我的一个外国客户第一次来中国，他想带点手信给家人。老婆大人是一早声明要珠宝的了。还是女人会计算。
我知道几岁的小女孩肯定会喜欢新衣服，所以建议客户买几条中国小旗袍给女儿，又漂亮，又有中国特色。好歹是来中国一趟，还是要买点有中国特色的东西。在我的建议下，客户买了一个玉吊嘴(jade
pendant) 给太太，也是有中国特色的东西,并且没有钻石那么伤钱包。
这是我小外甥女，第一次登场。她上舞蹈课就有三套小裙子。惊艳的背影。
小肥手还拿着一块饼干。
帮客户物色了几条款式和布料都很好的小旗袍。客户很满意。相信他的女儿也会很喜欢我帮她挑的礼物。
顺便也给小外甥女买了一条小旗袍。很喜欢旗袍上的孔雀图案，可惜没有我的尺寸。小外甥女见到旗袍乐得合不上口。
在做翻译的时候，中方经常都会送一些礼物给老外。很多人都送一些大盒的茶叶。但是有些老外其实并不喝茶，而且他们远道来中国，拿着很多行李，你再送一些体积比较大的东西给他们，他们行李箱都挤满了，不方便带走。所以很多老外都是转手把大盒的茶叶送给了翻译。我家就有很多外国客户转送给我的茶叶。
还有一些人送茅台酒，我的外国客户不喝酒，转手把上好的茅台酒送给我了。我也不喝酒，转手又把酒送给人了。
礼就是这样送来送去的。
茶叶和茅台酒虽然有“中国特色”，我觉得给老外送礼应该避免烟酒和体积比较大的东西。
尤其是当你只是意思意思，略表心意的时候，应该尽量送一些轻便的纪念品或者小礼物。
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完成IEEE美国电气电子工程师学会同传会议
酒店屋顶的海螺灯饰顶特别，给它来个特写。
我的午餐。
午餐都没有吃米饭。我累的时候不是很想吃东西。也吃不下肉味重的东西，所以只拿了一些清淡的水果，青菜和豆腐。
豆腐还是吃不完，可能没有什么吃豆腐的天赋。
下午有一个分组做robot
arm的活动，每个小组都会用简单的材料做一个robot
arm，最后还要上台展示一下作品。看着大家的作品，老外主持人在台上爽朗地开怀大笑，我在同传箱里想，要是我能跟着他同步大笑就好了。
大笑可以舒缓压力。
只可惜大笑是不需要翻译的，只好等他笑完开始说话的时候再翻译。
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这些日子广东真够热的。外面暴晒，会场的冷气爆冷。吃饭的时候特意要了一杯绿豆沙降火。吃完饭到酒店旁边的大商场逛几圈，当做是饭后散步减肥。外面大马路尘土飞扬，又热，在大商场内逛几圈也未尝不可。
感谢我的好搭档载我一程。 See you tomorrow! 明天继续奋战。
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He's just not that into you - 根据同名书籍改编的电影。 Friends里面的Rachel也担任的角色。
Be into sth/sb. - 喜欢一样东西，喜欢一个人。
be into
something
spoken to like and be interested in something
I'm really into folk music.- Longman
He's
电影用了set up这个短语。 女主角和一名男子约会后，这个男子再也没有打电话给她，女主角就埋怨她的女友，'This is all your fault.You set us up.' 字幕翻译成，“你陷害了我们。”
'set up'是有“陷害”的意思，但是还有“撮合，给人做媒，介绍对象”的意思。
其实女主角是埋怨她的女友介绍这个男子给她，这个男子却对她没有意思。
'This is all your fault. You set us up.' - 都怪你，是你把他介绍给我的。
不过set-up的这个意思，一般的小字典不收录，美剧看多了才能领会它的意思。
另外一个表示'介绍对象'的短语是fix up
fix up: to find a
suitable romantic partner for someone
fix somebody/something ↔ up with
I asked my best friend to fix me up with someone.
-Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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看NBC新闻得知Sarah Palin要辞去阿拉斯加州长的职务。关于她的辞职，媒体有很多猜测，有人说她可能想有更多的时间去演讲，筹钱，为竞选2012年的总统做准备，有人说她可能是厌倦了政治。
Sarah Palin在她的辞职演讲中引用了两句名言：
“Don't explain: your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe you anyway.”
'We're not retreating, we're just advancing in another direction.'
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prize money - 奖金
genetic code - 遗传密码
hoop - 环
medallion - 大奖章
generous college scholarships -丰厚的大学奖学金
face off phrasal
verb
to fight, argue, or compete with someone, or to get into a position
in which you are ready to do this
The two candidates will face off in a televised debate on
Friday.
pressing problems - 紧迫的问题
bauxite
n.
矾土, 铁铝氧石
coke
n.
可乐, 焦炭
fluorspar氟石
silicon carbide
n.
金刚砂
yellow phosphorus - 黄磷
domestic favoritism
copyright infringements - 侵权
flagging:becoming
tired or losing strength
flagging spirits/energy/morale By now the wine had lifted her
flagging spirits.He presents himself as the man to revive the
party's flagging fortunes .concern for the country's flagging
economy
Chinese businesses seek investments abroad.
to boost trade and investment
political uncertainties
the troubled financial system
to reform the country's financial system
withhold information - 隐瞒信息
debt relief - 债务减免
to spur the global economy
funnel：[transitive always +
adverb/preposition]to send money, information etc from various
places to someone
ￚsynonym channelHis office funneled millions of dollars in secret
contributions to the re-election campaign.
OECD
abbr.（略语）
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
经济合作和发展组织
n.
美食法, 烹饪法, 享乐主义
when the economy picks up - 当经济好转时
a severe punishment - 严惩
budget constraits
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在工作中接触很多来自世界各地的executives，CEO,总裁，总经理等。这些人都是行业比较优秀的人，发现这些人多数都非常忙，也很懂得充分利用时间。
在车上还用手提电脑工作，在飞机上读书、读文件都是常见的事情。
有一个加拿大客户为了有更多的时间陪孩子，每天早上五点钟就起来工作，等孩子醒了，就放下工作，和孩子玩。事业和家庭就是这样兼顾的。
另外一个客户也是这样，路途中不停地用手提电脑工作，好让自己回到家有更多的时间陪家人。
向优秀的人学习，我也要充分利用时间。
在外面奔忙几天，终于回到家。回来路上就在火车上看下一个会议的文件。刚才一边敷眼膜休息，一边听VOA新闻。
最近美国失业率居高不下。没有一些过硬的技能，很容易成为经济大环境的受害者。
| More Job Losses Cloud US Employment Picture | |
| By Michael
Bowman Washington 02 July 2009 |
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| Unemployed worker (L) talks with Employment Guide staffer at job fair in San Jose, California 20 Jun 2009 |
U.S.
unemployment continues to rise, with a larger-than-expected number
of job cuts in June. The unemployment rate now stands at 9.5
percent, the highest in 26 years.
Economists and U.S. officials had almost identical reactions to a
Labor Department report that American employers cut 467,000 jobs in
June.
'This month's [unemployment] report is a setback,' said Jack Albin,
chief investment officer at Chicago-based Harris Private Bank.
'This is certainly a setback,' said Cristina Romer, who heads
President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors.
Both Ablin and Romer appeared on Bloomberg Television.
Last month's job cuts total exceeded most economists' expectations
by more than 100,000. But the point-one percent jump in the
unemployment rate from May was more modest than had been
anticipated.
June's job cuts reversed a trend of lower month-by-month loses in
the U.S. economy. May saw just more than 300,000 jobs eliminated,
down sharply from more than 500,000 in April.
Although June's total was higher than the number recorded in May,
both figures are significantly lower than job-loss totals recorded
at the beginning of the year - a fact Romer was quick to point
out.
'Back in December, January, February and March, we were losing
close to 700,000 jobs a month,' Romer said. 'We have seen some
diminution.'
But even if the U.S. economy is losing jobs at a slower pace than
half a year ago, the overall unemployment picture remains bleak,
according to Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial
Services Group.
'It is sort of like a bathtub,' Hoffman said. 'Maybe we have
stopped the drain a little bit in terms of the people losing jobs.
But what you really need is hiring, a faucet. And no one has turned
on that faucet yet.'
America's true unemployment rate may, in fact, be higher than the
number provided by the Labor Department, which does not include
people who searched for work in vain and have given up, or those
who settled for part-time work. If both categories are added, the
unemployment rate would top 16 percent, the highest number in 15
years.
Harris Private Bank's Jack Ablin says deep recessions generate a
vicious circle between job losses and reduced economic
activity.
'We have cost-cutting [by businesses] as a result of lower
profits,' Ablin said. 'And that cost-cutting is resulting in higher
unemployment, and of course the higher unemployment is creating
lack of demand. And that is where the disappointments in profits
come from.'
Interrupting that cycle was a primary goal of President Obama's
massive economic-stimulus package, which he championed almost
immediately upon entering the White House. The idea was to boost
spending, thereby creating demand for products, while reducing job
losses. Administration officials say funds are flowing into the
U.S. economy, but real job creation may not be seen until the
beginning of next year.
On a more positive note, the U.S. Commerce Department reported a
1.2 percent boost in factory orders in May, the biggest jump in
nearly a year.
-VOA
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在等人。幸好酒店大堂可以无线上网，还可以看看网上英语新闻，更新一下博客：）
发觉写博客也是需要毅力的，有时候就懒得更新了。
We cannot be afraid of the future, and we must not be prisoners of the past.
- OBAMA
