#每日一学#英语四级提分神器:1. at the thought of一想到… ;2. as a whole (=in general) 就整体而论;3. at will 随心所欲;4. (be) abundant in(be rich in; be well supplied with) 富于,富有;5. access(to) (不可数名词) 能接近,进入,了解;34. in agreement (with) 同意, 一致。展开全文
#每日一学#dirty laundry指的是如公开的话会令人尴尬或痛苦的个人私事,如:Don’t you have anything better to do than airing somebody else’s dirty laundry? 还有几个关于dirty的表达,dirty trick:卑鄙伎俩;do the dirty on sb.:欺骗、出卖某人,play dirty:干卑鄙勾当、比赛犯规。展开全文
President Barack Obama joined Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”今夜秀(美国著名脱口秀节目) on Aug. 6, 2013. 两天前,总统刚度过他的52岁生日。Leno问,听说米歇尔经常拿你的灰头发开玩笑,你会开她玩笑吗?Obama立马回应,不会!这就是为什么我们刚庆祝完结婚20年纪念日。展开全文
#每日一学#介绍与红色相关的短语:paint the town red ,可不是把小城刷成红色,而是“狂欢”的意思,如Let's paint the town red tonight.(今晚让我们好好狂欢吧。)再来看catch sb. red-handed,是“ 把(某人)当场抓获、逮个正着”,如The boy was caught red-handed by the storekeeper.展开全文
【推荐几首很好听的英文歌曲】《Gotta Have You》、《Catch Me If You Can》、《Best Of You》、《When We Stand Together》、《Flightless Bird,American Mouth》、《Complicated》、《If You Were The Only Girl In The World》展开全文 原微博
#Morning Greeting# Your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full. 你真正的朋友会让你振作起来,原本黯淡、空虚的世界顿时变得明亮和充实。展开全文
【追两会学英文】民生问题(livelihood issues)是两会关注的重点。全国政协主席贾庆林在今年政协开幕会议上说道,政委民所议,言为民所建,策为民所献,力为民所出(put people first, work for them, speak for them, fight for them, work at a grassroots level and listen to the people)。展开全文 原微博
【地道表达】dollars to donuts: dollars 是美元,donut是甜甜圈。dollars to donuts是一种虚拟的赌局,翻译成中文相当于“我拿美元跟你赌相同数量的甜甜圈”(这里不是按价值,而是按个数)。这个习语起源于19世纪的美国,那时一美元可以买很多个甜甜圈。表明自己对某件事很有把握,十拿九稳。展开全文
#地道表达# dead cat bounce是金融术语,源于对“死猫从高处坠落也会反弹”这一事实的引申。比喻在经济衰退的大形势下,股票大幅下跌,即使出现略微的回升,也只是 dead cat bounce,接下来很可能是再次衰退,因为弹起的死猫没有活力。如:Friday's stock market rise was a dead cat bounce.展开全文