Black swan 今年奥斯卡大热的影片《黑天鹅》不但让女主角揽得小金人，也让观众看到了艺术家创作角色过程的艰辛。不过，我们今天要说的这个“黑天鹅事件”跟这部电影可没有什么关系。Black Swan"黑天鹅”是一个拉丁短语，其最早的出处是诗人尤文纳尔（注：尤文纳尔为罗马讽剌派诗人）在诗中将某个事物描绘为“世间罕有之鸟，酷似黑天鹅”。“黑天鹅”事件指发生在正常预期之外，影响巨大，难以预知并且罕见的事件。
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The rise of the Internet,the personal computer ,World War I,and the Sept 11 attacks are examples of Black Swan events.因特网的崛起，个人电脑出现，第一次世界大战以及911恐怖袭击均为“黑天鹅事件”的范例。

After one's own heart What's mean? After one's (own)heart 即“完全合自已心意”。这个用法出自《圣经.撒母耳记〉。书中说，先知撒母耳（Samuel）奉上帝耶和华之命，立扫罗（saul）为以色列王；后来，扫罗不遵从上帝命令，撒母耳就对他说：“你的王位坐不久了”耶和华已经找到一位合他心意的人（a man after his own heart）,要他领导百姓。“这人就是著名的大卫王（king David）”.现在，人们常常用after one's own heart来表达“合某人的意思”。
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Tom is a man after my own heart ;he also enjoys swimming ,so we often go to the beach together.汤姆和我气味相投，也喜欢游泳。所以我们常常一起到海滩去。

本期我们继续学习“老年人”的表达 old codger(不敬的称呼，相当于中文的“老家伙”，通常只是用于背地议论，谨慎使用。
Gee,I sure wish that old guy who lives next door would buy himself  a hearing aid.He's a nice old codger,but he is deaf as a post and I have to yell every time I talk to him.嗨，我真希望隔壁那老头儿能给自己买个助听器。他是个和气的老家伙，只是耳朵聋得不行；我每回跟他说话都得大喊。
geezer(不敬的称呼，解释为“老家伙，老头儿”，谨慎使用）
I know it wasn't polite but i had to laught when I saw that old geezer with his false teeth  eating corn on the cob .我知道这不礼貌，但是我看到那老家伙用假牙啃玉米棒子的样子就忍不住要笑。
The secret to  any lasting relationship is to see the beauty in the imperfection.任何长久的恋情都有一个秘诀，那就是在不完美里发现美。

ChristineZhou's notebook entry: Jun 01, 2011 The lunatic is the man who lives in a small world but thinks it is a large one;he is the man who lives in a tenth of the truth,and thinks it is the whole.The madman cannot conceive any cosmos outside a certain tale or conspiracy or vision.疯子,是蜗居于狭小的世界里,却以为它是很大的人;他活在一成的真实里,却以为这就是全部.疯人无法想象在特定的故事、阴谋或假象背后，还有另外的世界。

本期我们学习急救的口语 Have you treated any real emergencies?你处理过实际发生的紧急事故吗?
Well,they took us  along with some paramedics.There was this guy who fell off his motorycle and suffered a concussion as well as a couple of compound fractures .His wounds were pretty serious so they had to rush him to the hospital .It was intense!他们让一些护理人员带我们去处理.有一个人从摩托上摔下来,他有点脑震荡,还有几处复合骨折.他伤得很严重,所以他们必须飞速将他送往医院,真是很紧急.
I can imagine l i tend to faint when i see blood,so i think i won't be taking up a course like that anytime soon!我能想象得到,但是我一看到血就晕,所以我想我近期应该不会去参加那样的课的.

ChristineZhou's notebook entry: Jun 01, 2011 微博控:twuilt(The guilty feeling you get when you haven't Twittered recently .A combination of twitter+guilt) 像我这种微博控,看到自己最近的更新已是一周前的事了,真觉得对不起观众. 人才浪费:brain waste 例句:If the labor market cannot absorb the migrants at the level of their qualifications ,the phenomenon changes its nature;brain drain from the sending countries becomes"brain waste"for the migrants.如果劳动力市场不能按照移民的资质将其吸收进来,那么移民来源国面临的将是人才流失,而移民本身则面临"人才浪费"的境地.

如何用英语向心仪的对象发出邀请.

Are you interested in going dancing tonight?今晚有有兴趣去跳舞?
Would you like to go shopping with me this weekend?这个周末想跟我去逛街吗?
How about going to see a movie with me tonight?今晚跟我去看场电影如何?
I'm inviting you to my birthday party.我邀请你参加我的生日派对.

ChristineZhou's notebook entry: Jun 01, 2011 Your children are not your children.You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.你们的孩子,都不是你们的孩子.你们是弓,你们的孩子是从弦上发出的生命的箭矢.(黎巴嫩裔美国诗人)

ChristineZhou's notebook entry: May 17, 2011 王室大婚：给你的口语加点“爱“ My Auntie Susan played Cupid when she introduced my brother to her friend. 苏珊姨妈为我弟和她的朋友牵线，介绍他们认识。 I had a change of heart and decided not to go on the date.我改变了主意，决定不走赴约了。 The witch cackled as she cast her spell on the love potion."Now the prince will fall in love with me",she said.在给那瓶爱情魔药施展法术时，巫婆咯咯地笑了起来。“这下王子会爱上我了吧”，她说。