1315.On a cold, windy day, you body loses more heat than it does on a cold, still day. Heat is literally blown away from your body, causing you to feel colder. You need to dust out your winter jacket and put it on.在一个寒冷又刮风的日子，你身体会比在一个寒冷无风的日子失去更多的体温。风是直接把你的体热给吹走了，让你觉得更寒冷。It is 1 degree but with the howling wind it feels like -5 degree.

　　1316.Many fatalities from accidents occur as a result of slippery roads. 因为路滑，因交通事故而引起的死亡增加了许多。
　　1317.Don’t expose your skin when you have skin-freezing temperatures. Your skin can freeze in 30 seconds. You will quickly develop frost bite.这么寒冷的天气，不要把皮肤给暴露了出来。你的皮肤会30秒就冻上，很快就会得冻疮。
　　1318.Temperatures plunged towards 10C across most parts of China. In face of such a severe winter weather, we need to be prepared.中国大部地区气温一下降到了只有10度，面临这样的严酷的气候，我们得做好准备。That is a drop of nearly 15 degrees in less than 24 hours. Weather changes are getting increasingly abrupt.

　　1319.The air is carrying a chilling bite.Expect sub-freezing temperatures to last into next weekend温低得刺骨，得做好准备，零度以下的气温会持续到下个周末。
　　1320.This winter we have got everything: snowstorms, blizzards, freezing rain, and sleet.这个冬天我们什么都遇上了，暴风雪，冰冻，雪加雨还有冰雹。

日期：2009-01-21　09:24:16

　　1321.I don’t know the answer, but I know that you’re going to be seeing a lot of this hand-wringing in the days and weeks to come. 我不知道答案，但我知道在以后数天甚至几个礼拜的时间里，你会不时看到这种难堪的局面。Stop your hand wringing and do something. 不要愁眉苦脸地，想点办法！hand wringing, 搓手，表示难过，但又不知道如何应对。

　　1322.It doesn’t take big dollars in order to get where we want to go. 要达到我们的目标并不需要太多的投资。
　　1323.Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.(Proverb 27:17) 铁磨铁，磨出刃来，朋友相感也是如此。这句话鼓励彼此砥砺之意。与有智慧的好朋友在一起会帮助你成熟。
　　1324.Sometimes it is easy to get old, but it is difficult to get mature. 常常我们很容易就老了，却不容易成熟。一个人的成熟并不会随着年龄的成长而理所当然地成长。
　　1325.We are what we eat. 食物决定身体。这句话劝人不要吃垃圾食物时很有用。
　　1326.One man’s meat is another man’s poison. 人之毒药，我之佳肴。你带老外吃中国菜，其中有鸡爪，猪脚，等食物，老外看了咋舌，你就可说这句话了。意思是，“一个人的喜好却是另一个人的恐怖。对一个有益但对另一个无益。”类似的话有One man’s trash/rubbish/junk is another man’s treasure. 人之垃圾，我之宝藏。别人要扔掉的垃圾，你却刚好可以用得上。One man’s funeral, another man’s feat.一个人的葬礼，另一个人的盛宴。

　　1327.现代社会的最大标致之一就是垃圾成堆。junk 这个词必须记牢。junk food 垃圾食物。例如方便面，麦当劳，批萨，等等。junk mail, 垃圾邮件。例如广告，等等。junk yard, 西方报废汽车处理场，可以在那里找到廉价的汽车零件。CCTV Spring Festival Gala/Show is totally junk. 中央电视台的春节联欢晚会全是垃圾。junk food music, 无聊的歌曲，He has been listening to way too much junk food music lately: Mice love rice,Lovely MM changes her clothes—the list goes on. 他最近垃圾歌听得太多了，像老鼠爱大米，可爱MM换衣服，还有很多。也可以直接说junk music。Get off the junk and straighten up your life! 不要做那些毫无意义的事，振作起来吧！take away the junk, 倒垃圾，打扫。The less you’re in the store, the less junk foods you’re likely to want. 你逛超市的时间越少，就越不会去买那些垃圾食物。

　　1328.Do it whatever it takes. 要不惜一切代价做成这事。
　　1329.He did a good job to keep people on toes. 他做得很好，让大家一致注意力集中。He gave me a couple of extra things to do just to keep me on my toes. 他又给了我一些额外的事做，只是不想让我闲下来。keep someone on toes, 让某人集中注意力，不闲下来。
　　1330.I mean what I say, and I say what I mean. 我讲的都是肺腑之言，绝不空言。

日期：2009-01-28　07:33:13

　　1331. 注意lookout 与outlook的区别： Be on the lookout for scams.小心有诈！ outlook的意思是“态度、期待”。He has a positive outlook. 他乐观进取。the long-term outlook for economic growth. 对经济成长的长期期待。
　　1332.Be patient. We are getting there. 再耐心一会，我们很快就完成了。
　　1333.The gas-mileage for this car is good. 这辆车很省油。或者This is a good gas mileage car. How can I get a better gas mileage? 我怎样做才能省油？
　　1334.The situation is not very pleasant, but you know you can always learn something from everything.形势是有点不妙，但你知道，你总是可以从每件事上学些东西。There is something for everyone. 每人都有份。
　　1335.The situation is heating up fast for Yahoo. 雅虎公司的状况一下就难以应付起来。TThe political situation is heating up. 政治形势变得动荡起来。
　　1336.You need to come to grips with the situation. 你得真正明白目前的处境。Winter held Canadians firmly in its grip Sunday. 周日让加拿大人领受了严冬的厉害。

　　1337.To teach teens to be frugal is no easy feat. 教青少年节约绝非容易。no easy feat, 不是件容易的活。
　　1338.He was absolutely skewered in the press years ago for doing this. 他几年前因干了这事被媒体狠狠地修理了一顿。skewer 这个词应该学会。skewer就是羊肉串的那根串肉干。
　　1339.IYKWIM=If you know what I mean.这是网络聊天时常用的缩写。
　　1340. 小孩说话喜欢押点韵，很多大人这样对小孩说这些押韵语，后面的词组没有什么实质含义：You know what I mean. Jelly Bean. See ya later, alligator. In a while, crocodile. Neat-O mosquito.Later, gater.Bye bye, apple pie.

日期：2009-02-01　11:58:43

　　1341.Teacher X’s blog can help you to decipher many secrets of our society.信老师的博客可以帮助你理解我们社会很多的秘密。No one can decipher his sloppy handwriting. 没有人看得清他的笔迹。It can decipher common internet slang. 这能帮助网络流行俚语。类似的词有decode。Decoding is the reverse of encoding. 解密是加密的对立。

　　1342.Just for the record, I want you to know I am fully supportive of you. 我可以明确地告诉你，我是支持你的。just for the record, 记录在档。
　　1343.I wasn’t born yesterday.我又不是三岁小孩.
　　1344.I can save my family 1,500 a month by sleeping on a cot in my office as opposed to getting a fancy place that’s maybe a little bit more comfortable.