swallow. (他吞下食物时会痛。)
He has passed more gas than usual. (他放…比平常多。)
He has been constipated for a few days. (他便秘了好几天。)
He suffers pains when he moves his bowels. (他大便时很痛。)
He has some bleeding from his rectum. (他的肛门出血。)
He has noticed some blood in his bowel movements. (他发觉大便时有些血。)
His bowel movements are pale, greasy and foul smelling. (他大便呈灰白色，含油脂的恶臭。) 或
His bowel movements are grey (or black) in color. (他的大便呈灰白色。)
He has trouble with diarrhea. (他拉肚子。)

(10) 血压等等：

His blood pressure is really up. (他的血压很高。)
High blood pressure is creeping up on him.
He has noticed frequent urination, increased thirst and unexpected tireness. (他发觉常常小便，非常口渴和更加疲倦。)
It is a chest pain that gets worse when he bends over or lies down. (他弯腰或躺下时，胸部更痛。)
He has noticed excessive sweating and unexplained tireness. (他体会到过度的出汗和难以解释的疲倦。)
He has a sharp pain in one area of his spine. (他的脊椎某部位刺痛。)
He has pain in other joints including hip, knee and ankle. (其它关节疼痛包括臀部、膝盖和脚踝。)
His eyes seem to be bulging. (他的眼睛觉得有点肿胀。)
He has double vision. (他的视线有双重影子。)
He feels there is a film over his eyes. (他觉得眼里有种薄膜似的东西，挡住视线。)
His vision in the right eye blurred. (他右眼视线模糊不清。)
He has had some earaches lately. (他近来耳朵有点痛。)
He has a repeated buzzing or other noises in his ears. (他耳朵常有嗡嗡的声音。)

Jiao Liu : 05 Aug 2007 21:47 |  Tags: Englishstudy |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

中国人易错的30句口语(转载)

1. I very like it
　　I like it very much.

　　2. 这个价格对我挺合适的。
　　The price is very suitable for me.
　　The price is right.
　　Note：suitable(合适的、相配的)最常见的用法是以否定的形式出现在告示或通知上，如：下列节目儿童不宜。
　　The following programme is not suitable for children在这组句子中用后面的说法会更合适。

　　3. 你是做什么工作的呢？What’s your job?
　　Are you working at the moment?
　　Note：what’s your job这种说法难道也有毛病吗？是的。因为如果您的谈话对象刚刚失业，如此直接的问法会让对方有失面子，所以您要问：目前您是在上班吗？Are you working at the moment?接下来您才问：目前您在哪儿工作呢？Where are you working these days?或者您从事哪个行业呢？What line of work are you in?顺带说一下，回答这类问题时不妨说得具体一点，不要只是说经理或者秘书。

　　4. 用英语怎么说？How to say?
　　How do you say this in English?
　　Note：How to say是在中国最为泛滥成灾的中国式英语之一，这决不是地道的英语说法。同样的句子有：请问这个词如何拼写？How do you spell that please?请问这个单词怎么读？How do you pronounce this word?

　　5. 明天我有事情要做。I have something to do tomorrow?
　　Sorry but I am tied up all day tomorrow.
　　用I have something to do来表示您很忙，这也完全是中国式的说法。因为每时每刻我们都有事情要做，躺在那里睡大觉也是事情。所以您可以说我很忙，脱不开身：I’m tied up.还有其他的说法：I’m afraid I can’t make it at that time. I’d love to, but I can’t, I have to stay at home。

　　6. 我没有英文名。I haven’t English name.
　　I don’t have an English name.
　　Note：许多人讲英语犯这样的错误，从语法角度来分析，可能是语法功底欠缺，因为have在这里是实义动词，而并不是在现在完成时里面那个没有意义的助动词。所以，这句话由肯定句变成否定句要加助动词。
　　明白道理是一回事，习惯是另一回事，请您再说几话：我没有钱；I don’t have any money.我没有兄弟姐妹；I don’t have any brothers or sisters.我没有车。I don’t have a car.

　　7. 我想我不行。I think I can’t.
　　I don’t think I can.
　Note：这一组然是个习惯问题，在语法上称为否定前置，这就是汉语里面说“我想我不会”的时候，英语里面总是说“我不认为我会”。以后您在说类似的英语句子的时候，只要您留心，也会习惯英语的说法的转贴于：考试大_实用英语

　　8. 我的舞也跳得不好。I don’t dance well too.
　　I am not a very good dancer either.
　　Note：当我们说不擅长做什么事情的时候，英语里面通常用not good at something，英语的思维甚至直接踊跃到：我不是一个好的舞者。

　　9. 现在几点钟了？What time is it now?
　　What time is it, please?
　　Note：What time is it now这是一个直接从汉语翻译过的句子，讲英语的时候没有必要说now,因为您不可能问what time was it yesterday, 或者what time is it tommorow?所以符合英语习惯的说法是：请问现在几点了？还有一种说法是：How are we doing for time?这句话在有时间限制的时候特别合适

　　10. 我的英语很糟糕。My English is poor.
　　I am not 100% fluent, but at least I am improving.
　　Note：有人开玩笑说，全中国人最擅长的一句英文是：My English is poor.实话说，我从来没有遇到一个美国人对我说：My Chinese is poor. 无论他们的汉语是好是坏，他们会说: I am still having a few problem, but I getting better.
　　当您告诉外国人，您的英语很poor，so what(那又怎么样呢)，是要让别人当场施舍给我们一些英语呢，还是说我的英语不好，咱们不谈了吧。
　　另外一个更大的弊端是，一边不停的学英语，一边不停地说自己的英语很poor,这正像有个人一边给车胎充气，又一边在车胎上扎孔放气。
　　我坚信，先不谈别的，如果您现在就苦下功夫，把这本薄薄的《英语54321》吃通吃透，您的英语水平立即就会迅速的提高。所以您再也不用说：我的英语很poor. 您可以实事求事地说，我的英语还不算十分流利，但至少我在进步。

　　11. 你愿意参加我们的晚会吗？Would you like to join our party on Friday?
　　Would you like to come to our party on Friday night?

　　12. 我没有经验。I have no experience.
　　I am afraid I don’t know much about that.
　　Note：I have no experience这句话听起来古里古怪，因为您只需要说：那方面我懂得不多，或者这方面我不在行，就行了。I am not really an expert in this area.

　　13. 我没有男朋友。I have no boyfriend.
　　I don’t have a boyfriend.

　　14. 他的身体很健康。His body is healthy.
　　He is in good health. You can also say: He’s healthy.

　　15. 价钱很昂贵/便宜。The price is too expensive/cheap.
　　The price is too high/ rather low.

　　16. 我们下了车。We got off the car.
　　We got out of the car.

　　17. 车速快了。The speed of the car is fast.
　　The car is speeding. Or “The car is going too fast.”

　　18. 这个春节你回家吗？
　　Will you be going back home for the Spring Festival?
　　是的，我回去。Of course! （这一句是错的）
　　当然。Sure. / Certainly.（这种说法是正确的）
　　以英语为母语的人使用of course的频率要比中国的学生低得多，只有在回答一些众所周知的问题时才说of course。因为of course后面隐含的一句话是“当然我知道啦！难道我是一个傻瓜吗？”因此，of course带有挑衅的意味。在交谈时，用sure或certainly效果会好得多。同时，of course not也具挑衅的意味。正常情况下语气温和的说法是certainly not.

　　19. 我觉得右手很疼。I feel very painful in my right hand.
　　My right hand is very painful. Or “ My right hand hurts(aches).”

　　20. 他看到她很惊讶。He looked at her and felt surprised.
　　He looked at her in surprise

　　21. 我读过你的小说但是没料到你这么年轻。I have read your novels but I didn’t think you could be so young.
　　After having read your novel, I expected that you would be older.

　　22. 她脸红了，让我看穿了她的心思。
　　Her red face made me see through her mind.
　　Correct: Her red face told me what she was thinking.

　　23. 看到这幅画让我想到了我的童年时代。
　　The sight of these pictures made me remember my own childhood.
　　Correct: Seeing these pictures reminded me of my own childhood.

　　24. 别理她。Don’t pay attention to her.
　　Leave her alone.

　　25. 我在大学里学到了许多知识。
　　I get a lot of knowledge in the university.
　　I learned a lot in university.

　　26. 黄山正在读书。
　　Samuel is reading a book.
　　Samuel is reading.

　　27. exciting / excited。

　　28. 我遇到了很多困难。
　　I am having many difficulties.
　　I am having a few problems / lots of problems.

　　29. 请快点走，否则我们会迟到的。
　　Please hurry to walk or we’ll be late.
　　Please hurry up or we’ll be late.

　　30. 她由嫉妒转向失望。
　　She was so jealous that she became desperate.
　　Jealousy drove her to despair.

Jiao Liu : 30 Jul 2007 21:25 |  Tags: Englishstudy |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

经典50句口语

1 Great minds think alike. (英雄所见略同，这句做第一句最合适不过了，不过最好翻译成英雄和美女所见略同，嘿嘿)
2 Get going!（赶快动身吧，用在开始行动时）
3 We’ve got to hit the road.（我们要赶快了，和上一句用法相同，hit the road表现出紧急，很形象）
4 I can’t place his face。（碰见帅哥或者美眉给你打招呼而你不记得他她是谁，这时可以用这个句子）
5 Once bitten , twice shy（一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳）
6 look at the big picture（以大局为重，在发生分歧之时可以用这句话来让每个人都三思）
7 I’m exhausted.（筋疲力尽，对新驴懒惰如偶很少锻炼的人来说这句肯定有用）
8 I’ve got my second wind.（短暂休息后精力得以恢复，此时可用这个句子，意思是我的体力恢复了）
9 My stomach is growling.（对于偶这样可以把任何一次活动都变成野炊郊游的人来说，此行最重要的一部分当然是吃了，这句意思是我的肚子呱呱叫了，很饿）
10 Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.（既然很饿，那就饥不择食了）
11 _{~is now in season.（正是吃````的好季节，比如西瓜，草莓，苹果桃子什么的）
12 Let’s grab a bite to eat（让我们赶紧吃点东西吧，一般指时间很紧）
13 This food is out of the world（此食只应天上有，人间哪得几回吃）
14 What a bummer!（太扫兴了，原以为会来很多帅哥，结果却坐了一车美女，这时可以偷偷用一下这句话）
15 First things first （要紧的事情先做，很多场合可以用到）
16 it’s just my cup of tea（正合偶的口味，指人，事等等）
16 Does ~~~suit your taste（```合你的口味吗）
17 Take it easy. easy dose it.（老驴对新驴这样说，慢慢来，别着急）
18 Do as i said（老驴对新驴说：照我说的做，有的时候抢匪也爱用这句，嘿嘿）
19 Let’s roll up our sleeves.（大家一起干吧，卷起袖子不就是要大干一场吗）
20 Put it in my hands.（对于一个懒惰的，笨笨的，象偶一样的新驴有的时候也可以帮帮忙嘛，比如盛饭这样的小事偶就可以说：交给偶好了）
21 It’s a short-cut.（这是条近路）
22 I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you（偶将为你祈祷，比如爬山过河的时候）
23 One boy is a boy; two boys half boy; three boys no boy.
（一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚没水吃，领队GG可以用这样的话教育偶们要团结，要互相帮助，嘿嘿）
24 Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.（不要杞人忧天，嘿嘿，偶最喜欢的一句话）
25 Did you get the picture（你明白了没有？老驴给新驴讲解完毕后可以用这句话）
26 Be back in 30 minutes!（还是为领队GG准备的，一定要在三十分钟内回来）
27 One more hour to go.（新驴走啊走，看不到头，问老驴还要走多远，老驴可以用此句）
28 Time is running out.（没时间了。）
29 To the best of my knowledge~~（就偶所知，老驴传授经验的开场白）
30 As far as i know, ~~~~（同上）
31 Don’t let me down.（别让偶失望，新驴问老驴问题是可以用，老驴让新驴实践时可以用，你饿了半天问别人要吃的时候也可以用）
32 You’ll get it soon.（老驴说：你也很快会的）
33 Pick up the pace.（快点）
34 You are really something.）（新驴对老驴的赞美：你真了不起）
35 You are something else.（同上）
36 How did you manage to do that（你是怎样做到的？新驴对老驴的景仰）
37 I can’t believe my eyes.（简直不敢相信自己的眼睛，还有这样美丽的地方，或者还有这样美丽的新驴MM，嘿嘿）
38 It was really neat!（太棒了）
39 I’m dying for a coke.（我真想喝杯可乐，想死了。当然你也可以把coke换成wife，bf，cigarette什么的）
40 wine in, truth out.（尤其是在可以喝酒的时候，可以用到，酒后吐真言）
41 I can’t carry a tune.（偶五音不全，不过此次活动请大家慎用，因为你五音不全就意味着也许你要跳舞给大家看）
42 If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.（你在这里做到了在一切地方就都能做到）
43 My hands are sweaty.（我很紧张，手心都出汗了，比如让你第一次攀岩，或者是当众表演节目）
44 I’ve got a butterfly in my stomach.（同上，与汉语心头小鹿撞异曲同工）
45 No way （没门）
46 it’s a piece of cake。 （it’s a snap.）（小菜一碟）
47 Go for it.（试一试）
48 ~}~~is driving me up a wall.（偶快被逼疯了，比如蚊子和野外的骄阳，寒风等等）
49 Anything you say.（偶听你的。很乖巧的一句话，新驴必背）
50 I’m already locked into something else.（说了这么多结果你有别的事没法去了？没关系，这句就给你的，我已经有别的是要做了）

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