《英语日常口语、习惯语1500句》
第32节

作者: 信天优
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  810. There you go.Those guys can get off easily with just a slap on the wrist even if they get caught. ( or a slap-on-the-wrist punishment.) 你说得不错。这些人就算被发现了,也会不了了之,轻易就走脱的。There you go. 表示赞同对方的说法。get off: 走脱。a slap on the wrist, 在手腕上打一下,表示处罚很轻微。get caught 被发现。


日期:2008-10-4 19:27:00

  811. I am off the subject. 我走题了。Do they go off the subject often and get lost in their words? 他们是不是常常离题、信口开河?You are off the subject. I am lost in your words. 你走题了,你的话让我迷茫。
  812. 140题是Turnoff,相反的说法是turn-on:Confidence will always be a major turn-on. 自信总是一个主要吸引人的优点。
  813. There are thousands of articles on English learning in Yingyu Zatan(英语杂谈). How can you keep up with all this reading? Well, focus on Teacher Xin’s. Teacher Xin’s column offers enough stuff to keep you abreast of today’s English. 英语杂谈有上千的文章论说如何学好英文,你怎么可能把这些文章都读完?专心读信老师的文章。信老师的文章足可以让你跟上当代英语。keep up with 与 keep someone abreast of 是同一个意思。

  814. Xin’s column helps you not only with your English learning, but also with a broad scope of knowledge, thus you gain confidence with people. 信老师的文章不仅帮助你学英文,还让你获得较为广泛的知识,这样你在与他人交往时就会信心十足了。
  815. The most important thing is to develop a burning internal urge for improving and honing your English skillset. 最为重要的事是,你得有一股内在的激情想要改进提高你的英语综合技能。 a skillset, 通常写为a skill set, 指综合技能,不是单单一项。例如,听、说、读、翻译技能都过关,就是a skill set,如果只有其中一项,就是a skill。

  816. A. Teacher Xin, I think I suffer from shyness. What can I do?B. Winning the war with shyness takes practice. You should know that people generally are friendly, and you should not feel insecure and fear that you are being judged with every word you say. 要想战胜胆怯需要多练。你该知道,人通常还是非常友善的,所以你不必提心吊胆,老是担心别人会对你的话去斤斤计较。

  817. Ordinary families do not have any savings to fall back on in an emergency. 一般家庭没有任何储蓄可以对付意外事件。 fall back on 依靠。
  818. The computer is acting on me today. 今天电脑有点不正常。
  819. Soccer kind of fell upon me. 我是不由自主地爱上了足球。
  820. Here"s the tag line. 这是最重要的话。通常电影海报上会引用电影里一句给人印象最深的话,这就是tag line.

日期:2008-10-7 9:39:28

  821. A chance meeting with her has changed his life. 一次与她的邂逅相遇改变了他的一生。a chance meeting, 偶尔相遇。I met him by chance. 我偶尔遇上了他。I am quite certain thechances are low. It has never happened before. 我敢肯定,这样的机率很低,这事从来没有发生过。
  822. What exactly are you giving her besides an open wallet? 除了慷慨外,你还能给她什么呢?an open wallet, 敞开的荷包,这里意思是“大方”。To those bureaucrats, the government equals an open wallet. 对于这些官僚而言,政府就是一个敞开的金库。
  823. I am not your ATM machine. 我不是你的自动提款机。
  824. I am not an open checkbook to you. 我又不是你的财主。an open checkbook 任由你填写的支票簿。比较a blank check。
  825.I have two beefs with your argument. 对你的观点,我有两点不同的意见。beef 口语里意思是吵架,不同的意见。 Why do you want to have beef with me? 你为什么要跟我过不去?I won’t buy that beef from you. 我才不会听你这套胡说。
  826. two sides: There are always two sides to every story, and there are two sides to this story.每个事件都有两个不同面,这个事件就有两个不同面。(这是你陈述、辩护自己观点比较好的开场白。)

  827. It generated strong feelings from people. 这引起了大家的强烈反应。Those on both sides of the issue agree it generates strong feelings.
  828. If news media people had an ounce of integrity, they would not report such a one-sided story from the local government. 如果这些新闻从业人员还有一点点良知的话,就不会仅仅报道来自地方政府的一面之词了。
  829. These are the two sides of the same coin. 也可以作:These are the two sides of a coin. Rewards and punishments are two sides of the same coin – both are used to control people, and neither works very well. 奖励与惩罚实际上是一个硬币的两面,都是用来控制人的,但是两者都不能取得很好的效果。This will always be a two-sided argument.比较:two edged sword,双刃的剑。

  830. I cannot understand why a minor disagreement escalates into a fist-fight. 我真不明白为什么一点意见不合就变成了拳头相见。

日期:2008-10-7 22:26:05

  831. pass the buck 推诿责任。Passing the buck is a way of life for Chinese bureaucrats. 中国官僚最拿手的就是打太极拳。以前美国人打牌,怕有人做小动作,庄家前放一把小刀,状如小公鹿,所以这刀叫“buck”,谁舞弊,刀就飞了过去。轮到下个人做庄,刀就传到下一个人。也就是pass the buck。后来美国人比较文明了,就改为放一银元。所以后来美元就叫bucks。杜鲁门有句最有名的话。I am the ultimate responsible person in this organization. Everyone can pass the buck to me, but I cannot pass the buck to others. The buck stops here. 我是这个组织的最高负责人,谁都可以把责任推到我这里,但我绝不会把责任推给别人。问责到此为止。胡哥什么时候也能说同类的话呢?

  832. I don"t usually get peeved by misleading articles, knowing that they are merely for propaganda. 我知道那些专门误导读者的文章都是宣传工具,所以我通常是不会对这些文章较真的。peeve 生气。a pet peeve 指让你生气不舒服的小事,但可能对别人并不会产生什么影响。That is a pet peeve. 类似151句:something get under one"s skin。My pet peeve is that so many people here are coping articles written by others. 叫我头痛的是太多的人抄别人的东西。

  833. Whoever controls the flow of information controls the mind of people. 谁掌控了信息传播谁就控制了大众的头脑。
  834. This is a small token of my appreciation. 感谢人送礼物时必说的话。a token of my love
  835. Get over it. 算了,不要再计较。 You need to get over it. 你得忘记这事了。 I can never get over it. 我总是无法忘怀。
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