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第一回 动物篇
a)Ten animals I slam in a net.
我把十只动物一网打尽
你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗?对了,无论从左到右,还是从右到左,字母排列顺序都是一样的,英语把这叫做Palindromes 回文(指顺读和倒读都一样的词语),关于动物的回文还有以下的例子
Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto. (奥托看见了小狗,小狗的名字叫奥托)
Was it a car or a cat I saw ?
Was it a rat I saw ? (我刚才看见的是条老鼠?)
b)the bee's knees
又来形容最好的至高无上的东西。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees. (她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手。)
该表现起源于20年代的美国,仅仅因为bee's 和 knees押韵,琅琅上口,迅速得到流传,直到现在, 还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用。
续动物篇
Santa Claus' reindeer(圣诞老人的驯鹿)
你知道圣诞老人的驯鹿是怎么来的吗?它们是Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863 美国作家)所写的‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’1823作品里出现的Dasher、Dancer、Prancer、Vixen、Comet、Cupid、Donner、Blitzen等8头
此主题相关如下:
续动物篇
the world is my oyster (世界是我的牡蛎)
if the world is my oyster 经常作为“如果我的梦想得以实现的话”的意思使用。该句来源于莎士比亚的The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600)Ⅱ?ⅱ?2中,恶棍Pistol对决意不肯借钱的Sir John Falstaff说、“Why then the world's mine oyster, / Which I with sword will open.”(这个世界如同我的牡蛎一样,我可以用刀子把它撬开。)人们应用这句话是常把原文的mine该成my.这句话也常常出现在Willy Loman的台词中。
此主题相关如下:
续动物篇
horses for courses
不同的马适合不同的跑道
20世纪后期成为广泛使用的习惯用语,由不同的跑道为不同的马设置这一事实而来。
〔例1〕 We like to try to provide a wide range of hobbies for our members to choose from. We know there are horses for courses.
〔例2〕 This drug worked for your mother but it might not work for you.There are horses for courses in the medical world.
英语文化:十句常用趣味美国俚语
f-father
a-and
m-mother
i-I
l-love
y-you
合起来就是Father and mother I love you
Part I Homonyms&Puns
第1篇 谐音及双关类
Questions:
1.Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad?
爸爸和妈妈谁和你更亲?
2.Can you go to the Cinema with your watch broken?
你手表坏了,可以去看**吗?
3.Why is the comet like Mickey Mouse?
为什么说彗星像米老鼠?
Keys:
1.Mom is closer, because dad is farther.
妈妈更亲,因为爸爸更远。
2.Of course not,for I don’t have the time.
当然不行,因为我没有时间。
3.It’s a star with a tail.
因为它是带着一根尾巴的星星。
Notes:
1.father父亲,音似farther/’fa:J/更远
2. I don’t have the time有两种理解:①我没有时
间;②我没戴表或我的表坏了,不知道时间。
3.comet/’k&mit/ n.彗星
Mickey Mouse/ 'miki maus/米老鼠
tail/teil/ n.(动物的)尾巴;彗(星)尾
Questions:
1.What’s the largest room in the world?
世界上最大的房间是什么房间?
2.What’s the poorest bank in the world?
最没有钱的银行是什么银行?
3.When is coffee like the surface of the earth?
咖啡什么时候像地球表面?
4.What month do soldiers hate?
当兵的不喜欢几月份?
Keys:
1.The room for improvement.
改进的空间。
2.The river bank.
河堤。
3.When it’s ground.
被碾成粉末时。
4.March.
三月。
Notes:
1.room·房间;空间,余地
2.bank n.银行;堤岸
3.ground n.地面,它也是grind/grind/v.磨
碎,碾碎的过去分词形式。
4.march n.行军
Questions:
1.When is a person not a person?
什么时候人不是人?
2.When is a door not a door?
什么时候门不是门?
3.When are boys not boys?
什么时候男孩不是男孩?
4.When is a clock dangerous?
什么时候时钟是危险的?
Keys:
1.When he is a little cross.
当他有点恼怒时。
2.When it’s ajar.
当它虚掩时。
3.When they’re bare-footed.
当他们赤脚时。
4.When it runs down the stairs and strikes one.
当它滚下楼梯敲响一点钟时。
Notes:
1.cross adj.烦恼,恼火; n.十字架
2.ajar/+’DNα:/adj.(门)虚掩着,露了一条缝的
音似a jar(一只壶)。
3.bare-footed赤脚,音似bear-footed,脚和熊一
样。
4.strikes one另一层意思是:击中一个人
Questions:
1.Why is tennis so noisy?
打网球为什么很吵?
2.If a cabbage and a carrot raced, which one
would win?
如果卷心菜和胡萝卜赛跑,谁会赢?
3.How many feet are there in a yard?
一码有多少英尺?
Keys:
1.Each player raises a racket.
因为每个运动员都拿着球拍。
2.The cabbage,because it’s always ahead.
卷心菜,因为它总是领先在前。
3.It depends on how many people stand in the
yard.
这要看院子里站了多少人。
Notes:
1.racket/’r$kit/n.(网球等的)球拍;喧哗,喧闹
raise a racket大吵大闹
2.cabbage/’k$biDN/n.卷心菜
carrot/’k#+r+t/n.胡萝卜
a head of cabbage一颗卷心菜
3.feet n.英尺;脚(pl.)
yard n.院子;码
Questions:
1.When are people like glasses?
什么时候人像眼镜?
2.What beam is lighter than all the other beams?
什么梁最轻?
3.What animal eats with its tail?
什么动物用尾巴吃东西?
Keys:
1.When they make spectacles of themselves.
当他们出洋相的时候。
2.lightbeam.
光线。
3.All animals do. No one takes off its tail while
eating.
所有的动物,没有任何一种动物在吃东西时要取
下尾巴。
Notes:
1.spectacle/’spekt+kl/ n.眼镜
make a spectacle of oneself
使自己出丑,出洋相
2.beam/bi:m/ n.梁;光线
3.with prep.用…做事;带着,有…
Questions:
1.How can you make a slow horse fast?
怎样能使慢马跑得快?
2.What is heavier in summer than in winter?
什么东西夏天比冬天重?
3.What clothing is always sad?
什么衣服总是伤感的?
Keys:
1.Don’t give it anything to eat for a while.
暂时别给它吃东西。
2.Traffic to the beach.
去海滩的人流。
3.Blue Jeans.
蓝色牛仔服。
Notes:
1.fast adj.快的; v.绝食
2.heavy adj.重的;交通量大的,繁忙的
3.jeans/DNi:nz/ n.牛仔衣,牛仔裤
blue adj.蓝色的;伤感的
Questions:
1.How many legs do horses have?
马有几条腿?
2.When are people smartest?
什么时候人最聪明?
3.I have a tree in my hand.What kind of tree is
it?
我的手上有棵树,是什么树?
Keys:
1.six legs---- forelegs in front and two in back.
有六条腿,前面有前腿,后面有两条腿。
2.When it’s sunny,because everything’s brighter
then.
当天气晴朗的时候,因为这时候万物都更明亮。
3.It’s a palm.
是你的手掌。
Notes:
1.forelegs/’f&::legz/ n.前腿,音似four legs(四条
腿)
2.bright adj.办明亮;聪明
smart/sma:t/adj.聪明
3. palm/pa:m/ n.棕榈树;手掌
Questions :
1.Can you explain what is free speech?
你能说说什么是言论自由吗?
2.If the green house is on the right side of the
road,and the red house is on the left side of the
road,where is the white house?
假设绿房子在马路右边,红房子在马路左边,请
问白房子在哪儿?
3.What fruit is never found singly?
什么水果永远不会是单个的?
Keys:
1.Your talking on someone else’s phone.
用别人的电话打电话。
2.In Washington,D. C.
在华盛顿。
3.A pear.
是梨。
Notes:
1.free adj.自由的;免费的
2.The White House白宫
3.pear/p#+/ n.梨,音似 pair/p#+/ n.一对
Questions:
1.Why is the bride unhappy on her wedding day?
新娘新婚为何不开心?
2.What time must it be when the escaped hungry
wolf ate the paymaster?
逃跑了的饿狼吃掉出纳员是什么时候?
3.What will you break once you say it?
什么东西说出来就碎了?
Keys:
1.Because she didn’t marry the best man.
因为她没有嫁给最好的人。
2.8p.m.
下午8点。
3.Silence.
沉默。
Notes:
1.bride/braid/n.新娘
bridegroom/’braidgrum/n.新郎
best man男傧相;最好的男人
bridesmaid/’braidsmeid/ n.女傧相
2.8 P.m.音似ate P.m.,而P.m.是 paymaster的
缩写。
paymaster n.(发放薪饷的)出纳员
3.break the silence打破沉默
Questions:
1.What kind of clothes lasts the longest?
什么衣服穿得最久?
2.Why are farmers cruel?
为什么农夫是残酷的?
3.Why are babies like hinges?
为什么说婴儿像门铰链?
Keys:
1.Underwear, because it’s never worn out.
是内衣,因为它永远不会穿在外面。
2.They pull corns by the ears.
因为他们揪着玉米耳朵掰玉米。
3.Because they are things to adore.
因为他们是受宠爱的。
Notes:
1. worn out穿坏,磨损;穿在外面
2.ear耳朵;一穗(玉米)
pull corns by the ears另一种理解是“一穗一穗
地掰玉米”。
3.adore/α’d&::/ v.喜欢,宠爱,音似 a door。
hinge /hinDN/ n.门铰链
things to a door门上的东西
Questions:
1.If a driver drives too fast he’ll get a ticket.
What will happen to a Poet if he writes too
fast?
司机如果车开得太快就会被罚款,那么诗人如果
诗写得太快,会怎么样呢?
2.Why is an empty purse always the same?
空钱包为什么总是老样子?
3.Why do little birds in the nest agree with each
other?
巢里的小鸟为什么意见总是一致?
Keys:
1.His poetic license will be taken away.
他的写诗执照就会被没收。
2.There’s no change in it.
因为里面没有零钱。
3.Because they would fall out if they didn’t.
因为如果意见不合,它们就会摔出鸟巢。
Notes:
1.poetic license诗的破格(如不遵从语法规则等)
2. change n.零钱;变化
3. fall out摔出去;争吵
Questions:
1.Why is an argument like a pen?
为什么说论据就像一支钢笔?
2.When will the wind improve its image?
风什么时候能改进自己的形象?
3.Why is learning English like a light gentle wind
to a smart student?
为什么对聪明的学生来说,学英语就像一阵微
风?
Keys:
1.No good Without a point.
没有笔尖就没有用处。
2.When it turns over a new leaf.
当它把一片刚落的叶子吹翻过来时。
3.It’s a breeze to them.
因为对他们来说学英语轻而易举。
Notes:
1.argument/’%:gjum+nt/ n.论据,说理
point n.尖,顶端;论点,要点
2.turn over a new leaf真正的涵义是:改过自新
3.breeze/bri:z/ n.微风,和风;轻而易举的事
Questions:
1.What has four wheels and flies?
什么东西有四个轮子还会飞?
2.What’s even harder to catch if you run faster?
什么东西你跑得越快越难追上?
3.What time is it when a man is chased by ten
dogs?
什么时候十条狗追一个人?
4.How can you tell a clock is shy?
你怎么知道时钟害羞呢?
Keys:
1.A garbage truck.
垃圾车。
2.Your breath.
你的呼吸。
3.It’s ten after one.
是一点过十分。
4.It has its hands over its face.
因为它用手遮着脸蛋。
Notes:
1.what has four wheels and flies?
另一种理解是:什么东西既有四个轮子又有许多
苍蝇?
2.catch one’s breath恢复正常呼吸(尤指剧烈运
动后)
Questions:
1.Why does time fly?
时间为何飞逝。
2.Why does an invisible man tend to go crazy?
隐形人为何容易发疯?
3.Where can a dog get another tail?
狗去哪里可以再弄到一条尾巴?
4.What bow can never be tied?
什么结不能打?
Keys:
1.To get away from all those who are trying to
kill it.
为的是甩掉所有要谋杀它的人。
2.Out of sight , out of mind.
看不见就变疯了。
3.At a retail store.
在零售商店。
4.A rainbow.
彩虹。
Notes:
1. kill time消磨时间
2.Out of sight, out of mind眼不见为净
3.前缀 re-表示“再一次”,“又…”。
Questions:
1.Why do carpenters think there’s no such thing
as gold in this world?
木匠为什么不相信世上有金子这种东西?
2.Why do you think doctors are mean?
你为什么认为医生很吝啬?
3.What do you think of the Grand Canyon?
你觉得大峡谷如何?
Keys:
1.They never saw it.
因为他们从未锯过金子。
2.Every time they treat me they make me pay for
it.
因为他们每次请我吃饭都让我来付帐。
3.Just gorges.
不过是峡谷罢了。
Notes:
1.saw n.锯,也是see(看见)的过去式。英文中讲
seeing is believing.(眼见为实)”
2.treat/tri:t/ v.请客;治疗,处理
mean/mi:n/ adj.小气,吝啬
3.gorges是 gorge(峡谷)的复数形式,音似 gorgeous/’g&:s/adj.宜人的,好的,美丽的
Just gorgeous!太棒了!太美了!
Questions:
1.How do you punctuate the following sentence?
I saw a $ 100 bill on the ground
你看到下面这个句子怎么给它加上标点?
我看见地上有一张巨元美钞
2.How do you know a photographer is always progressive?
你怎么知道摄影师总是在进步?
3.What roof never keeps out the wet?
什么屋顶不挡雨?
Keys:
1.Make a dash after it.
后面加个破折号。
2.They are always developing.
他们总是在冲(胶卷)。
3.The roof of the mouth.
上颚。
Notes:
1.make a dash after it另一种理解是:冲上去拿呀
punctuate v./’p)RkCMueit/加标点
2.develop v.发展;冲(胶卷)
3.roof n.屋顶;上颚
Questions:
1.Does any child like going to school?
有没有小孩子喜欢上学?
2.Why is a peacock the best story-teller?
为什么说孔雀最擅长讲故事?
3.Why is a crazy person equal to two ordinary
people?
为什么说一个疯子抵得上两个正常人?
Keys:
1.Every child likes going to school. Most of them
Just hate staying there before going home.
每个孩子都喜欢去学校,大部分的孩子只不过不
喜欢在回家之前呆在那儿罢了。
2.Because it always has a beautiful tale.
因为它总是有一个美丽的故事。
3.Because he is a man beside himself.
因为他在自己的旁边还有一个人。
Notes:
1.go to School有两种理解:
①在学校读书,上学;
②去学校,上学校
2.tale/teil/ n.故事,音似tail(尾巴)。
3. beside oneself真正的意思是:发狂,忘形。
Questions:
1.What coat is always Wet When it’S put on?
什么衣服穿上的时候总是湿乎乎的?
2.Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?
这支乐队何以演出取得巨大成功?
3.Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week?
为什么说星期日是一周里最强壮的一天?
Keys:
1.A coat of paint.
一层油漆。
2.They had the audience glued to their seats.
他们请人把听众粘在椅子上了。
3.The rest of the days are weak days.
因为其余的日子都很弱小。
Notes:
1.coat n.衣服;涂层,一层(漆)
2.smash hit很成功的新剧、**等
have someone glued to one’s seat真正的意思
是:使某人喜欢得不忍离座,直到看完(表演)为
止。
3.weak adj.弱的,音似week
weekdays指不包括星期日的那些天
但是,目前流行的看法是:weekdays指周一至周
五,而weekends包括周六和周日。
Questions:
1.Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed?
为什么养长颈鹿最不花钱?
2.Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?
狗为什么害怕日光浴;
3.Why are mules helpless in dancing?
骡子为什么在跳舞方面一塌糊涂?
4.Why is the pig always eating?
猪为什么没完没了地吃?
Keys:
1.They make a little food go a long wag.
因为它们脖子长,一点点食物都要走很长的路才
能咽下去。
2.They don’t want to be hot-dogs.
因为它们不想成为热狗。
3.They have two left legs.
因为它们有两条左腿。
4.He’s making a hog of himself.
它想成为一只肉猪。
Notes:
1.go a long way维持很长一段时间
3.have two left legs(跳舞等)笨手笨脚
4.make a pig of oneself像猪一样吃得很多(贬义)
hog /h&g/n.肉用肥猪
Questions:
1.What kind of shoes are made of banana skins?
什么鞋是用香蕉皮做的?
2.How do you like your school?
你觉得你们学校怎么样?
3.Why are politicians no longer concerned with
snowball fights?
政客们为什么不再关注打雪仗了?
Keys:
1.Slippers.
拖鞋。
2.Closed.
关闭。
3.The cold war is over.
冷战结束了。
Notes:
1.slipper/’slip+/ n.拖鞋
Slip/Slip/ v.滑,跌交
2.How do you like your school?有两种理解:
①你觉得你们学校怎么样?
②你希望你们学校是什么样子,
3.cold war冷战
Questions:
1.Why are watches fragile?
手表为什么容易坏?
2. What’s put on the table,cut,but never eaten?
什么东西摆在桌上,切好以后却不能食用?
3.Why don’t women get bald as soon as men?
为什么总是男人比女人先秃头?
Keys:
1.Because their hours are numbered.
因为它们有数字标明时间。
2.A deck of cards.
一副扑克牌。
3.Because women wear hair longer.
因为女人头发留得长。
Notes:
1.fragile/’fr$ail/ adj.易碎的,易坏的
“Their hours are numbered”源于“One’s days
are numbered”意思是“某人在世之日屈指可数,
寿命不长了”。
2.cut the cards洗牌
3.wear hair longer有两层意思:
①留着更长的头发;
②头发留得更长久
Questions:
1.How can you make the door last?
怎样能使门经久耐用?
2.Why shouldn’t you lose your temper?
为什么不该发脾气?
3.What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?
比萨塔为什么是斜的?
4.What book has the most stirring chapters?
什么书中有最动人的篇章?
Keys:
1.Make other things first.
先做其他的东西。
2.No one else wants it.
没人愿意要。
3.It never eats.
因为它从不食人间烟火。
4.A cook book.
烹饪书。
Notes:
1.make the door last另一种理解是:最后做门
3.lean v.倾斜;adj.瘦的
4.stirring adj.动人的
Stir v.搅和,搅拌
Questions:
1.What’s the most difficult train to catch?
赶什么火车最不容易?
2.What trees do fortune tellers like to look at?
算命先生喜欢看什么树?
3.How do people feel after taking a ferryboat?
乘渡船之后人们有什么感觉?
Keys:
1.The 12:50 train, because it’s ten to one if you
catch it.
是12点50分的火车,因为赶上它只有10比1的概
率。
2.Palms.
棕榈树。
3.They feel vexed, for the ferryboat made them
cross.
他们觉得烦恼,是因为渡船使然。
Notes:
1.ten to one 1点差10分;10比1
2.palm n.棕榈树;手掌
fortune teller算命先生,预言将来的人
palmist n.看手相者
3.cross v.过去,渡过,穿过
adj.暴躁的,易怒的
Questions:
1.What can pierce one’s ears without a hole?
什么东西不用打洞就可以在耳朵上穿孔?
2.If you had 5 dollars and gave away one quarter,
and another quarter,and then still mother
quarter, how much Would you have left?
假设你有5美元,拿走四分之一,再拿走四分之
一,接着又拿走四分之一,你还剩多少钱?
3.What bird lifts heavy things?
什么鸟可以举起重物?
Keys:
1.Noise.
噪音。
2.$ 4.25.
还有4美元25美分。
3.A crane.
鹤。
Notes:
1.pierce/p!+s/v.刺穿,刺破
piercing/’p!+siR/adj.刺耳的
2.quarter/’kw&:t/n.四分之一;二十五美分
3.crane/krein/n.鹤;起重机
Questions:
1.What’s the difference between the North Pole
and the South Pole?
北极和南极的区别是什么?
2.What makes naughty boys long to work in a
clock factory?
淘气的男孩子为什么盼望到钟表厂工作?
3.What can I do to avoid falling hair?
怎样防止头发脱落?
Keys:
1.The whole world.
整个世界。
2.People make faces there.
因为那儿人们做鬼脸。
3.Get out of the way where the hair’s falling.
别站在头发掉下来的地方就行了。
Notes:
1.A world of difference天壤之别
2.make faces做鬼脸;做钟面
3.avoid falling hair有两种理解:
①防止头发脱落;
②避开(从上面)掉下来的头发
Questions:
1.What do girls find the easiest to part with?
女孩子们发现什么东西最舍得放弃?
2.What king of running means walking?
什么样的跑步意味着走路?
3.What do elephants use to communicate with
each other?
大象用什么交谈?
4.What makes fish the smartest animal in the
world?
鱼为什么是世界上最聪明的动物?
Keys:
1.A comb.
梳子。
2.Running out of gas.
汽油用完了。
3.Big Words.
大个的词。
4.No one can pull its leg.
它没有腿给人拉。
Notes:
1.part with放弃(尤指不自愿地);用…分头路或
发缝
2.big words真正的涵义是:比较正式的大词
4.pull one’s leg真正的涵义是:使…上当受骗
Questions:
1.What made the little strawberry worried?
什么事让小草莓忧心忡忡?
2.Something went Wrong with the second hand of
my watch.Where can I have it replaced?
我手表上的秒针坏了,请问哪儿有换的?
3.Why are Writers like postmen?
为什么作家与邮递员相似?
Keys:
1.It’s afraid to be in a jam.
它害怕被做成果酱。
2.In a second-hand store.
在旧货店里。
3.They are all men of letters.
他们都是文人。
Notes:
1.jam/DN$m/ n.果酱;塞车
2.second hand adj. 二手货的,旧的
second hand n.秒针
3.men of letters文人
letter n.字母;信件
Questions:
1.Why are chickens kept away from children?
为什么孩子们不能和鸡呆在一起?
2.Why do people go to bed?
人们为什么睡觉?
3.Why shouldn’t we have tte-鄑te e in the country?
我们为什么不能在乡间密谈?
Keys:
1.Chickens use fowl language.
因为鸡用的是禽语。
2.Because the bed won’t come to us.
因为床不会走向我们。
3.Because the corn have ears.
因为玉米有耳。
Notes:
1.fowl language音似foul language(脏话)
2.go to bed另一种理解是:走向床,走到床跟前
3.tte-—-tte/’teit%:’teit/n.私下密谈
corns have ears源于 walls have ears隔墙有耳
ear n.耳朵;一穗(玉米)
Questions:
1.What’s the best thing to take when you run-
down?
身体不适时吃什么最好?
2.What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator?
什么东西就是放在冰箱里也是热的?
3.What is the best year for a kangaroo?
什么是袋鼠的幸运年?
一周七天的英语趣味小知识
英语里有很多有趣的俚语,它们往往通俗易懂、说起来顺口、且带有浓郁的地方色彩和生活气息。下面我们挑一些经典的看几句吧!
1.Peter's vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office.
办公室出了问题,彼得的假期泡汤了。
2.We should probably hit the road. It's going to take us two hours to get home.
我们可能该上路了吧?到家要两个小时呢!
十句常用趣味美国俚语
3.You'd better shape up if you want to stay on.
如果你还想留下来的话最好乖一点儿。
4.Don't sneak up behind me like that. You scared the shit out of me.
不要那样从后面突然吓我。你吓死我了。
5.He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert.
他运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。
6.This car is a real lemon. It has broken down four times.
这辆车真次,已经坏了四次了!
7.The movie was a flop. Nobody went to see it.
这部**卖座率奇低,没有人去看。
8.Chris flipped out when I told him that we won the game.
我告诉克里斯我们赢了比赛时,他乐坏了。
9.Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything new.
凯西真保守,她从不想尝试新事物。
10.Let me spring for dinner.
我来请客吧。
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相关阅读?13个有趣实用的英语俚语
1. airhead(傻蛋): stupid person, idiot (Ex: "How could you forget the keys? You are such an airhead!")
2. chilling(放松): relaxing, not doing anything that takes up a lot of energy (Ex: "I'm just watching some TV. Since there's no homework today, I'm just going to chill.")
3. couch potato(电视迷): a person who watches too much television (Ex: "You've been watching TV all day. Don't be such a couch potato and get up!")
4. flick(**): film; movie (chick flick: movies for girls. Ex: "Let's watch a chick flick at the sleepover. Which one should we see? Mean Girls or The Notebook?")
5. get it(明白): to understand something (Ex: "Your shirt looks really bad. I'm serious, it looks so ugly." "Okay, okay. I got it the first time.")
6. jock(体育高手): someone good at sports (Ex: "Tristan is the biggest jock in school. He's also the most popular guy among girls.")
7. loaded(富有): someone with a lot of money (Ex: "Did you see the car that drove her to school today? Her family must be loaded.")
8. party animal(派对狂): someone that loves parties or go out to clubs (Ex: "You've been partying every night this week. You are such a party animal!")
9. rip off(宰客): a fraud, something that isn?t actually worth the amount you paid for it (Ex: "I bought these jeans for $100." "Really? I got the same ones for only $50!" "Wow, I got ripped off!" "Yeah, what a rip off.")
10. sweet(很棒): excellent, cool (Ex: "Hey, can you help me decorate the school gym for the dance?" "Yeah sure!" "Sweet, thanks!")
11. turn-on(诱惑): something that attracts you to someone (Ex: "That guy can sing while playing theguitar. That is definitely a turn-on for me.")
12. up for it(愿意做某事): to be willing to do something, and have a good time (Ex: "I really want to go bungee jumping. Want to go with me? Would you be up for it?")
13. wicked(非常好): excellent, cool (more common among British speakers) (Ex: "That was so wicked! Can you do that again?")
一周七天的英语典故
在中国,一周七天,我们分别称之为星期一、星期二?或者周一、周二?是以数字来表示的。而在英语里,七天各有其名。这是盎格鲁萨克森人为纪念他们崇拜的神而命名的。 盎格鲁萨克森人?公元五世纪,原居北欧的日耳曼部落入侵不列颠,他们当中包括盎格鲁人(Angles)、萨克森人(Saxons),朱特人(Jutes)。而盎格鲁人定居的地方就是现在的英格兰。
除了星期六(Saturday)来源于罗马的萨图恩神(saturn)以外,其余六天的名字都来源于北方诸神。
星期日:Sunday,the day of the Sun,?太阳日?。对基督徒而言,星期日是?安息日?,因为耶稣复活的日子是在星期日。约在西元三百年左右,欧洲教会和政府当局开始明订星期日为休息的日子,直到今日,世界上大多数的国家都以Sunday为星期例假日。
星期一:Monday,the day of the Moon,从Moonday发展至现在的Monday,?月亮日?。
星期二:Tuesday,源于Tiwesday,?战神日?。Tiw是北欧神话里的`战神,正如同罗马神话里的战神Mars一样。在北欧神话中不叫Tiw而叫Tyr。相传在他的那个时代,有一狼精经常出来扰乱世界,为了制服狼精,Tyr的一只手也被咬断了。
星期三:Wednesday,源于Woden?s day,?Woden?是风暴之神,?风神日?。Woden是北欧诸神之父。为制服狼精而牺牲自己一只手的Tyr,就是他的儿子。
Woden领导神族跟巨人族作战,他曾牺牲自己锐利的右眼,跟巨人族换取?智慧?的甘泉。他也曾深入地层,从巨人族那里偷取?诗?的美酒。西方人为了追念这位主神,就根据他的名字创造了Wednesday这个字。
星期四:Thursday,是为了纪念雷神(Thor)而命名的。故星期四又称为?雷神日?。红头发的雷神索尔(星期四的来源)是主神奥丁的儿子,他戴着一副特殊的绶带和手套,具有超人的力量,能够把岩石击碎。
相传有一次,他的大铁被一位叫Thrym的巨人偷走了。Thrym扬言,除非神族答应把美丽的爱神Freya嫁给他做为交换。然而Freya抵死不从,於是神族想了一个办法,由Thor男扮女装穿Freya的衣服,假装嫁给他,Thrym不疑有诈,把铁交给新娘。于是Thor抢回了自己的武器,也立即把Thrym给杀了。
星期五:Friday,在古英文中Friday意思是Frigg?s day。Frigg是北欧神话中主司婚姻和生育的女神,也是Woden的妻子。相传她平日身披闪耀白长袍,住在水晶宫中,和侍女们一起编织五颜六色的彩云。对於北欧人而言,星期五是幸运的日子。然而对基督徒来说却是相反的,因为耶稣受难日正好是星期五。
星期六:Saturday,the day of Saturn,Sat。 urn农神
英语趣味小故事:老师哭了The six-year-old John was terribly spoiled . His father knew it, but his grandma doted on him. He hardly left her side. And when he wanted anything, he either cried or threw a temper tantrum. Then came his first day of school, his first day away from his grandmother's loving arms.
When he came home from school his grandma met him at the door.
"Was school all right?" she asked, "Did you get along all right? did you cry?"
"Cry?" John asked. "No, I didn't cry, but the teacher did!"
可是老师哭了
六岁的约翰娇生惯养。他的父亲知道这一点,可他的祖父母仍然宠着他。这孩子几乎寸步不离他的祖母。他想要什么不是哭,就是闹。他第一天上学才离开祖母的怀抱。
约翰放学了,他奶奶在门口接他并问道:?学校怎么样?你过的好吗?哭了没有?
?哭?约翰问,?不,我没哭,可老师哭了。?
英语趣味故事短文:至少我没有失去At Least I?m Not Lost
Rechard has lived in a city since he was born .Now he ia sixteen and studies in a middle school .He didn?t go out of the city until he and his friends had a picnic in a cool village last summer .
They all got up early that morning .They took a bus and it took them about an hour to get to the quite place .They sang ,drew and swam in the river when they felt hot or cooked some food when they were hungry .In the afternoon they climbed a hill .There was a forest on it .The girls began to pick flowers and the boys looked for some fruits there .Rechard saw a beautiful bird in a tree. He liked it very much and wanted to catch it .But it flew to another tree as soon as it saw him .He ran there but it flew away again .And soon he couldn?t see his friends .He shouted ,but nobody answered him .He was afraid and walked through the forest .At last he saw a farmer cutting a tree .He quickly came up to him along the narrow road .
?Hi ,?shouted the boy .?What place is it here ?
?A forest ,?came the answer .
?I know it?s a forest ,?said Rechard .?How can I find the nearest village ?
?Along the roads .?
?How foolish you are !?said the young man .?There are several roads here .Which of them must I go along ?
?Yes ,I?m foolish ,?answered the farmer .?But at least I haven?t lost my way !?
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