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Could anyone recommend me your favorite English songs?
10 ตุลาคม 2008
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Why there is a sculpture of bull in the Wall Street in NY? It stands for sth?
19 สิงหาคม 2008
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12 生肖的英语表达 英语中,当谈个人出生的属相时,表达为“What animal sign were you born under ?

你属什么?I was born in the year of the Cock / Mine is the Coak.我属鸡。”

    鼠:Rat,牛:Ox,虎:Tiger,兔:Hare,龙:Dragon,蛇:Snake,马:Horse,羊:Sheep,猴:Monkey,鸡:Cock,狗:Dog,猪:Boar。

    一.     鼠——Rat
英语中用以比喻讨厌鬼,可耻的人,告密者,密探,破坏罢工的人;美国俚语指新学生、下流女人。当看到smell a rat这一词组时,是指人们怀疑在做错某事。a rat race则表示激烈的竞争 。rats desert a sinking ship(船沉鼠先逃,这一谚语意指那些一遇到危险就争先寻求 安全或一看见困难便躲得老远的人。)

二. 牛——Ox
涉及“牛”的汉语成语很多,如“对牛弹琴”、“牛蹄之涔”等。英语中涉及“Ox”的表 达方式则不多。用Ox - eyed形容眼睛大的人;用短语The black Ox has trod on sb’s foot表示灾祸已降临到某人头上。

三. 虎——Tiger
指凶恶的人,虎狼之徒;英国人指穿制服的马夫;口语中常指比赛的劲敌。中国和东南亚国家常以Paper tiger比喻貌似强大而实质虚弱的敌人。词组ride the tiger表示以非常不 确定或危险的方式生活。

四. 兔——Hare
在英国俚语中,hare指坐车不买票的人。与hare组成的词组有:make a hare of sb.愚弄某人。start a hare。在讨论中提出枝节问题。例如:You start a hare ever time at the meeting.每次讨论你都提出与题无关的问题。英语中有许多关于兔的谚语,如:
1. First catch your hare.勿谋之过早(意指:不要过于乐观)。
2. You cannot run with the hare and hunt with hounde.不能两面讨好(意指:不要耍两面派)。

五. 龙——Dragon
龙在中国人民的心目中占有崇高的位置,有关龙的成语非常多,且含有褒义。如“龙跃凤鸣”、“龙骧虎步”等。在外国语言中,赞扬龙的词语非常之少,且含有贬义。如“dragon”指凶暴的人,严厉的人,凶恶严格的监护人,凶恶的老妇人等。以dragon组成的词组也多含贬义。如dragon’s teeth :相互争斗的根源;排列或多层的楔形反坦克混克混凝土障碍物。the old Dragon:魔鬼。

六. 蛇——Snake
指冷酷阴险的人,虚伪的人,卑鄙的人;美国俚语指追求和欺骗少女的男子或男阿飞。由 此看到,在英语中,“snake”往往含有贬义。如:
John’s behavior should him to be a snake.
约翰的行为表明他是一个冷酷阴险的人。
与snake组成的成语习语、谚语有许多,简举几例:
a snake in the grass.潜伏的敌人或危险。
to warm a snake in one’s bosom.养虎贻患,姑息坏人。Takd heed of the snake in the grass.草里防蛇。

七. 马——Horse
英美国家的人很喜欢马,因此,用“horse”这个词组成的词组、成语、谚语非常之多,此举几例:
1. get on the high horse.摆架子,目空一切。
2. work like a horse.辛苦的干活。
3. horse doctor.兽医、庸医。
4. dark horse.竞争中出人意料的获胜者。
如:The voters were surprised when the dark horse won the nomination.那个无名小卒在竞争中获胜时,投票者无不大吃一惊。

八. 羊——Sheep
英语中指害羞而忸怩的人,胆小鬼,驯服的人。有关sheep的谚语不少。
1. As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
偷羊偷羔都是绞(死);偷大偷小统是贼 (意指:一不做,二不休)。
2. There’s a black sheep in every flock.
每一羊群里都会有一只黑羊,丑儿子家家有(意指:每个家里都会有个败家子。)
3. He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.
甘心做绵羊,早晚喂 豹狼(人弱受人欺)。
4. The sheep who tallks peace with a wolf will soon be mutton.
羊向狼乞求和平,很快就会变成羊肉(意指,切勿向敌人乞求和平)。

九. 猴——Monkey
1、monkey作名词时指顽童、淘气鬼,猴子似的人,易受欺的人。如:What are you doing, you young monkey !你在干什么呀,小捣蛋鬼!
2、monkey作动词时指胡闹、瞎弄、捣蛋。如:Stop monkeying about with the TV set !不 要瞎弄电视机!
3、与monkey一词搭配的词组、习语和俚语很多非常有趣。如:put sb’s monkey up.使某人生气,激怒某人;Your last word has really put his monkey up.你最后一句话实在使他大为生气;又如:make a monkey of愚弄;a monkey with a long tail.抵押;get the monkey off.戒除吸毒恶习;have a monkey on one’s back.毒瘾很深。

十. 鸡——Cock
指首领,头目,神气十足的人,与cock组成的词组多姿多彩,如:Cock of the walk / school.支配别人的人;a cock of the loft / dunghill.在小天地中称王称霸的人;Live like fighting cocke.生活很好,尤指吃得好;Cock - and - bull story.荒诞的故事, 无稽之谈。
用cock表达的谚语:It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.牝 鸡司晨,家之不祥(意指:丈夫软弱而一切由妻子作主的家庭是不会幸福的,当然这是一 种夫权思想)。

十一. 狗——Dog
汉语中常用“狗”比喻人,如“忠实走狗”、“看家狗”,成语“狗苟蝇营”、“狗彘不若”等。在英语中除了喻人外,还有丰富多彩的词组、谚语等。dog作名词时指无赖汉,坏蛋、废物,不受喜爱(或欢迎)的人。有时加形容词修饰可指各 种人,如:You dirty dog !你这个坏小子!a lucky dog.幸运儿;a dumb dog.沉默不语 的人,a sly dog.暗中寻欢的人和暗地里偷鸡摸狗的人;a dog in the manger.占着茅坑 不拉屎的人。
用dog表达的谚语:
1. Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人(意指:对于高声发出恐吓,或惯于大声吼叫的人,勿须当真)。
2. Every dog has his day.凡人皆有得意日(意指:大家都有走运的一天)。
3. Dog does not eat dog.同类不相残;同室不操戈。

十二. 猪——Boar
在英语中boar一词指未阉割的公猪和公野猪,涉及猪的词语有pig(猪、小猪、野猪),hog(食用猪)、sow(牝猪),swine(猪:旧用法)。十二生肖用boar,比喻贪婪、肮脏、自私的人。

 

      12 生肖也可以说:Chinese Zodiac Signs
                                       symbolic animals

15 สิงหาคม 2008
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English Riddles

1. Q: Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the other side when it enters a room?

   A: Because it can't see both sides at once.

 

2. Q: Can you name the captital of every state in the U.S. in ten seconds?
 

   A: Washinton,D.C.!


 

3. Q: Which travels faster, heat or cold?

 

   A: Heat, because we can catch cold, but can't catch heat!

 

4. Q: Two fathers and two sons went hunting. They shot three rabbits. Yet each took home one rabbit. how was that possible?

 

   A: There were only three people hunting: a boy, his father, and his grandfather. The boy's father, of course, was the son of the grandfather.

 

5. Q: What fruit is never found singly?

   A: A pear.

  pear 梨,音似pair一对



6. Q: Why is the bride unhappy on her wedding day?

   A: Because she didn't marry the best man.

bride新娘bridegroom新郎best man男傧相;最好的男人bridesmaid女傧相

 

7. Q: What will you break once you say it?

   A: Silence.

  break the silence打破沉默

 

8. Q: What kind of clothes lasts the longest?

   A: Underwear, because it's never worn out.

   worn out穿坏,磨损;穿在外面



9. Q: Why are farmers cruel?

   A: They pull corns by the ears.

   ear耳朵;一穗(玉米)

   pull corns by the ears一穗一穗地掰玉米;揪着玉米耳朵掰玉米



10. Q: Why are babies like hinges?

    A: Because they are things to adore.

  adore喜爱,音似a door

  things to a door门上的东西



11. Q: If a driver drives too fast he'll get a ticket. What will happen to a poet if he writes too fast?

    A: His poetic licence will be taken away.

poetic licence 诗的破格(如不遵从语法规则等)



12. Q: Why is an empty purse always the same?

    A: There is no change in it.

change 零钱;变化



13. Q: Why do little birds in the nest agree with each other?

    A: Because they would fall out if they didn't.

fall out 摔出去;争吵


14. Q: Why is an argument like a pen?

    A: No good without a point.
 
point 尖,顶端;论点,要点



15. Q: When will the wind improve its image?

    A: When it turns over a new leaf.

turn over a new leaf的真正涵义是:改过自新

15 สิงหาคม 2008
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Besides "how are you?",what else can we say to greet others? It is boring to say "how are you" all the time, besides "how are you?", is there any other ways used for greeting in English?
12 สิงหาคม 2008
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What's the difference between "advice" and "suggest" ?
4 กรกฎาคม 2008
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How to speak English like a native speaker? My major is English, I can speak English fluently without grammar mistake, but I don't think I talk just like a native speaker, there are something that make my English sound not pure, could you give me some idea to improve my English?
14 มิถุนายน 2008
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