英语博客-北美风情 163、Other languages in English

　　In this episode¹, we’re doing something a bit different: We’re looking at expressions we use in English that aren’t actually English! English speakers often use certain words from other languages as if they were English. Here, we choose just four, from German, Spanish, French, and Japanese. If you speak any of those languages, please don’t be offended² by our pronunciations!

　　Maura:  OK, let’s move on to our next expression. The next expression is from the Spanish language and, again, our pronunciation’s not gonna sound very good to anyone who speaks Spanish, but the expression is mi casa es su casa.
Harp:  Yeah. Mi casa es su casa.
Maura:  Yup. And to be fair, I really didn’t try to speak it in a Spanish accent. I tried to show you how English speakers would say it.
Harp:  Yup. I would not say it with any accent, I would say it exactly how I said it. Mi casa es su casa.
Maura:  Yeah. And, this expression literally³ means⁴ my house is your house. And so the expression is used when you have a visitor. You might say this expression to mean feel comfortable, my house is your house, act as if my house was your house.

1 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

2 offended   

v.触怒( offend的过去式和过去分词 )；得罪；冒犯；使反感令人不适

参考例句：

• They'll be offended if you don't go to their wedding. 你若不参加他们的婚礼，他们会生气的。
• She was offended by the vulgarity of their jokes. 他们那些粗俗的笑话使她大为不快。

3 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

4 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。