1．词语选择的重要性 在The Right Word at the Right Time的序言中，编者对词语选用的重要性作了一个很好的比喻：Using the right word at the right time is rather like wearing appropriate clothing for the occasion： it is...
坑爹、伤不起、吐槽均是时下年轻人经常挂在嘴边的新鲜词。这些词无论生命力多强，都给我们的语汇带来一丝喜感，给我们的生活带来一份轻松。此外，这些流行语(如富二代、剩女)往往反应...
1. Compliment three people every day. 每天赞美三个人。 2. Watch a sunrise. 看日出。 3. Be the first to say Hello. 先向别人打招呼。 4. Live beneath your means. 靠自己的力量生活。 5. Treat everyone as you want to be treated...
1.跟读的方法： 这是遵循模仿的原则来使用的方法，也是语言学习过程中最有效的方法之一。 跟读的方法有两种，一句一句的跟读，直到整篇文章读完；另一种是跟着原声将整段或者整篇文章...
1．I'd like to invite you to my home． 我想请你去我家。 2．Thank you very much for helping me． 非常感谢你对我的帮助。 3．Could you please speak slowly? 请你说慢点好吗? 4．I'm happy to help you any time． 我随时都乐...
A thousand times no! 绝对办不到！ Don't mention it. 没关系，别客气。 Who knows! 天晓得！ It is not a big deal! 没什么了不起！ How come...怎么回事，怎么搞得 Easy does it.慢慢来。 Don't push me.别逼我。 Come on...
许多中国人爱用俗语、成语、俚语。由于中美两国文化、风俗、思想、习惯的差异，如果照字直译，或把单字「堆在一起」，老外听了，也许就会「满头雾水」、「迷迷糊糊」，成了他们所说...
机场费 airport fee 国际机场 international airport 国内机场 domestic airport 机场候机楼 airport terminal 国际候机楼 international terminal 国际航班出港 international departure 国内航班出站 domestic departure 卫星楼...
boarding check 登机牌 plane ticket 飞机票 flight, flying 飞行 bumpy flight 不平稳的飞行 smooth flight 平稳的飞行 ramp 扶梯 altitude, height 高度 extra flight 加班 non-stop flight 连续飞行 circling 盘旋 forced landing 迫降...
病假 sick leave; sickness pay; sick pay 带薪休假 paid leave 销假 return to work; back to work 病休表 sickness absence form 员工近亲过世请的假 Bereavement leave; compassionate leave 通常是在员工近亲属去世的时候请的假...
Confucius Institute 孔子学院 sister cities 友好城市 culture shock 文化冲击，文化休克 culture pollution 文化污染 cross-cultural communication 跨文化交流 high culture 高雅文化 counter-culture （上世纪六十至七十年代...
You spend about 23 years sleeping in a 70 year life。 在70年的生命中，你大约要花23年的时间睡觉。 Owls are the only birds that can see the colour blue。 猫头鹰是唯一能看见蓝色的鸟类。 Your stomach has to produce a n...
1. 随着经济的繁荣 with the booming of the economy 2. 随着人民生活水平的显著提高 with the remarkable improvement of people's living standard 3. 先进的科学技术 advanced science and technology 4. 为我们日常生活增添了情...
开头 Recently, the problem of has aroused peoples concern. 最近,问题已引起人们的关注. Internet has been playing an increasingly important role in our day-to-day life. It has brought a lot of benefits but has created some serious problem...
Catch yourself daydreaming while washing the dishes again? If this happens often you probably have a pretty capable working memory, new research suggests. 洗碗的时候发现自己又在做白日梦了？新的研究表明，如果你经常做白日梦...
