你爱(NIKI&ECHO)的双重生活

我背吃的单词总是特别快，希望你们也是。

asparagus芦笋
balsam apple苦瓜
bamboo sprout竹笋
bean豆荚，蚕豆
beet甜菜
cabbage卷心菜
carrot胡萝卜
cassava木薯
cauliflower花菜
celery芹菜
Chinese cabbage白菜，青菜
Chinese eddo芋头
chive细香葱
coriander香菜
cow pea豇豆
cress水芹
cucumber黄瓜
dried bamboo shoot笋干
eggplant茄子
garlic蒜
garlic sprout蒜苗
ginger姜
green pea嫩豌豆
green pepper青椒
hot pepper辣椒
kale甘蓝菜
leek韭菜
legume豆荚
lentil小扁豆
lettuce生菜
lotus roots藕
marrow西葫芦
marrow bean菜豆
mushroom蘑菇
mustard芥菜，芥末
onion洋葱
pea豌豆
pepper胡椒，辣椒
potato土豆
pumpkin南瓜
radish萝卜
rape油菜
red pepper红辣椒
romaine我句，生菜
salted vegetable咸菜
scallion葱
shepherd’s purse荠菜
snake gourd丝瓜
soy大豆
Spanish potato番薯
spinach菠菜
straw mushroom草菇
string bean刀豆
sweet pepper甜椒
taro芋艿
tomato番茄
toon香椿
turnip芜菁
water chestnut荸荠
water shield莼菜
wax gourd冬瓜
yam山药

“死”是中西方语言中最忌諉的一个词，因而有很多委婉说法。“他死了”大致有以下一些表达方法。
　　1.He passed away.
　 　2.His time has come.
　 　3.He expired.
　 　4.He has climbed the golden staircase.
　 　5.His number is up.
　 　6.His sands have run out.
　 　7.He has gone to see Mark.
　　8.His star has set.
　 　9.He has joined the majority.
　　10.He is sleeping the final sleep.
　　11.He is resting in peace.
　　12.He has met his end. 　
　13.He has breathed his last. 　
　14.He answered the last number.
　15.He bought the farm.
　16.He has bitten the dust.
　 17.He was called to God.
　 18.He was called home.
　 19.He has joined the angles.

最近的天气岂一个热字了得，出趟门就像上刑场。没办法，只好老待在空调房里。估计有不少朋友已经得了cabin fever。

Cabin fever并不是真正的发烧，不过我倒觉得描述现在的情形很贴切：大热天的，难免心烦气燥，火气冲天。这个词组的定义是：Boredom, restlessness, or irritability that results from a lack of environmental stimulation, as from a prolonged stay in a remote, sparsely populated region or a confined indoor area.

很显然，我们属于后一种情况——from a confined indoor area （i.e. air-conditioned rooms）。

关于这个词组的来源，始终没有定论。比较流行的有两种说法：

1. It possibly originated from the United States at the time when settlers would be snowed in frequently, in remote unsettled lands, with no communication with the outside world.

2. A possible source for this phrase could be that during an outbreak of some disease, people who had a fever were confined to a cabin as a quarantine. Hence the phrase ’Cabin Fever’.

我觉得两种解释都说得通，后者更贴近字面意思一些。有兴趣的朋友可以去看看同名电影，或许能得到些提示。

You can’t have your cake and eat it too

想减肥，但不想控制饮食。怎么办？想体重不反弹，但又不想坚持锻炼。怎么办？

很遗憾我没有答案，不过倒是可以送大家一句话：You can’t have your cake and eat it too！

这句谚语按字面比较难以理解，但是把have和eat对调后就好办了——You can’t eat your cake and have it too。你不可以既把蛋糕吃掉又完整地保留它。用我们熟悉的话说，就是“鱼与熊掌不可兼得”。举个例子：

A: So I hear you are looking for a celebrity to endorse your product. （听说你准备找一位明星作产品代言人。）
B: Yeah. Gotta be a household name like Jackie Chan or Stephen Chow. And he has to be cheap. （是啊。必须是像成龙、周星驰那样家喻户晓的明星，而且得便宜点。）
A: Duh! You can’t have your cake and eat it too! （拜托！鱼与熊掌不可兼得。）

如果要表达“鱼与熊掌两者都想得”，将原句稍加改动即可——You want to have your cake and eat it too。这跟中文里的“又想马儿跑，又想马儿不吃草”是一回事。就我个人感觉而言，使用频率不如原句高，因为它往往带有讽刺口吻（潜台词就是“想得美！”），不像原句那样实话实说、比较容易让人接受。

Cast pearls before swine对牛弹琴；白费好意

　　To Cast pearls before swine的意思是“珍珠头在猪猡前面”。swine是个旧词，书面词，即今为pigs,不过swine单复同行，本句为复数。

　　这个成语源自《新约。马太福音》第7章：“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,neither cast ye your pearls before swine,lest they trample them under their feet,and turn again and rend you”.由于to cast pearls efore swine,比喻确切，在后世不断引用中而成为一个国际性成语，常用来表示to offer sth valuable or beautiful to those who can’t appreciate it;to give what is precious to those who are unable to understand its value等意思，含有轻蔑嘲笑色彩。按其字面意义，这个成语与汉语成语“明珠按投”相似，但是寓意不同，基本上不对应；按一比喻意义，它相当于“对牛弹琴”，“向驴说经”“一番好意给狗吃”“狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心”等。

　　She read them Shakespeare,but it was casting pearls before swine

　　I won’t waste good advice on John any more because he never listens to it.I won’t cast pearls before swine.

Bone of The Bone and Flesh of the Flesh

　 直译"骨中之骨,肉中之肉",出自<圣经>中关于上帝造人的神话.

　　据<旧约·创世纪>第2章叙述:太初之际,混沌未开,耶和华上帝开天辟地.第一天耶和华创造了白天和夜晚;第二天创造了天空和风云;第三天创造了高山峻岭.平原河流,以及富饶的土地和芳香的花果;第四天他又创造了太阳.月亮和星辰,确定年岁.季节.月份和日期;第五天他创造了各种形状和大小的鱼类和飞禽;第六天他才创造了各种陆上动物，然后他按照自己的形象用地上的尘土造出一个男人,名叫亚当(Adam),这就是神话中人类的始祖.后来,耶和华见押当独居无伴侣帮助他,于是,趁亚当沉睡的时候,从他身上取下一根肋骨造成了一个女人叫夏娃(Eve),领到他面前，亚当说："This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh"（这是我骨中之骨,肉中之肉）。从此两人结为夫妻

　　Bone of The Bone and Flesh of the Flesh常用来比喻血缘上的亲属关系或思想上的团结一致，即as close as flesh and blood;to be inseperately linked to each other等的意思。

　　eg:Our army is bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh of the people.

　

The Heel of Achilles 亦作The Achilles’ Heel

唯一弱点；薄弱环节；要害

The Heel of Achilles直译是“阿基里斯的脚踵”，是个在欧洲广泛流行的国际性成语。它源自荷马史诗Iliad中的希腊神话故事。

阿基里斯是希腊联军里最英勇善战的骁将，也是荷马史诗Iliad里的主要人物之一。传说他是希腊密耳弥多涅斯人的国王珀琉斯和海神的女儿西蒂斯所生的儿子。阿基里斯瓜瓜坠地以后，母亲想使儿子健壮永生，把他放在火里锻炼，又捏着他的脚踵倒浸在冥河(Styx)圣水里浸泡。因此阿基里斯浑身象钢筋铁骨，刀枪不入，只有脚踵部位被母亲的手捏住，没有沾到冥河圣水，成为他的唯一要害。在特洛伊战争中，阿基里斯骁勇无敌，所向披靡，杀死了特洛伊主将，著名英雄赫克托耳(Hector)，而特洛伊的任何武器都无法伤害他的身躯。后来，太阳神阿波罗(Apollo)把阿基里斯的弱点告诉了特洛伊王子帕里斯，阿基里斯终于被帕里斯诱到城门口，用暗箭射中他的脚踵，负伤而死。

因此，the heel of Achilles,也称the Achilles’ heel，常用以表示a weak point in something that is otherwise without fault;the weakest spot等意思。

eg:The shortage of fortitude is his heel of Achilles.

His Achilles’ heel was his pride--he would get very angry if anyone criticized his work.3.Helen of Troy

The Salt of the Earth

社会中坚；民族精华；优秀份子

这个成语，字面意思“世上的盐”

盐是饮食中不可缺少的调味品，人体若缺盐，健康就会受到影响，出现种种疾病。盐还有杀菌、解毒、消炎、除污等多种功用，它既是“百药之王”，又是工业之母，确是值得珍视的东西。在许多民族的习俗汇总，盐被当作敬客的高贵礼品。

The Salt of the Earth一词出自《圣经》，据《新约。马太福音》（Matthew）第5长记载：耶稣对他的门徒说:"Ye are the salt of the earth:but if the salt have lost his savor,wherewith shall it be salted? " 在这里，salt用于转义，表示flavor；of the earth即of the world。这是耶稣登山垂训论"福"，所讲福音结尾的话，他把门徒比做“世上的盐”，这是极高的称赞。这句话在后世不断引用变成了一个典故性成语，转义为the most valuable members of sociey;the finest type of humanity;a person or a group of people having the best character 之意

eg: He does a lot of good jobs and is considered to be the salt of the world.

You all are the salt of the earth.Our hope is placed on you

我为什么要写这个,因为我上课的时候曾经夸一个学生是the salt of our soeicty, 他很生气,问我为什么说他是社会渣子.我FAINT

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a wolf in sheep’s clothing
批着羊皮的狼；貌善心恶的人

耶稣在加利利一带传道布教，收了很多信徒。有一天，他对门徒说:"Beware of false prophets,which come to you in sheep’s clothing,but inwardly they are ravening wolves"

eg:Mrs.Martin trusted the lawyer until she realized that he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing

separate the sheep from the goats区别好坏，分清良莠

《新约。马太福音》记述：“And before him shall be gathered all nations:and he shall separate them one from another,as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats”

由于《圣经》的影响，sheep和goat在英语中的形象截然不同，前者比喻好人，后者比喻坏人。英语中有关goat的成语，大多贬义。如：to play the goat=play the fool（瞎胡闹）；to get sb’s goat（触动肝火） ；等等。《圣经》说牧羊人要分辨绵羊和山羊，“把绵羊安置右边，山羊左边”。据说野山羊常混进羊群里，引诱绵羊，故牧养人必须把它们区分开来，以免混淆。

由此，人们用to separate the sheep from the goats这个成语，来比喻to separate the good from the wicked; to divide good or useful people from bad or useless

eg:We’ll go through the list of members,and separate the sheep from the goats

Have faith in me,please.I can separate the sheep from the goats

Goose bumps又是一个经常可以听到、却很难用中文解释的东西。它是指由于寒冷或者激动/害怕等原因导致的比较强烈的皮肤反应。如果要找中文里比较接近的说法，应该是“鸡皮疙瘩”或者“汗毛直竖”。

有意思的是，goose明明是鹅，goose bumps却成了鸡皮疙瘩，感觉蛮滑稽的。而且goose bumps还可以叫goose flesh/goose pimples，按字面翻就是“鹅肉/鹅青春豆”，感觉更加搞笑。:) 以我的经验来看，goose bumps的使用频率远远高于goose flesh和goose pimples，所以大家记住goose bumps就好了。

举几个例子说明：

It was so chilly outside. I had goose bumps all over. （外面好冷。我浑身起鸡皮疙瘩。）

That movie is scary as hell. It will definitely give you goose bumps! （那本电影太恐怖了。你看了之后肯定连汗毛都要竖起来了！）

When we heard about our school’s victory in that international competition, everybody was having goose bumps. So exciting! （当我们得知自己学校在国际比赛里获胜的时候，每个人都无比激动。太振奋人心了!）

人家说白羊座今年很衰，据说是七月前很衰，真的觉得满准。这半年过的好不顺的感觉。这种感觉如何用英语来描述呢？

首先，你可以说get up on the wrong side of the bed。这种用法乍一听可能比较难理解，其实仔细一想还是很有道理的。一般人睡觉都有固定的习惯，往某一边上床。如果起床时搞错了方向，拖鞋就会找不到。如果起床已经是一种折磨的话，找不到拖鞋会立刻火上浇油，让心情极度不爽。然后可能会在去厕所的时候突然滑到，在刷牙的时候突然发现牙膏用完了，在洗脸的时候又突然发现自己长疮了。以此类推，所有不顺的事接踵而来。

除了get up，还可以说wake up on the wrong side of the bed，意思完全一样。举例如下：

Don’t mess with Jenny today. She obviously got up on the wrong side of the bed. （今天可别招惹Jenny。她显然事事不顺，心情恶劣。）

Hey, don’t throw swear words at me just because you woke up on the wrong side of the bed! （拜托，你自己不爽可别对着我骂脏话！）

其次，你可以说have a bad hair day。这种用法的来源并不确定，不过我觉得可以把它简单化。就像起床一样，梳头也是一天刚开始必经的程序。如果头发怎么梳都梳不好，还没出门就晦到极点，自然心情恶劣，接下来就事事不顺。对于特别讲究仪表、注重形象的人来说，这就更容易理解了。我认识的朋友里绝对有样板。如果他（她）的发型出了问题，整个人会特别不爽，好像做什么事都不对劲。举例如下：

I know it’s one of those bad hair days when you feel like the whole world is against you, but try to find a way to cheer yourself up. After all, life goes on, and you still have to finish your work. （我知道你心情很糟，觉得全世界都跟你过不去，但是你该尝试着让自己振奋起来。毕竟，生活还要继续，工作也还要完成。）

好在七月即将过去，八月就要来临，希望我那时候起床顺，头发顺。

我上课的时候说老美是最奉行个人主义的国家，这是真理。这种牛哄哄的劲头在他们的语言里都有所涉及。

有一个习语叫做：My way or the highway 字面理解不走我的路就走高速路。听着很象美特思邦威的广告啊。到底是什么意思，就是中文讲的：舍我其谁，惟我独尊。这真是个有美国民族特点的习语啊。

I don’t like my boss. He always has this "my way or the highway" attitude going on. It’s just too much. （我不喜欢我的老板。他老是有那种“唯我独尊”的态度，让人受不了。）

越学习英语，越了解外国文化就越爱国。真希望中国有一天在世界上也能有这样的地位:My way or the highway.（当然啦，我们是不称霸的）

用英语怎么能表达出我爱你的意思呢? 如果你的答案是I love you. 就土啦

I love you with all my heart.
我全心全意爱你。
I love you for you.
我真心爱你！（简单吧!当你想表示爱的是对方的人,而不是其他如钱财,权势等,就可以这样说）
For the same reason you like me, I like you, too.
我也喜欢你啊，就想你喜欢我一样。
My love for you is as deep as the sea.
对你的爱，似海深。
I’ll love you as long as I live.
爱你一辈子（爱你千万年）。
If the sun were to rise in the west, I’d never change my mind to love you forever.
即使太阳从西边出来，我对你的爱也不会改变。（顺便温习一下虚拟语气吧）
You’re the only man/woman I could be happy with.
（这句话是不是太夸张？）
I love stars, and you’re as beautiful as a star.
（是俗了点，可人家就这麽说！）
If you go away, I’ll be blue. I’ll miss you when you leave.
假如你走了，我会很沮丧。你离开，我会很想念。
That reminds me too much of you.
那使我很想你。（并不一定要用think、miss等单词哦）
I’m singing a torch song for her.
我单恋她。（因失恋/单恋而唱的歌就是torch song）

好了!现在你可以表达了!

我早就说过，口语里有很多用法是错误的，但是用的人多了，被大家普遍接受了，错的就变对了。Me/I不分就是一个典型。美国人（当然不仅仅是他们，母语是英语的人好像都有这习惯）特别喜欢说me too。比如：

A: I want some hot chocolate. （我要点热巧克力。）
B: Me too. （我也是。）

按照严格的语法来讲，应该是I too （I do，too的省略形式）。但没有人会这么讲，你听到的一定是me too。所以大家可以把这个当作一个定律：只要是中文可以用“我也是”来表达的地方，英文就一定可以用“Me too！”来代替，无论“我”是作主语还是宾语。

Me too相信大家都比较熟悉，但还有一种me代替I的用法可能国内的朋友就比较陌生了。比如：

Me and my friends had a blast last night. （我和我朋友昨天晚上玩得很痛快。）

按照语法来讲，应该是My friends and I had a blast last night，但是这么讲的人不会太多，尤其是年轻人，张口闭口就是me and my family，me and my boyfriend， me and my girlfriend，me and George， me and Tina等等等等。我不知道为什么这种用法如此流行，可能美国人的自我观念特别强，总喜欢把自己摆在最前面？(Don’t take it personally, if you are an American.)

反正该用I的地方，native speakers特别喜欢说me，然后把me提到句首。所以，以后闲聊的时候，你也可以试着用me代替I，说说这样的句子：

Me and my friends love traveling together. （我和我朋友喜欢一起旅行。）
Me and my dad are best friends. （我和我爸是最好的朋友。）


不过，有一点要注意，me的这种用法往往只出现在me and somebody里，如果只是“我”一个人，这种用法并不普遍，应该避免。比如，你不应说Me love movies，而应说I love movies。（当然，也有人常说me do something之类的话，不过这绝对不构成主流，只会被认为是超级没语法概念，所以不说为妙。）

"恩将仇报"怎么说?今天有人问我.

我觉得最贴切的一个就是:biting the hand that feeds you

To "bite the hand that feeds you" is to harm someone who has been helping you. Example: "We treat each of our customers with the greatest respect here. We never bite the hand that feeds us." If you feed an animal and it bites you on the hand you will probably not feed it again. If you forget that a person has been doing something to help you, and you harm the relationship, you are "biting the hand that feeds you". Example: "We have been your best customers for years. And suddenly you treat us so rudely? You should never bite the hand that feeds you."

对待没良心的人,尽情说吧.

最近的新闻上blast的出现率很高,这当然和伦敦的恐怖袭击密不可分.这个词到底应该怎么用呢?

1. explosion: an explosion, or a sudden rush of air caused by an explosion
Several homes were destroyed by the blast.

2. loud explosive sound: the sound made by an explosion
We were almost deafened by the blasts.

3. good time: an enjoyable occasion of fun and laughter ( slang )
The party was a real blast!

以上是名词用法,最后一个用法还是褒义的.如果你说We had a blast!没有具体语境还真不知道你到底表达的是啥意思.

1. transitive verb blow something up with explosives: to destroy or break open something using explosives
Rescuers blasted a hole in the rock.

2. transitive verb hit something hard: to strike something with great force ( informal )
She blasted the ball into the net.


3. transitive and intransitive verb make loud noise: to come out with great force or volume, or make something do this ( informal )


4. transitive verb give somebody or something strong criticism: to criticize somebody or something severely ( informal )

以上是动词用法,最后一个不错,象中文的"抨击"

伦敦大爆炸了,算时间彤彤应该那时候就在那里.虽然报纸上说没有中国人受伤,但仍然是为他担心啊.

我们来看一段BBC上的新闻:

On Thursday 7 July 2005, a series of four bomb explosions struck London’s transport system during the morning rush hour. Three London Underground trains were hit almost simultaneously, and a London Bus was hit almost one hour later. 49 are confirmed dead, with 700 injured, of whom about 350 required treatment (22 of these being in a serious or critical condition). It is thought that the confirmed death toll will be nearer 70 or 80, as the recovery operation is still ongoing in the deep tunnels. About 30 people have been named as missing.

The incidents led to the complete shutdown of the London Underground network and the closure of many roads near the affected stations. Mainline train services into many London stations terminated outside the city for most of the day, and the city’s bus network was shut down in the central zone (Zone 1).

The bombers have not yet been identified but Metropolitan Police Service Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has said that they were most likely part of a terrorist cell based in the UK, possibly affiliated to al-Qaeda. The bombings came while the UK hosted the first full day of the 31st G8 summit at Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, and a day after London was chosen to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The incident was the deadliest single act of terrorism in the United Kingdom since the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie (in which 270 people died).

明天再讲另外一个表示爆炸的词blast

今天上课提及结婚,在这里把西方人的什么什么婚说一说.

　Paper wedding 纸婚、布婚（结婚一周年)

　Calico wedding 棉布婚（结婚两周年)

　Straw wedding 稻草婚（结婚两周年)

　Cotton wedding 棉婚（结婚两周年)

　Muslin wedding 羊皮婚（结婚三周年)

　Leather wedding 皮革婚（结婚三周年)

　Silk wedding 丝婚（结婚四周年)

　Wood wedding 木婚（结婚五周年)

　Iron wedding 铁婚（结婚六周年)

　Copper wedding 铜婚（结婚七周年)

　Woolen wedding 毛婚（结婚七周年)

　Electric appliance wedding 电器婚（结婚八周年)

　Pottery wedding 陶器婚（结婚九周年)

　Tin wedding 锡婚（结婚十周年)

　Steel wedding 钢婚（结婚十一周年)

　Linen wedding 麻纱婚（结婚十二周年)

　Lace wedding 花边婚（结婚十三周年)

　Ivory wedding 象牙婚（结婚十四周年)

　Crystal wedding 水晶婚（结婚十五周年)

　china wedding 搪瓷婚(结婚二十周年)

　Silver wedding 银婚（结婚二十五周年）第一大典

　Pearl wedding 珍珠婚（结婚三十周年)

　Coral wedding 珊瑚婚（结婚三十五周年)

　Jade wedding 碧玉婚（结婚三十五周年)

　Ruby wedding 红宝石婚（结婚四十周年)

　Sapphire wedding 蓝宝石婚（结婚四十五周年)

　Golden wedding 金婚（结婚五十周年）第二大典

　Emerale wedding 翠玉婚（结婚五十五周年)

　Diamond wedding 钻石婚（结婚六十--七十五周年)

我已经忘了我究竟写到几了，继续吧。

已经连续吃了三天的炸酱面，还好，今天、明天和后天全都可以出去吃饭，好高兴啊，可以把失去的损失都补回来！出去吃饭就少不了要喝酒，喝酒之后可要控制啊，不然就会说出自己的心里话，这叫“酒后吐真言”，不叫“酒壮什么胆”。

酒后吐真言英语怎么说？？

In wine there is truth.
（ 酒后吐真言 。 ）

Wine in, truth out.
（ 三 杯 下 肚 ， 真话 出 口 。 ）

What soberness conceals,drunkenness reveals
（ 清醒时藏在 心里的话，醉酒时会说出来）

原来就是这样，记住最简单的那个表达就行了！[face11]

单词害死人啊！！即使我是学英语的，即使我是教英语的，我仍然非常痛恨背单词这个过程。今天我们讲一个本土人背英语的方法，让我们培养兴趣，共同提高吧。

这个方法叫做Anagrams，中文没有合适的词可以解释这个字，看一下英文解释吧：Anagrams are words or phrases made by mixing up the letters of other words or phrases, e.g. THE EYES is an anagram of THEY SEE.

就是改变字母顺序来组合新的单词，而且要越和原来意思风马牛不相及越有意思。

再来几个：

Schoolmaster ：The classroom
Debit card ： Bad credit
Mother-in-law ： Woman Hitler
Eleven plus two ： Twelve plus one
Dormitory ： Dirty room

还有一个字对一个字的：
Gainly Laying
Admirer Married
Sadder Dreads
Protectional Lactoprotein
Orchestra Carthorse
Creative Reactive
Deductions Discounted
Listen Silent
Replays Parsley
Crudities Diuretics


来点搞笑的：

George Bush He bugs Gore.
President Bush of the USA A fresh one, but he’s stupid。
Monica Lewinsky Nice silky woman.

有意思吧，把不认识的单词查查吧。没事的时候找点单词试试。

今天继续上SLANG.

popped up:when things pop up, they happen with a lot of warning or work; they are surprises

USE

Last weekend, I had to cancel a date with a girlfriend because something popped up at the last minute. I felt terrible.

We had been planning on getting together for a long time and I felt so guilty to have to cancel. The thing that popped up is that my car had some problems.

“I am so sorry to be late. Something popped up and I had to take care of it.”

“Our band got a call from a label last week. They offered to help us make a new CD! I can’t believe that opportunity just popped up!”在这句里有点那种"泡汤","完蛋"的感觉.

今天讲个SLANG吧.

"fed up":when you are fed up with something, you are sick of it and don’t want to do it any more

FOR EXAMPLE:

“I am fed up with you! You never want to do anything or go anywhere.”

“You could use a break. It looks like you are fed up with having visitors.”

“He’ll be ok. He has had a long day at work and is fed up with dealing with problems.”

这个很容易,从下一秒你就可以学会说了吧.

High是高，horse是马，high horse是什么？显然不是高大的马。:)

这又是一个典型的idiom——分开来每个单词大家都认识，合在一起估计没几个人能猜对。它的定义：haughty attitude: an attitude of arrogance and haughty disregard for others. 形容某人骄傲蛮横，可以说be on one’s high horse或get on one’s high horse。比如：

I can’t stand Peter. He’s always on his high horse. （我受不了Peter。他总是目中无人、自命清高。）

The minute you start arguing, you get on your high horse. You just can’t help yourself, can you? （只要一开始争论，你就会摆出一副高高在上的样子，好像跟你意见不同的人都是傻子似的。你就是控制不了你自己，对吧？）

当然，有上自然有下，所以叫某人省省、别摆臭架子，可以说get off one’s high horse。比如：

You know I’m right! Get off your high horse and admit your mistake! （你知道我是对的。放下架子承认错误吧！）

这些天开始重新看Friends，发现自己真的是太太喜欢Richel了。喜欢她的着装，她的身材，她的性格，她说话时歇斯底里的表情。喜欢她，就爱屋及乌的爱上了Jennifer Aniston。今天就说一个有关她和Brad Pitt的英语表达。

他们在一起七年，现在分手。中国古话里有句话叫做：七年之痒。英文里也有这种说法。seven-year itch：inclination toward sexual infidelity: an inclination toward sexual infidelity, popularly believed to begin after seven years of marriage （ informal ）。中文里的这种说法估计就是从英文里直接翻译过来的。

当爱情被岁月漂白的时候，你痒了吗？

有的人英语不好是因为总把英语和母语脱节去理解,其实英语和中文有很多共通的地方,理解了这些,英语也没那么困难.比如中文里我们说"抑郁",表达的其实是两个词的意思,压抑和忧郁.英语里这种人造合成词也很多比如caughed(cry and laugh at the same time), 这种词超级流行而且表意功能强大,说起来显得很COOL.突然又想到了一个chinglish,这是我们经常用来自嘲的吧.[face10]

来看几个:
ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous

confuzzled (adj): confused and puzzled at the same time

chillax (v): chill out/relax, hang out with friends

cognitive displaysia (n): the feeling you have before you even leave the house that you are going to forget something and not remember it until you’re on the highway 这个很牛,就是强迫症啊

phonecrastinate (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number 这个也很牛,我们都有这样的情况,就是不知道用一个字英语怎么表达啊.

感叹一个,真地道! 只是考试时别用,除非老师象我这么有想象力


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我有一个习惯，有时候在外面听见别人说话，心里会不知不觉想把这句话翻译成英文。因为有的时候那种口语话的表达真的很有意思，自己在那里琢磨琢磨，颇能打发时间，自得其乐。

昨天逛街，听见一个女孩子对另一个说：你说这也邪了门了，我就是打死也记不住他/她的电话了！（天津话）我一直比较害怕漂亮女孩说天津话，显得面目狰狞的样子。Anyway, 她说了我就开始琢磨。关键是这个“打死也”，怎么能说出意境呢？其实这个就是种强调，表示“怎么也”，“就是不能够”这样的意思。这句话用英文可以这样说：It is so weird, I can’t for the life of me remember his/her number!

今天和你分享的就是这个for the life of me (her/him/you), 再来两个例句：

Michelle for the life of her can’t understand why Jim is so crazy about soccer.

You can quit it if you for the life of you can’t remember English words.

位置比较灵活，但是只用于否定句。

The celebration of Father’s Day was inspired by the success of Mother’s Day (which was observed nationally for the first time in 1914). Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, was listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in church in 1909 and decided that fathers deserved a similar day of recognition. Her father, a Civil War veteran, raised Sonora and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth. She circulated a petition suggesting the third Sunday in June (the month in which her father was born) and urging people to wear a rose on that day in honor of their fathers. The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910. It was not until 1966, under President Lyndon B. Johnson, that it was proclaimed a national holiday and observance of this on the third Sunday in June was made a law in 1972.

Just as the carnation became a symbol of Mother’s Day, the rose was suggested and became connected to Father’s Day. Some observe the custom of wearing a red rose to indicate that one’s father is living or a white rose to indicate that he is deceased. The flower and plant rose comes from a shrub of the genus Rosa. Red is the most frequent color, but roses are also white, yellow, pink, and various shades of peach and pink. The Old English form rose came from Latin rosa, which may have been an adoption of the Greek word rhodon, "rose."

W的好朋友最近喜得千金，我们俩商量着送什么礼物。最后是我来操办的。我买了一个超级无敌可爱的婴儿马桶！哈！现在小孩子好幸福啊。我们那时候还不是就就地解决了。

我特地选了粉红色的一款，大家也要记住哦。bule is for boys and pink is for girls.这算是外国的一个风俗吧。Since all babies look alike, boys are usually dressed in blue and girls in pink simply to identify the sex. In ancient times, girl babieswere regarded as inferior to boy babies, so the colour blue, which was believed to have the power to ward off evil spirits, was reserved exclusively for the boys. The color pink was introduced for babby girls in accordance with a legendary European tradition that suggested girls were born inside a pink rose.

外国人也有重男轻女思想哦。

这个有点现买现卖了。因为我看了个东西，居然发现里面讲一个说法我不知道。而这个东西是每个学英文的都觉得自己应该知道的哦。一起看一下。

大拇指 thumb
食指 index finger
中指 middle finger
无名指 ring finger
小指 little finger 还有个说法叫pinkie

关键是我不知道的那个，就是表示toe意思的。digit也可以表达这个意思哦，手指或脚趾。[face10]