1494.The ringleader has received the death penalty. 黑社会头头被判处死刑。黑老大的称谓颇多：mob boss,Tobacco barons, master, lord, marauding tycoon，control monster, mogul, drug cartel。罪犯的称呼：offender, criminal; suspect, 嫌疑犯。
　　1495.丨警丨察与人接触的机会最多，所以称谓也颇多：police, the marshal, officer, law enforcement agent, the task force, investigator, detective, F.B.I. C.I.A. military police(M.P.宪兵) sheriff, deputy, John Law, bluecoat, prison warden 等等。The defense attorney said that Yang Jia is the victim of villainous police. 辩护律师说杨佳是丨警丨察暴力的牺牲品。Recently the police clamped down on the press and the internet. 最近丨警丨察对出版业和网站实行了门户清理。Chinese police often arrest people without a warrant. 中国丨警丨察逮捕人常常不出示拘捕证。This is his first brush with the law. 这是他第一次触犯法律。

　　1496.逮捕有这样一些词：arrest, apprehend, round up，等。 The government has rounded up about 1000 people. 政府抓了上千人。Authorities are asking for the public’s help to bring the suspects in.警局正在发动群众，来缉拿嫌疑犯归案。
　　1497.He is the victim of the new round of crimes in the town. 他是城里新一轮犯罪的牺牲品。
　　1498.He will be eligible for parole after serving five years. 他服刑五年后可以申请假释。There is no leniency for political criminals. 对政治犯没有宽大一说。The family members said that the punishments did not fit the crime. 家属认为对罪行的量刑不当。
　　1499.She confessed to having doctored the figures. 她认罪，捏造了数据。A fact-finding team has uncovered the doctored purchase orders. 调查小组发现了这些采购报销单实在是子虚乌有。或者They found out the puffed-up purchase orders. 他们发现这些报销单数字都被虚报了。He got twisted up in the corruption probe.

　　1500.All is well that ends well. 结尾好才能说一切都好。As long as you don’t end up in a jail cell like Teacher X, you are doing well. 只要你不像信老师那样最终进了号子，你就算成功了。a jail cell, 牢房。Is this your grand ending, or are you going to continue your episode? 这是你的大团圆结局，或者你还要再继续写下去？

　　请每个读了此贴的朋友都来顶一次，算是对信老师的安慰奖了！！！

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　　1501.To House Church members, persecution is a blessing in disguise designed to bring out the best of Christian character. 对家庭聚会的成员而言，逼迫不过是伪装的祝福，神以此来造就基督徒最美好的品格。bring out, 带来，产生。Why do you like me? Being with you brings out the best in me. 你为什么喜欢我？你在一起能让我变得美好。

　　1502.Prison is only a spiritual campus for true believers, where they can learn how to bend their knees and be humble. 监狱不过是所灵修院，真正的基督徒在那里可以学习屈膝谦卑。bend one’s knees, 表示跪下祷告，一种在神面前谦卑的姿态。It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. 宁可站着死，不愿跪着生。

　　1503.It is a great honor for believers to follow the thorny, cross-bearing path of Christ. 背十字架、走荆棘路来跟随基督，对信徒来说是一种殊荣。
　　1504.To get a better idea about the scope of these persecutions, we should turn to the statistics. During the Boxer Rebellion days, twenty thousand Chinese Christians and foreign missionaries were killed. 要想更好地深入了解逼迫的程度，我们应该借助数据。义和团期间，大约有两万中国信徒和外国宣教士遇害。to get a better idea about, 要想深入了解，turn to 借助 We have to turn to your help.我们得寻求你的帮助。

　　1505.We should be able to sing in chains. 我们应该可以戴着镣铐歌唱。in chains 也是坐牢的意思。
　　1506.Is this the tip of the iceberg or merely an isolated incident? 这只是冰山一角呢，还是一个孤立的个案？这是一个“大量”与“少量”的对比。
　　1507.English has become an ideology, a force strong enough to remake your résumé, attract a spouse, or catapult you out of a village. Linguists estimate the number of Chinese now studying or speaking English at between two hundred million and three hundred and fifty million, a figure that’s on theborder of the population of the United States. 英语已经成了一种思想意识形态，学好了英语可以让你找到好工作，娶妻嫁夫，摆脱乡村贫困的生活。语言学家估计中国有两亿到三亿五千万人在学英语或能讲英语，这差不多是美国人口的总和了。on the border of 接近，也可以说，in the neighborhood of。The figure is in the neighborhood of three hundred million. 数字大约在三亿左右。

　　1508.Children need to gain the ability to think out of the box. 儿童应该学会打破传统习惯进行思维。out of the box, 打破传统，不囿于传统。也可以说think outside the box。相反的意思是in the box. The communist officials are in the box. 这些共产干部就会墨守成规。They are in-the-box thinkers.
　　1509.We are a close-knit team.我们是一个密切合作的团队。也说tight-knit 。She does a good job and she is a team player. 她工作干得好，而且有团队精神。
　　1510.Whatever you say.随你的便。管你的！

日期：2009-04-05　22:37:03

　　1511.line 是最常见的词，能掌握好与此词有关的词组能帮助提高我们的表达力。关于line的用法与词组远远不止十个，但我把这些用法都集中在十条里。以下都是常见的一些用法。I am on the starting line now, waiting for your marching order. 我已经站在起跑线上了，只等你下进军的号令。长官说“March!(出发)”.
　　1512.the first line 最初的，最好的。the first line of defense 第一道防线。I feel it is difficult to write the first line.我觉得文章开头最难。This is the first line treatment. It will be followed by more treatments. 这只是第一疗程，接下来还会其他的疗程。the last line, 最后，最重要的The court is the last line of defense for justice. If judges are corrupt, there is no way to mend the system at all. 法院是正义的最后防线，如果连法官都腐败了，那就没得治了。behind the enemy"s lines 深入到敌人的后方去。