2007-02-11

听力口语经典100个

1,a change of pace 节奏变换
You can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

5, a phone call away 一个电话之远,愿意过来帮忙。
If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

6, a while back 不久以前

7,all along 一直
I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

9, account for 解释
How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知

15,at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2)不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

20,be attached to 对……有感情
A: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought youwould have

gotten rid of it years ago.
B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up
1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks. I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持
I’ll back it up.

22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27,be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28,be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.

31,benefit concert 慈善音乐会
We need to let everyone know about the benefit concert, but we don’t have much money for advertising.

32, busy signal 占线
I’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.

33,between you and me 你我之间,保密

34,call for
A,打电话找
Tom just called for you.
B,预报
The forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?
C,问
It’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.




35, call it a day 就此结束
A: I’m really glad our club decides to raise money for the children’s hospital,
and most of the people we’ve phoned seemed happy to contribute.
B: Yeah, I agree. Now we’ve gone through all the numbers on our list now, so
I guess we can call it a day.

36,cash the check 兑现支票
Have your sister cashed her paycheck?

37,clear off 收拾,整理
It’s about time we clear off the desk.

38,come down (雨,雪)下起来
The heavy rain is coming down, now.

39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
Not only did Jill come in first in the race but she also had her best running time of the season.

40,come what may 不管怎样
We’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.

41,cost somebody an arm and a leg
A: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?
B: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.

42, cut it out 闭嘴
I told you to cut it out.

43,be cut out for 生来时做……的
Dr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.

44,department chair 系主任
I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

45,dirt cheap 非常便宜
A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
B: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.

46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
You can do with your girlfriend.
You can do without your girlfriend

47, dog tired 特别累,同义:run down; worn out; out of steam
I’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.

48, down jacket 羽绒服

49,drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯;同义:drive somebody out of one’s mind
The sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.

50, fall back on 依赖
A: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
B: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.




51, fill a prescription 按处方抓药
Would you please fill this prescription for me?

52, fill in for 代替; 同义:fill one’s place(position, shoes); take the place of;
take over Say, Dave, can you fill in for me tonight at the restaurant? I’d like to go out of town.

53,food for thought 令人思考的东西;同义:thought-provoking
There is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.

54,for nothing 免费
To pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.

55,from top to bottom 从上到下
A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..

56, get of on the wrong foot 开始事情就做错了
I got off on the wrong foot, and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now.

57,get a lot out of something 从……学到很多
The training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.

58, get at 想说
Do you understand what I’m getting at?

59, get away with 对…..摆脱惩罚
A: Did you know that Bob is leaving for home tonight? He isn’t planning to take his final exams.
B: He can’t get away with that

60,get going 赶紧行动; 同义:get moving
A: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.
B: Who says we won’t? let’s get going.

61, get on one’s nerve 招惹某人神经了
A: Why did you come to the meeting late? I left a message with your roommate about the time change.
B: She has a very short memory and it really gets on my nerve sometimes.

62, get started on 开始做
We should get started on the project.

63, get time off from work 从工作中抽时间
Oh, so she was able to get time off from the work.

64,give credibility to 相信
A: did you hear about Jim?
B: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.

65,go easy on 温和对待
Well, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you.

66,go in one ear and out the other 一耳朵进,一耳朵出
Well, you know Mike, everything’s in one ear and out the other.

67,go jogging 去跑步
Are you ready to go jogging?

68,go to one’s head 某人自负
A: Have you noticed how John’s changed since he became student government president?
B: I think the whole thing has gone to his head, and he used to be so sociable and open.

69,got the time 几点了
A: Got the time?
B: It’s a little after ten.

70, graduation announcements 毕业典礼请柬
Have you ordered your graduation announcements?

71,graon about 抱怨
How come Michael’s always groaning about something?

72,guest lecturer 客座教授
The only person who understood the guest lecturer was the professor.

73,hand-me-down 送的东西
A: What a gorgeous jacket. It must have cost a fortune.
B: Not at all. It’s a hand-me-down.

74,hand down 易如反掌
Lee won the chess match hands down.

75,have a way with 擅长
Bonnie really has a way with words.

76,have had it with 处于
I’ve had it with being sick in bed. I’ve read most of these magazines twice.

77, head and shoulders above 高出许多
In computer programming, Susan is head and shoulders above the rest of us.

78, hit the spots 特别好
This lemonade sure hits the spots.

79, hold the grudge 记仇
A: I wish I hadn’t hurt Mary’s feelings like that. You know I never meant to.
B: The great thing about Mary is that she doesn’t hold the grudge.

80, I have no idea which way to turn 我不知道该怎么办

81, I have seen worse 我见过更糟的

82, in advance 提前;同义:before hand, ahead of time
It’s a really nice apartment. But the owners want two-month rent in advance and I just don ’t have it.

83, in case 万一
Let’s take our suits along in case the sun comes out.

84, in next to no time 马上
A: Are you going to be using the copying machine long?
B: I’ll be through in next to no time.

85, in the red 赤字 反义:in the black

86,in the works 正在准备阶段
An advanced course in theoretical chemistry is the works.

87, keep to oneself
I’m amazed that you still haven’t gotten to know your neighbors.

88, kill time 浪费时间
Gosh, what can we do to kill the next 10 hours?

89, leave…up to somebody
We’ll have to leave the decision up to him.

90, letter of recommendation 推荐信;letter of reference 推荐信

91, look on the bright sides of things 看事物的光明面

92, no kidding 不是开玩笑吧

93, on the tip of one’s tongue 就在舌尖
A: Are you sure you can’t remember the name of that record?
B: It’s just on the tip of my tongue!

94, quitting time 下课时间
I’m glad it’s almost quitting time.

95, take it over 重修
Don failed physics and had to take it over.

96, than necessary 比应该的要冷
The lab was cooler than necessary.

97, That’s easer said than done. 说来容易做来难

98, There is nothing to it. 没什么,很容易
I can run this projector. There’s really nothing to it.

99, with flying colors 成功
A: How did Ellen do on her American History exam?
B: She passed with flying colors.

100, You can bet your life 当然
A: Will Prof. Smith come to class on time?
B: You can bet your life

做女人到底有多难?

做女人真的太难了。做女人到底有多难?英国女性专家鲁萨和诺索维兹总结出了“从A到Z”26个字母的女性必读,读一下对你也许有所启发。

A(Ambition)雄心壮志:女人也许担心这个词将使她们失去女性的温柔。

然而,一项进行了15年的调查发现,74%的职业女性一直都在积极寻求获得提升的机会。

B(Belief)信仰:无论如何,在生活中,女人至少得坚信一件事情,这样,才会让你的人生不至于迷失。

C(Cute)可爱:可爱是一种天生的气质,它并不针对某种性格、某种外貌的女人,女人的可爱可以是一辈子的。

D(Diy)自己动手:自己动手,是一件很有意思的事情,所谓情趣,一定要自己去创造。

E(Enjoy)享受:细细品味,生活其实有滋有味。女人一定要懂得爱自己,才会更快乐。

F(Freedom)自由:自己的人生要自己掌握。做自己想做的事情,人生自然有味道。

G(Go)冲:无论何时,无论何地,都要有向前冲的勇气。
H(Happy)快乐:总是说女人累,但你有没有想过,有多少焦虑是不必要的?有多少操心是在作茧自缚?

I(Independent)独立:做个不依附别人的女人,连说话底气都要足一些。

J(Just)正直:对职场中的女性,特别是女性领导而言,正直是最重要的人格魅力。

K(Kitchen)厨房:上得厅堂,下得厨房,是对传统完美女性的评价,现代社会中,会做饭的女人其实更受欢迎。

L(Love)爱:爱会让女人变得更加温柔,懂得去爱别人的女人才会被人爱。

M(Marriage)婚姻:过去人们都知道,结婚使男人寿命更长、身体更健康。据芝加哥大学的研究人员证明,结婚的女人同样比不结婚的女人在身体和精神上更健康。

N(No)不:你知道拒绝吗?对在社会中相对仍然处于弱势的女人而言,对你不喜欢的东西,一定要大声地说出NO!

O(Open)开放:开放的心态让女人更有时代感。
P(Personality)个性:你喜欢什么?爱好什么?追求就是了!

Q(Quiet)安静:潮流总是兜兜转转,可能因为人心总是容易喜新厌旧。而回归宁静,让你更有女人味。

R(Romantic)浪漫:不要总是奢望男人去浪漫,这是女人骨子里就该有的一种气质。

S(Study)学习:你要不断学习,才跟得上身边优秀男人的步伐。

T(Tenet)原则:对事业、对朋友、对婚姻、对自己,原则是个底线,在这条线的支撑下,有很多选择的麻烦可以被省略。

U(Understand)理解:为什么男人总是说女人不讲道理,多站在对方的角度思考问题,你会发现,宽容的女人也更容易被理解。

V(Vigor)活力:谁喜欢一潭死水?有活力的女人,永远是这个时代的先锋。

W(Wisdom)智慧:女人的智慧是大智若愚,不到关键时刻,就让身边那些自以为比你聪明的男人为你效力吧。

X(X)未知数:如果生活中一点未知数都没有了,那明天还有什么意义。
Y(Yoga)瑜伽:最适合女人修身养性的锻炼方式。

Z(Zeal)热情:多给周围的人和事一些热情吧,它让我们至少年轻10岁。

2007-02-05

美丽的英语名言---(泰戈尔《飞鸟集》

夏天的飞鸟,飞到我的窗前唱歌,又飞去了。秋天的黄叶,它们没有什么可唱,只叹息一声,飞落在那里。
Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall, there with a sign.
  
世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀,请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。  
A troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words.

世界对着它的爱人,把它浩翰的面具揭下了。它变小了,小如一首歌,小如一回永恒的接吻。  
The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.

是大地的泪点,使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。  
It is the tears of the earth that keep here smiles in bloom.


无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱,她摇摇头笑着飞开了。  
The mighty desert is burning for the love of a bladeof grass who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.

如果你因失去了太阳而流泪,那么你也将失去群星了。  
If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.

跳舞着的流水呀,在你途中的泥沙,要求你的歌声,你的流动呢。你肯挟瘸足的泥沙而俱下么? 
The sands in your way beg for your song and your movement, dancing water. will you carry the burden of their lameness?

她的热切的脸,如夜雨似的,搅扰着我的梦魂。  
Her wishful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.

有一次,我们梦见大家都是不相识的。我们醒了,却知道我们原是相亲相爱的。 
Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.

忧思在我的心里平静下去,正如暮色降临在寂静的山林中。  
Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees.

英语中最恐怖的12个单词

1. honorificabilitudinitatibus
这个字是由27个字母组成的。出现在大文豪莎士比亚的剧本「空爱一场」?love’s labour’s lost?里,意思是「不胜光荣」。

2. antidisestablishmentarianism
这个字是由28个字母组成的。根据范克和华格若尔斯编的「英语新标准辞」里面的解释,这个字的意思是「反对教会与国家分开学说」。它曾被英国首相格来斯顿? william ewart gladstone,1809-1898?引述过一次。

3. floccinaucinihilipipification
这个字是由29个字母组成的。「牛津英文辞典」里就有这个字,意思是「把某事的价值加以抹杀的行为或习惯」。

4. supercalifragilisticexpiadocious
这个字是由34个字母组成的。出现在一部名叫mary poppins的电影里,意思是「好」。

5. hepaticocholecystostcholecystntenterostomy
这个字是由40个字母组成的。出现在高德编的「医学辞典」里,为一个外科术语,亦即在胆囊与胆管之间或肠子与胆囊之间接人工管子的手术。

6. pneumonoultramicyoscpicailicovolcanoconiosis
这个字是由45个字母组成的。出现在韦氏辞典第八版的版本中意思是「吸入硅酸盐细末或石英岩灰而形成的肺尘埃沉着病」。矿工特别容易得这种病。

7. antipericatametaanaparcircumvolutiorectumgustpoops of the coprofied
这个字是由50个字母组成的。有个图书馆的书架上,陈列着法国作家拉伯雷着的「葛甘塔和潘特古」故事系列。其中有一本,书名就是这个长长的英文字。

8. osseocaynisanguineoviscericartilagininervomedullary
这个字是由51个字母组成的。它是人体构造一术语,曾出现在英国作家皮考克?thomas love peacock,1785-1866?那本名叫headlong hall的小说中。

9. aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolie
这个字是由52个字母组成的。它是英国医学作者爱德华.史特罗哲?dr edward strother,675-1737?创造的字,专用来形容英格兰格洛斯特夏布瑞斯陀这个地方的矿泉水成分。

10.badalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntooho

ohoordenenthurnuk
这个字是由100个字母组成的。就出现在爱尔兰作家乔埃斯?james joyce,1882-1942?作品finnegans wake的扉页,象征,代表亚当和夏娃的堕落。

11.lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatake

chymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosirai

osiraiobaphetraganopterygon
这个字是由182个字母组成的。它是从希腊字英译过来的英文字,源出自希腊喜剧作家亚里斯多芬尼斯?aristophanes,448?-385??的剧本the ecclesiazusae中。它是指由剩余的菜和牛肉函煮而成的辣味食物。


12. 1913个字母,“色氨酸合成酶a蛋白质”(一种含有267种氨基酸酶)的全称:
methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyucyllysylglut

amylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolyphenylalanylvalythreonyl

leucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleuc

ylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylasparthlalanylleucylglu

tamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylasparty

lglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarfinylalan

ylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalythreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylal

anylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleuoylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysyhistidylprolyl

threonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucyl

valylphenylalanylasparaginyllysyglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanylthrosyla

lanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalyla

lnylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylg

lutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyvalylalanylprolylisoleucylproly

lisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylal

anylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosy

lglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalyl

threonylglycylalanylglutamylasparainylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparagi

nylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylp

rolylprolylleucylglutaminylglgycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspar

tylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycyla

lanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoieucylisoleucylglutamylgl

utaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalany

lalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylcalylglutaminylprolylmethionlysylalanylalanylthr

eonylarginylserine

2007-02-04

10句最美的英文谚语

1

夏天的飞鸟,飞到我的窗前唱歌,又飞去了。

秋天的黄叶,它们没有什么可唱,只叹息一声,飞落在那里。

stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.

and yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sign.

2

世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀,请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。

o troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words.

3

世界对着它的爱人,把它浩翰的面具揭下了。

它变小了,小如一首歌,小如一回永恒的接吻。

the world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover.

it becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.

4

是大地的泪点,使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。

it is the tears of the earth that keep here smiles in bloom.

5

无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱,她摇摇头笑着飞开了。

the mighty desert is burning for the love of a bladeof grass who

shakes her head and laughs and flies away.

6

如果你因失去了太阳而流泪,那么你也将失去群星了。

if you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.

7

跳舞着的流水呀,在你途中的泥沙,要求你的歌声,你的流动呢。你肯挟

瘸足的泥沙而俱下么?

the sands in your way beg for your song and your movement, dancing

water. will you carry the burden of their lameness?

8

她的热切的脸,如夜雨似的,搅扰着我的梦魂。

her wishful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.

9

有一次,我们梦见大家都是不相识的。

我们醒了,却知道我们原是相亲相爱的。

once we dreamt that we were strangers.

we wake up to find that we were dear to each other.

10

忧思在我的心里平静下去,正如暮色降临在寂静的山林中。

sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among

the silent trees.

2007-01-31

Memory

Midnight, not a sound from the pavement 午夜,路上寂静无声
Has the moon lost her memory 月儿也失去记忆
She is smiling alone 她笑得多孤寂
In the lamplight 街灯下
The withered leaves collect at my feet 枯叶在我的脚下堆积
And the wind begins to moan 风儿也开始哀鸣

Memory, all alone in the moonlight 回忆,当我独自在月光里
I can smile at the old days 我的笑只在往昔
It was beautiful then那时多么美丽
I remember the time I knew what happiness was 回忆当时才知快乐是什么含义
Let the memory live again 让回忆重新降临

Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise 日光,我等待太阳升起
I must think of a new life 我要为未来思虑
And I mustn't give in 而我不能放弃
When the dawn comes 当黎明到来
Tonight will be a memory, too今夜也将要成为回忆
And a new day will begin 新的一天就要开启

Burnt out ends of smoky days 每日都像燃烧的烟雾
The stale, cold smell of morning 霉味充满清晨空气
The street lamp dies 街灯又熄
Another night is over又是一夜过去
Another day is dawning又将是一个黎明

Touch me, it's so easy to leave me 靠近我,离开我多么容易
All alone with the memory of my days in the sun让我独自回忆,回忆昨日美丽
If you touch me 如果你靠近
You'll understand what happiness is你将明了快乐的意义
Look! A new day has begun看!新的一天已经来临

汽车常用术语及英译

气门 Valve
顶置凸轮轴 Over Head Camshaft(OHC)
顶置双凸轮轴 Double Over Head Camshaft(DOHC)
或称Twin Camshaft
直列四缸 Inline4
水平对置发动机(Boxer Engine)
四冲程汽油机(Reciprocating 4Stroke Cycle Engine)
柴油机(Diesel Engine)
转子发动机(Rotary Engine)
气缸体(Cylinder Block)
气缸套(Cylinder Liner)
连杆(Connecting Rod)
曲轴(Crank Shaft)
油底壳(Oil Pan)
活塞(Piston)
活塞销(Piston Pin)
活塞环(Piston Ring
平衡机构(Balancer)
气缸盖(Cylinder Head)
进气门和排气门(Intake Valve/Exhaust Valve)
气门座(Valve Seat)
气门弹簧(Valve Spring)
气门锁块(Cotter)
气门间隙调节垫片(Shim)
凸轮轴(Camshaft)
摇臂(Rocker Arm)
摇杆(Swing Arm)
齿形皮带(Timing Belt)
气门间隙调节器(又称液压挺杆)(Valve Lash Adjuster)
配气相位(气门开闭角度)(Valve Timing)
可变进气系统(Variable Induction System)
化油器(Carburetor)
喉管(Venturi)
可变喉管(Variable Venturi)
汽油泵(Fuel Pump)
惯性增压(Inertia Change)
进气管(Intake Manifold)
节气门(Throttle Valve)
空气滤清器(Air Cleaner)
汽油喷射系统(Fuel Injection)
空气流量计(Air Flow Meter)
节气门体(Throttle Body)
汽油喷嘴(Injector)
单点喷射(Single Point Injection)
自然进气(Natural Aspiration)
涡轮增压器(Turbo Charger)
中冷器(Inter Cooler)
爆振(Knocking)
爆振传感器(Knock Sensor)
机械增压器(Super Charger)