加载中…加载中…加载中…加载中…Treasures fill the home 金玉满堂
Business flourishes生意兴隆
Peace all year round岁岁平安
Wishing you prosperity恭喜发财
Harmony brings wealth和气生财
May all your wishes come true心想事成
Everything goes well吉祥如意
The country flourishes and people live in peace国泰民安
Money and treasures will be plentiful招财进宝
Wishing you every success 一帆风顺
Promoting to a higher position步步高升
Safe trip wherever you go出入平安
Uh huh, life's like this 嗯，哈，生活就是这样
Uh huh, uh huh, that’s the way it is
嗯，哈，嗯，哈，那是它的本来面目
'Cause life's like this 因为生活就是这样
Uh huh, uh huh that's the way it is
嗯，哈，嗯，哈，那是它的本来面目
Chill out whatcha yelling for
将你呼喊的声音冷静下来
Lay back it’s all been done before 放松自己，让往事成为过去
And if you could only let it be
如果你能顺其自然
You will see 你会发觉
I like you the way you are 我喜欢原来的你
When we're driving in you car 当我们驱车飞驰
And you're talking to me one on one but you’ve become
你我倾心交谈时，你却变成了
Somebody else round everyone else 人们眼中的另类角色
You’re watching your back like you can’t
relax
你心绪紧张，无法从容自如
You’re trying to be cool you look like a fool to me.
试着扮酷，但在我看来那很愚蠢
You come over unannounced 你悄然而至
Dressed up like you’re something else
穿得煞有介事
Where you are and where it’s at you see
尽管你感觉良好，然而事与愿违
You’re making me, laugh out when you strike your
pose
当你摆开姿态时，你惹得我大笑
Take off all your preppy clothes
脱下你的校服
You know you’re not fooling anyone 你明白你并不是想戏弄别人
When you’ve become 当你成为
Somebody else round everyone else 人们眼中的另类角色
Watching your back, like you can’t relax
你心绪紧张，无法从容自如
Trying to be cool you look like a fool to me
你试着扮酷，但在我看来那很愚蠢
Tell me 告诉我
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
为什么要把事情搞得这么错综复杂？
I see the way you’re acting like you’re somebody else gets me
frustrated 你装作与我形同路人的做法使我灰心沮丧
Life’s like this you 生活就是这样
And you fall and you crawl and you break
你跌倒下去你匍匐不前你身心俱伤
And you take what you get and you turn it into honestly
你承爱了一切并想以此表明你的真诚
And promise me I’m never gonna find you fake it
并且许诺说我绝不会发现你伪善的心
No no no 不不不
NOTES
@yell 大声喊叫
@let it be 顺其自然，也可用let it go，就如Avril的这盘专辑let go
@watch ur back 字面意思是“看你的后面”，引申出的意义就是过于想提防什么，神经紧张
@unannounced 未经宣布地，不通告地；突然地
@dress up 穿戴整洁
还记得情景喜剧《How I met ur mother》中，Barney一直对Ted喊Suit up，指的是“穿上西装”
@crawl 匍匐，缓慢爬行
@strike a pose 摆出。。。的姿态
strike 取...姿态,装出
e.g.He struck an attitude of dignity. 他装出一副尊严的样子。
strike还有如下的意思，一般我们都不怎么用：
——(用爪)抓伤;(用毒牙)咬伤;(疾病)侵袭
The snake struck the
man's hand. 蛇咬伤了那男人的手。
——(船)触(礁);(光)照在;(声音)传到
The morning sun struck
the hilltops. 朝阳照到山顶上。
——打(火);划(火柴);盖(章)
The girl struck a match
to light a cigarette.
那女孩划火柴点燃一根烟。
——铸;打出;压出
They will strike a medal
in memory of the great victory.
他们将为纪念这一伟大胜利铸造一枚勋章。
——删掉;取消[H][O][(+off/out/through)]
She read through her essay and struck out a few words here and
there.
她将论文通读一遍,在一些地方删去了几个字。
——达成(协议),签订(合同等);结算(收支)
We struck a compromise.
我们达成了妥协。
——打动,感动,给...以印象[(+as)]
That play struck me
as silly. 那出戏我觉得很无聊。
——拆除;拔(营);降下(旗,帆等)
They struck camp in the
morning. 他们在早晨撤营。
——把...刺入;使穿透;使深入[O][(+into)]
The wind struck a chill
into my bones.
风吹得我寒冷彻骨。
——扎(根)
The cuttings have struck
roots. 这些插枝已经生了根。
——到达,来到;沿...走
The car struck the main
road. 汽车开上了大道。
——遇见,邂逅;偶然发现
After months of prospecting he finally struck gold.
经过数月的勘探,他终于发现了金矿。
——弹奏;奏出
He struck a tune on the
piano.
他在钢琴上弹了一首曲子。
——使突然想起[W]
It struck me that there
was no one at home.
我突然想起家中没有人。
——使处于特定状态[H][O8]
We were struck dumb with
horror.
们被吓得张口结舌。
——(火柴)被划着;(火)被点燃
The match wouldn't strike.
火柴划不着。
——(光)照到;(声音)被听到
A sound struck on his
ear.
听到一个声音。
——(改朝新的方向)行进
They struck north.
们向北走去。
——下帆,降旗
The enemy ship struck.
舰降旗投降。
@preppy=preppie n. 【美】【俚】预备学校的学生(或毕业生)
Let's get real! 面对现实吧！
-Can I top u off there? 要我帮你斟满吗？
-No, thx, two's my limit. 不用，谢了，两杯是我的上限。
Suit urself. 请自便吧。
Just hear me out. 请听我说。
I'm perfectly harmless. 我毫无恶意。
laugh one's ass off 某人笑得肚子都痛了
Order has been restored in the universe. 宇宙又恢复了原有的秩序。
I was over at Edie's today. 我今天去了Edie那里。
We r a team. 我们是一伙儿的。
U saved the day, I'm a loser. 你力挽狂澜，我是个窝囊废。
The plumbing's not up code. 管道不通。
Gambling with our life savings & not asking for help doesn't make u a man, it makes u an idiot. 拿我们毕生的积蓄做赌博，不寻求帮助不会让你像一个一家之主，只会让你像个白痴。
place a familiar face 认出这张熟悉的脸
Gabrielle was getting showered with gifts from a mystery suitor. Gabrielle从一个神秘的求爱者那儿不断受到礼物。
Julie's first love was two-timing her. Julie的初恋脚踏两条船。
Ur average housewife worries constantly about the dangerous people she opens on the nightly news which is why she buys expensive alarm systems, carries pepper spray in her purse, and keep a gun in her drawer. So she can go about her day feeling safe and protected. 一般的主妇担忧在晚间新闻中看到的危险人物，所以她会买昂贵的报警系统，在钱包中携带辣椒喷雾器，还有在抽屉中放把枪。这样她就可以安心地开始一天的生活了。
Ur average inmate worries constantly about the dangerous people he comes in contact with every day which is why he takes ordinary items, and turns them into weapons as he always keeps handy. So he can go about his feeling safe and protected. 而囚犯则在担忧他每天都要接触的暴徒，所以他会把日常用品改造成随身携带的利器，这样他就可以安心地开始一天的生活了。
What's the difference between the housewife & the inmate? The inmate knows the feeling won't last long. 主妇和囚犯的区别是什么呢？囚犯知道心安的日子并不长久。
We all need protection from those who would do us harm, and sometimes from those who protect us. 我们都需要保护来抵御伤害我们的人，但有时也要防御保护我们的人。
I owe u 1. 我欠你个人情。
I don't care who worships u from afar as long as I get 2 do it up close. 我不介意谁远远地爱慕你，因为只有我可以和你如此靠近。
hit the roof 暴跳如雷
Beat it. 闪开
hang on sth. 想着某事
Let's hit it. 我们走吧
U r stuck with me. 你得和我一起生活。
Kids r always rough housing. 孩子们总是这么折腾。
I'm not sure the jury's gonna swallow it. 我不确定陪审团会轻易听信这个。
be hard on sb. 为难某人
split up 分手
He wasn't right for u. 他和你不配。
He wasn't good enough for u. 他配不上你。
Ur friendship means the world 2 me.
If u wanna bag the big game, gotta work on the guns. 如果你想打猎，得先磨好枪啊。
-U r gonna be a tough act 2 follow. 要想找到比你好的男人很难呢。
-Back at yard, babe. 找到比你好的女人也很难呢。
It was so big of u. 你太宽宏大量啦
When u r wrong, u r wrong. 知错就改
Now that we r all assembled, I'd like 2 introduce the guest of honor. 现在我们都到齐了，我很荣幸地向你们介绍我的客人。
People actually thought Orson had done away with me? 人们真以为Orson把我杀了？
U gotta hand it 2 her. 不得不佩服她。
throw every conceivable theme 开所有主题聚会
I told u that in confidence. 我相信你才会告诉你的。
sit on sth. 对。。。坐视不管
I'm scared 2 death of this maniac. 我的生命受到了这个疯子的威胁了。
hack sb. up with sth. 用。。。刺/砍。。。
tuck sb. in 帮。。。塞杯子
I'm so jazzed 2 c the restaurant. 我急切地想去看看餐厅。
have all these tips 才思泉涌
Susan & I aren't even speaking because of it. Susan和我为这事儿都不说话了。
Ur mother would have my mind. 你妈会要了我的命的。
So now it's all in my lap. 那现在这事儿都归我管了。
abstain from sex 禁欲
get A off B's back A别再来烦B了
My life is on the line. 我命悬一线。
Now u r gonna give me attitude? 现在你对我这种态度了？
token of esteem 尊敬的表示
The night's still young. 黑夜才刚开始。
I was in the middle of totally freaking out. 我差点就要抓狂了。
U really save my ass. 你真的救了我。
Just say the word. 尽管开口。
take a firm hand with sb. 对。。。使用强制办法
win over sb. 赢得。。。的心
be new to sth. 对。。。是新手
What were u up 2 that ur mother didn't know about? 如果你妈不知道的时候，你会做些什么呢？
have someone on my side 有人站在我这边
read her the riot act 给她点颜色看看
We r just gonna have 2 make the best of it. 我们得好好应对这个情况了。
Don't tell him I stopped by. 别告诉他我顺便来看了看。
sneak a peek 偷看一眼
Restaurants make half their money on the liquor. 餐厅的一半的赢利是靠酒水的。
I'd love 2 catch up. 我很想跟你叙旧。
I'm actually in the furtune 400. 我实际上排名在富豪榜400强之列。
Half the reason men want 2 accomplish anything is so they can show off for the women they love, and when they fail, they like 2 keep it 2 themselves. 男人想有成就，半成是为了在心爱的女人前炫耀，如果失败了，他们宁愿吞在肚子里不说。
Don't be dense. 别傻了。
We'll hot tub. 我们一起泡热水澡。
There's a time of day all housewives look 4ward 2. It occus just after the chores have been completed, and right b4 the children come home from school. It's a time 4 good friends 2 get together, have a cup of coffee & exchange gossip about the other good friends who couldn't make it thay day. 这是所有主妇一天中所期待的一刻，家务活都干完了，孩子还没放学回家，这是好友聚会的一刻，喝杯咖啡，说三道四，提到另外一位好友当天不能出席。
So u deliberately framed Orson? 那么你故意陷害Orson？
By holding on 2 my anger, I was really just hurting myself which was hard 2 deny. So I thought it's time 2 make amends. 执着于自己的愤怒其实是在伤害我自己，确实不可否认。所以我认为现在是改变的时候了。
-More wine? 要再来点吗？
-Yes, keep it coming. 好的，再来点儿吧。
Back off. 闪开。
Extra, extra, read all about it! 号外！号外！快来看啊！
get knocked up 怀孕
I cannot take that chance. 我才不要那种福分。
She's just a boob job away from being u. 她再隆个胸就跟你一样了。
sole heir 唯一的继承人
Every cent we have is circling the bowl. 我们攒的每一分钱都投了进去。
I'm gonna fix it. 我会搞定的。
birth control 避孕
blonde hair 金发
Don't u walk away 4 me! 你别走开！
get good with it 妥善处理
Where do u get off prescribing that without my consent? 没有我的许可，你怎么开出的药方？
I'm giving her my room, how much nicer do I have 2 be? 我都把我屋子给她了，还要我对她多好？
-What did u get 4 her? 你要给她什么呢？
-A video game, but I get 2 play it whenever I want. 一张游戏盘，但我要玩的时候随时得给我。
She didn't seem that knocked out by it. 她看起来不怎么喜欢它。
She'll come around, it's tough adjustment. 她会改变的，不是一下子就能适应的。
I don't know when I've tasted such moist pound cake. 我从没吃过这么糯软的磅饼。
U set me up. 你把我害惨了。
They don't fair well in the wild. 它们在野外是不能生存的。
Why don't I wrap a piece of this pound cake 4 u 2 enjoy l8er? 我给你包点磅饼回去吃，怎么样？
Do u have any idea what u put me through? 你知道你让我承受了多少吗？
U've rebounded nicely. 你恢复得很好啊。
Can't we just put this behind us? 我们能忘掉这些吗？
U cannot believe the scum he has gotten off. Not that u r scum. But u know if u were, u'd be sitting pretty. 你不会相信他捞出了多少人渣。不是说你是人渣。但即使你是，你也是很英雄的人渣。
He's not crazy about me spending time with my ex. 他对于我花时间来和前男友在一起，有点不高兴。
I guess that's enough 4 him. 我猜这就够他受的了。
I can't say that I blame him. 我能理解他。
Sit ur butts down. 给我坐下（母亲对孩子说）
Who knew u were such a romantic? 谁会想到你是这么浪漫的人呢？（你真是太浪漫了）
I was mocking u. 我在嘲笑你。
Underneath all that bad boy, actually he is a real gentleman. 表面上他那么像个坏男孩，其实他是个真正的绅士。
order slip 订单
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June 25, 1998
THE PRESIDENT: Mayor Feng, Governor Cheng, Secretary Li, nim men
hao. (Applause.) Thank you for the key to your city and for this
magnificent welcome.
Here in this ancient capital, China seems very young to me
tonight, blessed with both a proud history and the promise of
tomorrow. I am delighted to begin my journey in Xian, once the
capital of China, still the heartland of the Chinese people. I
was raised in the heartland of my country. I know that the
character of a nation is determined by the hard-working people
who live here.
Over 1,000 years ago, during the Tang Dynasty, which I have seen
recreated tonight, Xian was perhaps the most open and culturally
advanced city in the entire world. From this place, trade routes
extended through Asia to Europe and Africa. And to this place,
great thinkers came, spreading philosophy and new ideas that have
contributed to the greatness of China.
Tomorrow, I look forward to seeing the Terra Cotta Warriors, the
Old City walls, the Muslim quarter. I look forward to learning
more about China's great contributions to the store of human
knowledge, from medicine and printing to mathematics and
astronomy -- discoveries on which so much of the whole world's
progress is based. And I want to see more of the new nation you
are building on a scale even the emperors could not have
foreseen.
The China that gave us printing now boasts fax machines,
computers, and cell phones. Xian is home to film-makers, Internet
explorers, businesspeople of every description. Here in this
city, famous for calligraphy, a new chapter in China's story is
being written.
We Americans admire your accomplishments, your economy, your hard
work, creativity, and vision, your efforts against hunger and
poverty, your work with us on peace and stability in Korea and
South Asia. A new day is dawning for the Chinese people, for
China's greatness lies, as always, with its people.
Our own history has convinced Americans that the greatness of any
country is measured in its people -- in their shared reverence
for family and community, for work and learning, and in their
individual thoughts, beliefs, and creativity.
Respect for the worth, the dignity, the potential, and the
freedom of every citizen is a vital source of America's strength
and success. In this global information age, where both economic
growth and individual opportunity are based on ideas, a
commitment to providing all human beings the opportunity to
develop their full potential is vital to the strength and success
of the new China, as well.
As I travel across China, I hope to learn as much as I can about
the Chinese people, your history, and your dreams for the future;
and I hope to help the Chinese people understand more of
America's history, the lessons the American people have drawn
from it, and the dreams we hold for the 21st century.
I believe both Chinese and Americans aspire to many of the same
things -- to provide for our families, to teach our children, to
build our communities, to protect our Earth, to shape our own
futures, and pass brighter possibilities on to our children.
There may be those here and back in America who wonder whether
closer ties and deeper friendship between America and China are
good. Clearly, the answer is yes. We have a powerful ability to
help each other grow. We can learn much from each other. And as
two great nations, we have a special responsibility to the future
of the world. The steps we take over the next week can lead to
far greater strides for our people in the years ahead.
Here in this city of your magnificent history, we must always
remember that we, too, are ancestors. Someday our children and
their children will ask if we did all we could to build just
societies and a more peaceful world. Let our monument be their
judgment that we did that. Let our progress include all people,
with all their differences, moving toward a common destiny.
Let us give new meaning to the words written in the ancient Book
of Rites, what you call the Li Shi: When the great way is
followed, all under heaven will be equal.
Xie xie. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
--
Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.
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My fellow citizens:
At this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century, let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that awaited us in the next century. It is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of the new century, in a new millennium, but in the edge of bright new prospect in human affairs---a moment that will define our course, and our character, for decades to come. We must hold our old democracy forever young. Guided by the ancient vision for a promised land, let us sights upon a land of new promise,
The promise of America was born in the 18th century out of the bold conviction that we are all created equal. It was extended in the 19th century, when our nation spread across the continent, save the union, and abolished the awful scourge of slavery.
America become the world’s mightiest industrial power; saved the world from tyranny in two world wars and a long cold war; and time and again, reached out across the globe to millions who, like us, longed for the blessings of liberty.
Along the way, Americans produced a great middle class and security in old age; built unrivaled centers of learning and opened public schools to all; spilt the atom and explored the heavens; invented the computer and the microchip; and deepened the wellspring of justice for African Americans and all minorities, and extending the circle of citizenship, opportunity and dignity to women..
Fellow citizens, let us build that America, a nation never moving forward realizing the full potential of all its citizens. Prosperity and power---yes, they are important, and we must maintain them. But let us never forget: the greatest progress we have made and the greatest progress we have yet to make is in the human heart. In the end, all the world wealth and a thousand armies are no match for the strength and decency of the human spirit.
Thirty-four years ago, the man whose life we celebrate today spoke to us down there, at the other end of this mall, in words that moved the conscience of this a nation. Like a prophet of old, he told of his dream that one day America would rise up and treat all its citizens as equal before the law and in the heart. Martin luther King’s dream was American Dream. His quest was our quest, the ceaseless striving to live out our true creed. Our history was build on such dreams and labors. And by our dreams and labors we will redeem the promise of America in the 21st century.
Fellow citizens, we must not waste the gifts of this time. For all of us are on the same journey of our lives, and our journey, too. But the journey of our America must go on.
From the height of this place and the summit of this century, let us go forth. May the God strengthen our hands for the good work ahead---and always, always bless our America.
(克林顿1997年第二次当选美国总统的演说)
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| 分类： 文化背景知识 |
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