对那些刚尝试网络相亲的人们来说，冗长的资料填写、图片上传、短信风格的话语、空白回应以及网站导航都很难让人理解。但是，如果你坚持下去，或许会遇到某些值得等待的人或事哦！

To help you on your journey we've compiled a list of what to avoid and why…

为了让你的网络相亲道路更加顺畅，我们特意准备了一系列网上相亲禁忌及其原因。

谨记：少即是多 Remember less is more

When writing or compiling your profile try to think about what keeps you keen and interested when reading other profiles. Keeping things short and sweet not only shows people that you are concise and don't waffle, but that you also know what you want.

填写、编辑自己的个人信息时，试想一下别人的哪些信息能吸引你。亲切简洁的语言彰显了你简明的个性，不仅不会被误认为是在胡扯，还让对方知道你是一个了解自己想要什么的人。

信息要真实 Keep it real

When you upload images of yourself some people tend to leave in their best pics. However, if the photo is 15 years old and show you with a long-lost flat stomach and full head of hair, then keep it honest - ask a friend to take some updated versions instead. The same works with claiming you are a millionaire, own a yacht and drive a Ferrari - it's only impressive if it's true. There is no point in lying; people always find out.

上传相片时，人们总挑选自己认为最好的呈现给大家。但如果是15年前的照片，那时的你还没有小肚子，头发也没有脱落，劝你还是诚实点--上传一些最新的照片吧。同理，不要妄称自己是个百万富翁，拥有游艇和法拉利--这些如果是真实的才能让人印象深刻。在这些问题上撒谎无济于事，因为谎言总有一天会被人们识破。

切勿借钱给网友 Never, ever, give away money

No matter how well you get to know someone or feel your relationship has blossomed online, or in the flesh, never ever lend out money - whatever the circumstance.

不管你对TA有多了解，也不管你们在网上甚至现实生活中爱得多么死去活来，不要借钱给对方--不管什么情况都不能借。

保持亲切随和 Always be polite

In reality you wouldn't stop chatting to someone in the street mid-flow if they were boring you in a conversation; however, online you can. If an email conversation starts out well but then you realise this person isn't 'the one' then politely back away. Failing that, if they don't take the hint, then their emails conveniently getting 'lost in cyberspace' or ignoring all contact should also work.

现实生活中，即便对他人的谈话感到厌烦不已，你也不会断然终止对话。但在网上却可以。如果最初的邮件往来很好，后来却发现对方不是想要的那个"真命天子"，你大可礼貌地终止这种交流。如果对方没看懂这种暗示，你还可以假装没收到邮件或者直接忽略这种沟通方式。

不要操之过急 Don't expect too much too soon

Online dating takes time. Therefore, buying a one month subscription to an online dating site seems a bit optimistic. You need to set goals and stick to them and if you follow the rules above and allow a relationship to blossom over time, then maybe, just maybe, Prince Charming will be waiting to carry you off into the sunset…

网上相亲需要时间。因此，在某个相亲网站上订购包月服务是比较乐观的。你需要确立明确的目标并坚持不懈地努力。如果你遵循上述规则，随着时间的积累，感情慢慢升华，或许你的白马王子就在不远处，等着与你一起欣赏日落美景……

　　be in the know

　　英英解释： have inside knowledge about a situation

　　英汉释义：知道实情，掌握内幕例句： Talk to Tim. He's in the know。

　　跟蒂姆谈谈，他有内幕消息。Are you in the know about the current crisis?

　　关于目前的危机，你有什么内幕吗

　　know better

　　英英解释： have knowledge about how one should behave

　　英汉释义：很懂的，很明白例句：You know better than to do that!

　　你明知道不应该那么做!

　　I wish he had acted differently. He certainly knew better!

　　我希望他有不同的表现，他知道该做什么。

　　know-how

　　英英释义： understanding of how a task should be done

　　英汉解释：实际知识;技能;诀窍例句：I'd call technical support and ask someone with the know-how。

　　我要打技术支持电话问个明白人。Do you have the know-how to upgrade our servers?

　　你有升级我们服务器的能力吗?

　　know the tricks of the trade

　　英英释义： possess the skills and knowledge to be successful in a particular task

　　英汉解释：了解在特殊领域成功的能力和诀窍例句：Let's ask Tom. He knows all the tricks of the trade。

　　咱们去问问汤姆吧，他知道这里面的门道。I think we need to bring in a specialist who knows the tricks of the trade。

　　我觉得我们需要引进以为懂行的专家。

　　know one's ABCs

　　英英释义： to understand and be capable of doing the basics

　　英汉解释：了解基本知识。例句：I don't think he should do this. He doesn't even know his ABCs。

　　我认为他不应该做这个，他对此一无所知。Do you know the ABCs of programming?

　　你了解编程的基础知识吗?

know someone or something like a book

　　英英释义： completely understand someone or something

　　英汉解释：完全了解某人或者某事例句：

　　She knows Jerry like a book。

　　她非常了解杰瑞。I think Peter knows the Johnson account like a book. Ask him。

　　我觉得皮特非常了解约翰森会计师事务所，去问问他吧。

　　know someone by sight

　　Definition: be able to recognize someone

　　英汉解释：能认出某人例句：I know Peter by sight. I'll got to the airport。

　　我能认出皮特，我要去机场啦。Do you know Mary by sight?

　　你能认出玛丽吗?

　　know something from memory

　　英英释义： have something memorized

　　英汉解释：凭记忆知道……例句：She knows the piece from memory。

　　她零星有点印象。Can you sing "New York, New York" from memory?

　　你能凭记忆唱出《纽约，纽约》这首歌吗?

　　know something inside out

　　英英释义： have completely knowledge of something

　　英汉解释：对某件事彻底了解，完全了解例句：

　　Susan is the expert. She's knows this stuff inside out。

　　苏珊是专家，她非常了解这些事。Let me do it. I know this inside out。

　　让我来做吧，我很清楚是怎么回事。

　　know the ropes

　　英英释义： know how to do something

　　英汉解释：掌握诀窍，知道内情。例句：We need to bring somebody in who knows the ropes。

　　我们应该找个知道内情的人。I've never used Linux so I really don't know the ropes of installation。

　　我从没用过Linux系统，所以我真不知道这个应该怎么安装。

　　know the score

　　英英释义： understand the facts about a situation

　　英汉解释：知道一件事情的真相，深知其害例句：

　　I know the score. Don't try to fool me。

　　我知道事情的真相，别想糊弄我。

　　Please stop making excuses. I know the score and I know you are to blame。

　　别找借口了，我知道是怎么回事，我也知道这件事应该怪你。

　　If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible， who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time， who still questions the power of our democracy， tonight is your answer. (如果现在仍然有人在那里怀疑着美国是不是任何事情都可能发生的地方，疑惑于我们国家的缔造者们的梦想是否还鲜活地存在于这个时代，对我们民主的力量打上问号的话，今夜就是你的答案。)

　　奥巴马胜利演讲词的第一部分用了一个气势恢宏的排比句，句子中的三个谓语动词值得我们学习：doubt、wonder、question。这三个词意相近，指怀疑。为了避免词语的重复使用，运用了三个近义词，这种现象在英语写作中称为variety，多样性。在写作中我们可以通过意译，paraphrase来练习。比如，我们刚刚学到了一个词语，important，重要，那么除了这一个词，还有其他的表达方式吗?significant，是和important 互换率最高的词语。…come from everything else、put…first、 play a role in…等都是与“重要”意思相近的短语，大家在写作中应该学着交换使用。

　　那么这些表达我们怎么在平时积累到呢?

　　首先，需要一本好字典。单词的释义一定要有英英解释，并且最好能把它背下来。推荐大家使用牛津高阶词典和柯林斯词典。比如刚才提到的important在柯林斯词典里的英文解释是 significant， high-valued and necessary。

　　It’s the answer spoken by young and old， rich and poor… It’s the answer that led those who’ve been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.(这是美国人共同说出的答案，无论老还是少，富还是穷，长久以来，很多人一再被告知，要对我们所能取得的成绩极尽讥讽、担忧和怀疑之能事，但这个答案让这些人伸出手来把握历史之弧，并再次使它朝向美好明天的希望延伸。)

　　这句话里young and old、rich and poor指代老少、穷富之人，cynical、 fearful， doubtful 是形容一些人的态度，讥讽，担忧和怀疑。看起来简单，但如让同学们自己表达的话，可能就不这么精确了。这在英语写作中叫平行结构，和中文的对偶对仗有点类似。如果前面一句你用youngsters and old people、rich people and who are poor，虽然意思没变，但语言不工整也不精炼。

　　平行结构在英语写作中应用广泛，大家要学会找到哪些地方需要平行结构并且怎样保持其语法结构的一致。做个练习：Bitterly、 angrily、and with tears in her eyes、 Jane finally retired. Bitterly， angrily 和with tears in her eyes都是形容Jane退休时的心情，那么我们是否可以试着把它们三个变成同样的语法结构?Bitterly、angrily and tearfully、Jane finally retired. 这样一来，语言工整顺畅得多了。

　　And I would not be standing here without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years， the rock of my family， the love of my life， the nation’s next first lady， Michelle Obama.

　　这是奥巴马对于他妻子的致谢之辞。I would not be standing here without是一个常用的致谢词，表示没有…的支持就不会有今天的成就，我们可以借鉴来，把它看作写作中的一种强调句式。比如，米是中国人不可缺少的食物这句话，可以说Rice is indispensible to Chinese people. 或是再强调一些的话就可以说 People in China cannot live one day without rice. Unyielding 这个词的意思是strong、fixed，常用于书面语，翻译成强有力的或不懈的。比如：His unyielding attitude on this subject was that since he had done it， so could everyone.

　　最后让我们来看看他是怎样形容挚爱，the rock of my family，the love of my life. 家庭的基石，一生的挚爱。对于另一半的称呼就像中文一样，英文中也有很多，比如 light of my life、better half、perfect match， etc.

　　一些同学总是抱怨找不到正宗的外语资料，也没有语言环境;其实是没有用心去找。比如这篇着名的演讲，即可以作为阅读文章又可以作为大家写作的范文，还可以作为听力资料。关键在于同学们能否意识到并且踏实去研究。

　　万事皆学问，只要肯用心。英语写作技巧不是哪本书或哪个名师为你一点就透的，在我看来点石成金只是片面的说法。大家肯不肯下功夫去琢磨，去练习，琢磨练习的方式对不对，起到了很重要的作用。今天给大家一点小小的建议，希望能对你的写作及英语学习有帮助或启示。

　　一、主语的几种表达格式。

　　1.他们能够保存自己历史的唯一途径就是，由讲述人一代接一代地将史实描述为传奇故事口传下来。

　　The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas--legends handed down from one generation of story-tellers to another.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“他们能够保存自己历史的唯一途径”;英文表达“唯一途径that他们能够保存自己的历史”，完全转换“The only way that they can preserve their history”。

　　2.弗吉尼亚.伍尔夫(Virginia Woolf)关于她写作《黛洛维夫人》(Mrs. Dalloway)意图的具有争议性的陈述通常被评论家们所忽略了，因为它突出反映了她诸多文学兴趣中某一方面，而这一方面则与人们对“诗性”小说家 (poetic novelist)所形成的传统见解大相径庭。所谓的“诗性”小说家，所关注的是审视想入非非和白日梦幻的诸般状态，并致力于追寻个体意识的通幽曲径。

　　Virginia Woolf’s provocative statement about her intentions in writing Mrs. Dalloway has regularly been ignored by the critics，since it highlights an aspect of her literary interests very different from the traditional picture of the "poetic" novelist concerned with examining states of reverie and vision and with following the intricate pathways of individual consciousness.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“弗吉尼亚.伍尔夫(Virginia Woolf)关于她写作《黛洛维夫人》(Mrs. Dalloway)意图的具有争议性的陈述”;英文表达“弗吉尼亚.伍尔夫的具有争议性的陈述关于她的目的在写作《黛洛维夫人》”，完全转换 “Virginia Woolf’s provocative statement about her intentions in writing Mrs. Dalloway”。

　　3.据估计，在英国蜘蛛一年里所消灭昆虫的重量将会超过这个国家人口的总重量。

　　It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all the human beings in the country.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“据估计，在英国蜘蛛一年里所消灭昆虫的重量将会超过这个国家人口的总重量。”;英文表达“它已经被估计that the重量of所有昆虫毁灭的被蜘蛛在英国在一年里将是更大比the总重量of所有人类在这个国家”，完全转换“It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all the human beings in the country.”。

　　4.企图消除自己和读者之间距离或企图用不了解自己的人的角度来研究自己塑造的形象，很可能会是作家自己毁灭，因为他已经开始为取悦他人而写作了。

　　This temptation to cover the distance between himself and the reader, to study his image in the sight of those who do not know him, can be his undoing: he has begun to write to please.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“企图消除自己和读者之间距离或企图用不了解自己的人的角度来研究自己塑造的形象”;英文表达“这种企图去消失距离之间自己和读者，去研究他自己塑造的形象以这种角度of those who不了解他自己”，完全转换“This temptation to cover the distance between himself and the reader, to study his image in the sight of those who do not know him,”。

　　二、谓语的几种表达方式。

　　1.此外，蜘蛛不象一些其他食虫动物，它们绝不会对我们或我们的财物造成丝毫的危害。

　　Moreover, unlike some of the other insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us or our belongings.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“蜘蛛不象一些其他食虫动物，它们绝不会对我们或我们的财物造成丝毫的危害。”;英文表达“不象一些of the其他食虫动物，蜘蛛绝对不做最小的伤害对我们或我们的财物”，完全转换“unlike some of the other insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us or our belongings.”。

　　2.美国的经济体制是围绕着一个以私有企业为主和以市场为导向的经济进行组织的，在这种经济中，消费者很大程度上通过在市场上花钱购买那些他们最想要的商品和服务来决定什么应该被制造。

　　The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise, market-oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“美国的经济体制是围绕着一个以私有企业为主和以市场为导向的经济进行组织的，”;英文表达“美国的经济体制被组织围绕一个主要地私营的企业，市场为导向的经济”，完全转换“The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise, market-oriented economy”。

　　3.然而，在起初完全不是这么一会事。

　　In the pioneering days, however, this was not the case at all.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“然而，在起初完全不是这么一会事。”;英文表达“在起初，然而，this was不是这事完全”，完全转换“In the pioneering days, however, this was not the case at all.”。

　　4.他宣称他反对把这种非同寻常的畜牧繁殖技术用于克隆人类，并下令联邦政府基金不准被用于做此类试验--尽管还没有人建议这么做--，而且他还邀请了一个由普林斯顿大学校长哈罗得.夏皮罗所主持的独立专家小组在90天内向白宫汇报关于制定有关克隆人的国家政策的建议。

　　Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment-although no one had proposed to do so--and asked an independent panel of experts chaired by Princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendations for a national policy on

　　human cloning.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“他宣称……，并下令……，而且他还邀请……”;英文表达“宣称that……，他下令that……and邀请……”，完全转换“Declaring that …… , he ordered that …… and asked ……”。

三、宾语的几种表达方式。

　　1.我们从书籍中可读到，5000年前的近东地区的人们最早学会了写字。

　　We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“我们从书籍中可读到，5000年前的近东地区的人们最早学会了写字。”;英文表达“我们能够读到things that happened5000年前在近东，where人们最早”，完全转换“We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write.”。

　　2.现在每个人都拥有比任何时代人都要多的可利用信息，而找到与他/她的特定问题相关的那一点信息的工作不仅复杂、耗时，有时甚至比登山还难。

　　The individual now has more information available than any generation, and the task of finding that one piece of information relevant to his or her specific problem is complicated, time--consuming, and sometimes even overwhelming.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“现在每个人都拥有比任何时代人都要多的可利用信息”;英文表达“个体现在有更多信息可利用的比任何一代人”，完全转换 “The individual now has more information available than any generation”。

　　3.现代的登山运动员们试图通过一条会给他们带来运动乐趣的路线去攀登山峰，并且这条路线愈艰险愈带劲儿。

　　Modern alpinists try to climb mountains by a route which will give them good sport, and the more difficult it is, the more highly it is regarded.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“现代的登山运动员们试图通过一条会给他们带来运动乐趣的路线去攀登山峰，并且这条路线愈艰险愈带劲儿。”;英文表达 “现代的登山运动员试图去登山通过一条路线which将给他们好的运动，并且the更多的困难的it是，the更多的兴奋地it被认为”，完全转换 “Modern alpinists try to climb mountains by a route which will give them good sport, and the more difficult it is, the more highly it is regarded.”。

　　4.酸是一种化合物，它在溶于水时具有强烈的气味，它对金属具有腐蚀的作用，并且它具有把某些蓝色植物染料变红的能力。

　　Acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have a sharp taste, a corrosive action on metals, and the ability to turn certain blue vegetable dyes red.

　　写作法则提炼：中文表达“酸是一种化合物，它在溶于水时具有一种强烈的气味，它对金属具有一种腐蚀的作用，并且它具有把某些蓝色植物染料变红的能力。”;英文表达“酸是化合物that，进入水溶解作用，具有一种强烈的味道，一种腐蚀的作用对于金属，并且这种能力去转变某些蓝色植物染料红色的”，完全转换“cids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have a sharp taste, a corrosive action on metals, and the ability to turn certain blue vegetable dyes red.”。

　　1.完全：absolute, unconditional, unlimited, complete, unrestricted, unmixed, perfect, entire

　　2.好：extraordinary, amazing, miraculous, marvelous, stupendous, excellent, good, well, wonderful, fine, nice, of high quality, pleasing, surprising, agreeable

　　3.小：small, diminutive, puny, little, pocket-sized, petit, minute, tiny

　　4.多：big , enormous, large, gigantic, vast, tremendous, gargantuan, huge, immense, a lot of, lots of, many, much, plenty of, a great deal of, a number of, an amount of, a great many, a good many, many a, scores of, dozens of, a great quantity of

　　5.高兴，快乐：delighted, delightful, pleased, pleasing, charmed, pleasant, cheerful, cheering, merry, happy, gratified, glad, gay, agreeable, friendly, content, satisfied, light-hearted, joyful

　　6.真的：True, truthful, veracious, faithful, accurate, loyal, staunch, genuine, honest, real, trustworthy, constant.

　　7.全，都：all, whole, entire, complete, perfect, total, the whole number of , unbroken , gross

　　常见的连接词

　　连接词根据其本身的意思和文章连接所需要的逻辑意义可分为几类：

　　a.表示开场to begin with , in the first place , in general , generally speaking

　　b.表示总结to summarize , to sum up , to conclude , in conclusion , finally

　　c.表示举例a case in point , a good illustration / example of … is …,

　　d.表示原因because , since , for , the cause of , the reason for , now that

　　e.表示结果as a result , as a consequence , consequently

　　f.表示比较both , like , likewise , similarly , in common , in the same way

　　g.表示对照on the contrary , on the other hand , despite , in spite of , however

　　h.表示列举first , firstly , in the first place , first of all , to begin with

　　i.表示强调especially , particularly , certainly , surely , chiefly , actually

　　j.表示让步even though , although , in spite of , however , but ,yet

　　写作的启、承、转、合常用词语小结

　　1.有关“启”的常用词语(用来引导主题句或跟在主题句的后面，引导第一个扩展句)

　　at first 首先

　　at present 现在;当今

　　currently 现在;最近

　　first 首先;第一

　　first of all 首先

　　firstly 首先

　　2.有关“承”的常用词语(用来承接主题句或第一个扩展句)

　　to start with 首先;第一

　　after 此后

　　after a few days 几天之后

　　after a while 过了一会儿

　　also 并且

　　at any rate 无论如何

　　at the same time 同时(用在“转”时，作“可是”解)

　　besides(this) 此外

　　3.有关“转”的常用词语(用来表示不同或相反的语气)

　　after all 毕竟

　　all the same 虽然;但是

　　anyway 无论如何

　　at the same time 可是(表轻微转折)

　　but 但是

　　conversely 相反地

　　despite 尽管，虽然

　　4.有关“合”的常用词语(用来引导结尾句或最后一个扩展句，表示段落的结束)

　　above all 最重要

　　accordingly 于是

　　as a consequence 因此

　　as a result 结果

　　as has been noted 如前所述及

“我们人类的文化，包括中国的文化和西方的文化，有时候在口语当中容易表现出来，最简单一个字就可以把问题说清楚。举个例子来说，在英语当中，以代词来说吧，你（you），我们（we），他们(they)，他（he），她（she），这些代词都是不大写的，但是只有一个字要大写，谁呀，I，我就要大写。那么反过来说，在中国他就刚好相反，同样的是称呼“我”，那么中国人是怎么称呼呢？他就不会去大写了，当然没有那个拼写的大写，用别的方式来表述，会说“在下”、“鄙人”，就是皇帝也会称自己“寡人”或者“孤”，都是尽量地尊重别人，克制自己的这种心态。这跟西方文化当中的“我”一下子就区别开了。一个代词的使用就可以看得出来这两种文化是分道扬镳的，在很多方面极性是相反的。”

第一人称单数的代词I大写这个问题在语言学中是有共识的。《巴恩哈特语源学辞典》（The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology ，W H. W. Wilson，1988)中就有这样的解释：
"The pronoun 'I' developed from the unstressed form of Old English (about 725) ic singular pronoun of the first person (nominative case). Modern and Middle English I developed from earlier i in the stressed position. I came to be written with a capital letter thereby making it a distinct word and avoiding misreading handwritten manuscripts. In the northern and midland dialects of England the capitalized form I appeared about 1250."

也就是说，在古英语中“我”最初是用ic两个字母来表示，逐渐演变成为单个字母i。一旦成为单个字母i的时候就出现了一个问题，i这个小写的词在手写体中很容易与前后的词混淆，所以大约在1250年起英格兰中部和北部的方言中就开始使用大写的I。《莫里斯字词源词典》（Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins）也指出，把I（我）大写与ego（自我意识）无关，只是为了避免混淆和错误（the reason for the capital I is simply to avoid confusion and error）。

此外，也有语言学者认为，I作为人称代词与you，they，he，she还是有区别的，因为这是书写者的自称，比如John Wilson是作者的话，如果写自己的名字当然要大写，所以当用I来代表John Wilson时也要大写。

所以，英语中第一人称单数I大写并不是因为西方人个人至上、自我中心的思维逻辑。说到逻辑，辜正坤教授上面的那段话也有不严谨之处。英语中的I大写只是英语的语法，并不代表其他欧洲语言的第一人称单数也一定大写，比如法语的je（我）在句中出现时就不能大写。辜教授是如何从一个简单的英语单词推广到所有西方语言进而得出西方文化与中国文化“分道扬镳”的呢？

当然，我质疑I大写的文化含义，只是认为这个例子举得不够恰当，并非否认英语和汉语词汇区别的确可以显示东西文化差别。美国夏威夷大学汉学家、哲学家安乐哲（Roger T.Ames）教授举过这样的例子：

比如用英文说：“Everybody please stand up.”我们要用everybody（每一个身体）、everyone（每一个人）来讲，换作中文来说就是“大家请站起来”，“大家”和 “everybody”的涵义是有区别的。

在安乐哲教授看来，这个例子说明了中西方文化的差异，中国文化所强调的是一种人与人之间的关系性，人类是彼此依靠的，是相互关联的，了解一个人要从不同的社会关系上去了解。

如：I counted the books on the floor; I found that, all told, there were 50.
我数了一下地板上的书，发现一共有50本。

2. Don't tell me....!
用来表示怀疑、惊讶或者惊恐的一种句式“不至于……吧”

如：Don't tell me you didn't know that.
这你当然是知道的！

3. I can tell you
多用于句尾，表示强烈地肯定所说的话 “我可以肯定地告诉你”

如：You've wronged him. I tell you.
你肯定是冤枉他了。

4 I can't tell you...
向人表达自己内心的喜悦、感激等心情

如：I can't tell you how pleased we are to have you here tonight, Mr. Nelson.
Nelson先生，您不知道今晚能请到您我们有多高兴。

5. I'm not telling!
拒绝回答提问（尤其是个人隐私方面的）时的一种说法，也就是“I'm not saying”，较正式些的说法就是No comment，“不告诉你，无可奉告”。

-Did she allow you to kiss her?
-I'm not telling!

-她允许你吻她了吗？
-不告诉你，关你什么事儿！

6. I'm telling you!
在对方对某事还不清楚，说话人只好强调自己早说过这个话“我不是告诉过你了嘛”

如：Yes, but I'm telling you——we could ring Nevin to drive us there.
当然能去，我告诉过你，我们可以打电话叫Nevin开车送我们去那儿。

7. I told you so.
自己对对方的警告“我早告诉过你吧”

如：I told you so! You wouldn't believe me.
我早告诉过你，可你就是不信我。

8. something tells me
有根据地判断、猜测或怀疑某人某个时候说过的话“我想；我猜”

如：Something tells me it's going to rain.
我看天要下雨。

9. Tell me another.
对对方说的话表示一种怀疑，“我才不信呢”

如：Oh yeah, tell me another.
噢，是吗，听你胡扯。

10. You tell me.
在对方故弄玄虚地提出某问题时，可说这句话“我不知道，你说嘛”

例如：
-How can we take it from the box, d'you know?
-You tell me!

-知道怎么才能把它从这个盒子里弄出来吗？
-你知道就说吧

　　If your author is a good author, he or she will begin each paragraph with a key statement that tells you what that paragraph is about. By reading only the first sentence, you can determine if the paragraph has information you need to know.

　　如果作者够水准的话，他/她在每段的开头都会交代一下该段所的大概内容。只要读每段的第一句话，你就能够判断出该段有没有你想了解的信息了。

　　If you're reading literature, this still applies, but know that you may miss details that enrich the story. When the language in literature is artful, I would choose to read every word.

　　如果你读的是文学作品的话，这个方法依然适用。不过要知道，这样的话你可能会错过很多用于丰富故事的细节。如果所读的文学作品妙语连珠的话，我会选择逐字逐句地拜读。

　　2. Skip to the last sentence of the paragraph.

　　The last sentence in a paragraph should also contain clues for you about the importance of the material covered. A last sentence often serves two functions -- it wraps up the thought expressed and provides a connection to the next paragraph.

　　一段的最后一句话也应该会包含有关这段材料的重要性的线索。段末一句话一般来说有2个功能-总结一下所表达的思想;为下一段作过渡。

　　3. Read phrases.

　　When you've skimmed first and last sentences and determined the paragraph is worth reading, you still don't need to read every word. Move your eyes quickly over each line and look for phrases and key words. Your mind will automatically fill in the words between.

　　当浏览过段首及段末的两句话后，如果你觉得这段内容值得你去读，你也不必逐字通读。眼睛快速扫描每行文字，寻找词组和关键词。你的大脑会自动帮你补全那些跳过的文字的。

　　4. Ignore the little words.

　　Ignore the little words like it, to, a, an, and, be -- you know the ones. You don't need them. Your brain will see these little words without acknowledgment.

　　忽略诸如it,to,a,an,and,be等“小词”-这些词你太熟悉了。(在阅读过程中，)你并不需要他们。你的大脑会自动识别这些小词的。

　　5. Look for key points.

　　Look for key points while you're reading for phrases. You're probably already aware of the key words in the subject you're studying. They'll pop out at you. Spend a little more time with the material around those key points.

　　在以词组为单位进行阅读时，注意寻找要点。有关于文章中研究对象的关键词，可能你在事先已做到心中有数了。在阅读过程中，这些关键词会在你眼前跳出来。多花点时间在那些要点附近的材料上。

6. Mark key thoughts in the margins.

　　I know you were taught not to write in your books, and some books should be kept pristine, but a textbook is for studying. Mark key thoughts in the margins. If it makes you feel better, use a pencil. Even better, buy a packet of those little stickie tabs and slap one on the page with a short note.When it's time to review, simply read through your tabs.

　　我知道，大家从小就被教导不要往书上乱写。对于有些书应该是这样的，但教科书是用来学习的，可以在空白的地方记下一些重要的想法和心得。如果能让 你感觉更舒服的话，你可以用铅笔来记，更可以买些可粘贴的小便签，在上面记些短小的笔记，然后贴到书页上。到复习的时候，只要浏览一遍你的便签便可。

　　If you're renting your textbooks, make sure you understand the rules.

　　如果你的教科书是借来的，一定要懂规矩哦。

　　7. Use all the tools provided -- lists, bullets, sidebars.

　　Use all the tools the author provides -- lists, bullets, sidebars, anything extra in the margins. Authors usually pull out key points for special treatment. They're clues to important information. Use them all. Besides, lists are usually easier to remember.

　　对于作者使用的写作表现形式(如列表，文字前面作为强调的圆形符号，栏框等所有在空白处额外体现的东西)，要加以充分利用。作者通常会把关键点拎出来加以特别处理。这些表现形式都是寻找重要信息的线索，一定要充分利用。此外，列表也通常更容易记。

　　8. Take notes for practice tests.

　　When you read something you know will show up on a test, write it down in the form of a question. Note the page number beside it so you can check your answers if necessary.

　　当读到一些你认为会在考试中出现的知识点时，把它以问题的形式记下来。在问题边上写下答案所在的页码，以便在必要时查看答案。

　　Keep a list of these key questions and you'll have written your own practice test.

　　把这些重要问题列在一起，你就可以进行自我模考了。

　　9. Read with good posture.

　　Reading with good posture helps you read longer and stay awake longer. Give your body a break. Sit in a healthy way and you'll last a lot longer.

　　阅读时保持一个良好的姿势能够让你更长时间地，清醒地进行阅读。让你的身体放松，保持健康的坐姿，你便能更长时间地看书了。

　　Much as I love to read in bed, it puts me to sleep. If reading puts you to sleep, too, don't read lying down.

　　我虽然喜欢躺在床上看书，但这也总是令我很快陷入昏昏欲睡的境地。如果你也是这样的话，那就不要躺着看书了。

　　10. Practice, practice, practice.

　　Reading fast takes practice, practice, practice. Practice makes all the difference.

　　要实现阅读速读的提高，你必须进行一而再，再而三的反复实践练习。熟能生巧，实践出真知。

　　Pretty soon you'll be reading faster without even realizing it.

　　相信很快，你就能在不知不觉中提高阅读速读啦!

1. 《绝命毒师》(AMC)

在“打翻天”和“乐翻天”两者的结合上，该剧是年内最出色的。布赖恩克兰斯顿饰演的沃尔特和亚伦保罗饰演的杰西上升到了动作与思想的极端，极大地挑战了观众对周剧主角最基本的同情。剧中既有快餐连锁店主和普通百姓的威胁和恶意，也有冰毒，墨西哥表兄弟杀人等充满惊憟的危机的情节。

2.《危机边缘》(Fox)

该剧在各个层面上都很有收获，尤其是第二季的后半部分。半年中还没有别的科幻剧在刻画角色内心和家庭生活（无论是血缘，还是其它）方面有如此造诣。同时，该剧与《绝命毒师》一样，成为上半年最扣人心弦的剧目。

3. 《摩登家庭》(ABC)

幽默不会撒谎：该剧带来的开怀大笑高居前半年情景喜剧之首。这正是大众娱乐、广播电视应该达到的目标

4.《胜利之光》(DirecTV 101/NBC)

是体育题材的最好剧目，也是电视剧中有关婚姻题材的最佳写照。如果本剧不能获得艾美奖的话，就没别的剧可当此殊荣了。

5. 《火线警探》(FX)

Elmore Leonard 原作中的角色拥有一成不变的性格，注定要按照自己的本性做事。电视剧中的角色则有细微而惊人的演变。第一季中，Timothy Olyphant饰演的Raylan Givens从有帽子变成没帽子，有助变成无助。 剧中既有震天的枪声，也有幽默的笑声。

6. 《傲骨贤妻》(CBS)

本来是个晚间时段的肥皂剧，最终出落得迂回曲折：融合了政治、浪漫、法庭和侦探的剧情特点。

6. 《傲骨贤妻》(CBS)

本来是个晚间时段的肥皂剧，最终出落得迂回曲折：融合了政治、浪漫、法庭和侦探的剧情特点。

7. 《公园娱乐》(NBC)

已经演到了第二季，成为周四晚上最不具有讽刺或愤世嫉俗色彩的情景喜剧。Amy Poehler的阳光喜剧贯穿了整个剧情。该剧揭示每个角色中既有弱点（Aziz Ansari 饰演的 Tom Haverford），也有疯狂(Nick Offerman饰演的Ron Swanson) 的一面。这一点，对观众们也适用。

8.《好男当自强》 (ABC)

最有趣、最古怪、最富于冒险的情景喜剧，因为发展受阻从未获得它应有的观众数量。迄今为止，还有两季未播出。ABC，他们在哪里？

9. 《迷失》(ABC)

现在影迷和媒体的愤怒都已经平息。可以说，这一季表现很好，尽管有一些情节不尽人意。作为一个如此庞杂、繁复的故事，其结尾更多是一种感情的宣泄，而不是大量的神奇事件的解密。这正是我欣赏的地方。

10. 《欢乐合唱团》(Fox)

剧作家瑞恩墨菲知道如何出色运用风格翻新，并对前作的成功加以发扬光大（请对比《欢乐合唱团》和《整容室》）。

Not until I began to work did I realize how much time I had wasted.
直到我开始工作,我才意识到我已蹉跎了很多岁月.

2. Now that...,…既然/由于……,…….

Now that we are alone, we can talk freely. 既然我们单独在一起,就无拘束地聊聊吧.

3. On the condition that... …条件是…….

You can leave school early, on the condition that you finish your assignment first.
你可以早点离校,条件是你得先做完作业.

4. On the contrary, ... 正好相反,…….

Their criticism did not discourage me. On the contrary, I worked even harder.
他们的批评并没有使我感到气馁,相反,我比以前更加努力了.

5. On (the) one hand..., on the other (hand), ... 一方面……,另一方面…….

On (the) one hand I admire your ability, but on the other (hand) I distrust your judgment.
一方面我钦佩你的才能,但另一方面我不相信你的判断力.

6. One of the +形容词最高级+名词+is… 最……之一的就是……

One of the most impressive pieces of writing is Hamlet.
给人印象最深的著作之一就是《哈姆雷特》.

7. Personally, I think / believe / feel... 我个人认为/相信/感觉…….

Personally, I think that women play an increasingly important role in society now.
我个人认为女性在社会中发挥着越来越重要的作用. ;

8. Please don't hesitate to... 请随时…….

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you are in need of assistance.
如果你需要协助,请随时联系我们.

9. Please feel free to... …请随时…….

Please feel free to visit me when you are in Guangzhou. 在广州的时候,请随时来找我.

10. Please forgive me for... …请原谅我…….

Please forgive me for being late. 请原谅我来晚了.

阿根廷于日前（通过一项承认同性婚姻的法案），由此成为拉美首个同性婚姻合法化的国家。

The move grants homosexual couples all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage gives heterosexual couples.

该法案赋予同性伴侣与异性伴侣在婚姻方面同等的法律权利、应承担的责任和可受到的保护。

President Cristina Fernandez is a strong supporter and the new law is expected to bring a wave of marriages.

阿根廷总统克里斯蒂娜•费尔南德斯是同性婚姻合法化法案的坚定支持者。该法案的推出预计会在阿根廷国内掀起一股同性恋结婚潮。

The approval came despite a concerted campaign by the Roman Catholic Church and evangelical groups, which drew 60,000 people to march on Congress and urged parents in churches and schools to work against passage.

该法案遭到了阿根廷罗马天主教会和基督教福音派组织的强烈抗议，他们共召集了六万名民众前往议会游行，并呼吁教会和学生家长反对该法案的通过。

Nine homosexual couples have already married in Argentina after persuading judges that Argentina's constitutional mandate of equality supports their marriage rights, but some of these marriages were later declared invalid.

阿根廷迄今已有九对同性伴侣步入婚姻殿堂，而他们往往都是用阿根廷宪法人人平等的原则来说服法官，从而维护自己的婚姻权利，但其中一些婚姻之后被宣布无效。

The debate stretched on for nearly 16 hours.

有关日前通过的同性婚姻合法化法案的辩论持续了近16个小时。

"Marriage between a man and a woman has existed for centuries, and is essential for the perpetuation of the species," insisted Senator Juan Perez Alsina, who is usually a loyal supporter of the president but gave a passionate speech against legalizing same-sex marriage.

参议员胡安•佩雷斯•阿尔西纳称：“异性婚姻已存在了几个世纪，这种婚姻形式对于人类的延续至关重要。”胡安是总统克里斯蒂娜的坚定支持者，但在当天的辩论中，他则激情洋溢地发表了一番反对同性婚姻合法化的演讲。

However, Senator Norma Morandini, another member of the president's party, compared the discrimination closeted gays face to the oppression imposed by Argentina's dictators decades ago. "What defines us is our humanity, and what runs against humanity is intolerance."

而总统阵营的另外一员、参议员诺玛•莫兰迪尼则将无法公开关系的同性恋人所受到的歧视比作阿根廷几十年前的独裁统治。他说：“我们的人性让我们发展成今天这样，而不宽容则恰恰与人性背道而驰。“

Same-sex civil unions have been legalized in Uruguay, Buenos Aires and some states in Mexico and Brazil. But Argentina now becomes the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. Homosexual couples who marry will now get many more rights than civil unions, including adopting children and inheriting wealth.

目前，同性民事伴侣关系已在乌拉圭、布宜诺斯艾利斯、墨西哥的一部分州以及巴西得到合法化，但阿根廷通过的新法案则让其成为拉美首个同性婚姻在全国范围内合法化的国家。结为正式婚姻关系的同性伴侣将比在民事关系状态下享有更多的权利，包括儿童收养和财产继承方面的权利等。

　　霸王公司首席执行官万玉华回应称，该物质是在原料上出现，但全行业大部份洗头水均有，强调含量少对人体无害。该媒体的报道并没有指出霸王洗发水究竟含有多少分量的二恶烷。

　　代言：endorse

　　我们经常说的代言多是某明星为某品牌的商品“发言”，拍广告宣传等。虽然我们可以用这样的话，用endorse就再适合不过了。它表示：to say in an advertisementthat you use a particularproduct and like it. （在广告中声称使用并喜欢某种产品）。比如说：Well-known sportsmen can earn large sums of money from manufacturesby endorsing clothes and equipment.（著名运动员在广告中替厂家宣传运动服装和器械，可获得巨额报酬。）

　　代言人：brand spokesman/spokeswoman

　　虽说“代言”是endorse，“代言人”可不是endorsor哦。我们比较常用的是“brand spokesman”。“spokesman”这个词侧重于“发言人”，比如：spokesman of Foreign Ministry(外交部发言人）

　　“嗨,最近咋样?”“马马虎虎吧,还行。” 这个“还行”或者“还凑合”,如何用英语来表达?如果您厌倦了老套的"Just so so","Fair to middling"也是蛮不错的妙语佳句。

　　"Fair"和"middling"在此是一个意思,表示“中等的”。与"fine"(优秀)和"poor"(拙劣)相比,两个词均位于两个“极端”之间。比如:

　　His work is only fair, certainly not distinguished.(他的工作只能称做一般,算不上出色。)

　　He is a skier of middling skill.(他的滑雪技术一般般。)

　　此外,在形容物品质量等级时,常用"fine","middling"和"poor"三个级别来表达。

　　而fair如果和介词"for"搭配,口语中常用来形容“一点没错”,如:

　　What you say is true, for fair.(你说得对,一点没错!)

　　再来看组对话,巩固一下我们刚刚学过的“马马虎虎”:

　　A: How are you?(过得怎么样?)

　　B: Fair to middling.(还行,不算差。)

　　上面的资料来源于China Daily!

　　说到Fair,这个词给大家补充下下面的内容:虽然说计划赶不上变化,但是未雨绸缪,凡事有二手的打算总不至于让自己一时惊慌失措!

　　In fair weather prepare for the foul. 未雨绸缪

　　Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪

　　最后,相信大家自从上幼儿园开始就经常听到有人这样对你说“好好学习,天天向上”。那么这句话用英语如何说呢?GOOD GOOD STUDY, DAY DAY UP?经常看到有人这样说!其实应该是说"study hard and make progress every day"

out in the cold 被忽视

如：After the baby came, the young husband felt left out in the cold.
自从小孩出生后，这位年轻的丈夫觉得自己被冷落了

2、Someday you're going to have to face the music for your actions.
　　总有一天，你将不得不承担自己的行为所带来的后果。

face the music 承担后果

如：Now you have to face the music.
现在你得勇敢地面对困难。

3、If you don't want to lose me, you'd better lay it on the line.
　　如果你不想失去我，就最好一五一十地告诉我吧 。

lay it on the line说实话

如：We are tired of all careful words, just lay it on the line for us.
我们听够了这些拐弯抹角的话,给我们一句痛快话儿.

4、Save your breath! I don't want to hear it.
　　不要说了，我不想听。

Save your breath 别白费口舌

如：Save your breath;the boss will never give you the day off.
不要去说吧，老板决不会准你假的。

5、I wish that you would put your cards on the table.
　　我希望你干脆把话挑明 。

put your cards on the table 把话挑明

如：I wish that you would put your cards on the table.
我希望你干脆把话挑明。

6、Have you ever seen your old flame?
　　你还见过你的旧情人吗 ？

old flame旧情人

如：I saw my old flame for the first time in five years today .
今天，我遇到了５年不见的昔日恋人。

7、Just cool your heels!
　　好了，安静会儿吧 ！

cool your heels 安静会儿

如：I'm going to let you cool your heels in jail until the chief gets back.
“我要让你在监狱里冷静冷静，直到警长回来为止。”

8、You have a bottom-down mind.
　　你是个没有什么独到见解的人。

bottom-down mind没有见解

9. You have no direction. You just get wherever the wind blows.
　　你没有方向，只是随风到处飘。

10、You are always trying to get my goat.
　　你总是想惹我发火 。

get my goat惹人发火

　　当有着奇特衣着品位的Lady Gaga身穿带背带的黑色皮衣，套着鱼网袜，脚蹬高的吓人的高跟鞋前往当地的健身中心时，可能什么也没想。

　But the star seemed unaware that her revealing outfit displayed a touch of unflattering cellulite on her thighs.

　　这位歌星似乎没有意识到她暴露的衣着显露出了大腿上的脂肪团。

Perhaps Gaga, 24, was seeking a remedy for her dimpled legs as she made her way to the Tracy Anderson gym in New York City.

　　也许24岁的Lady Gaga前往纽约的特雷西.安德森健身中心就是为了修复她大腿上的褶皱。

Although Gaga has an enviably slim and toned figure, cellulite can be tough to shift, with more than 90 per cent of women suffering from it, whatever their physical shape.

　　尽管她拥有令人羡慕的标准身材，脂肪团可能很难去除。因为百分之九十以上的女性都有这样的烦恼，无论身材是什么样的。

　But it seems Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, is in good hands if she wants to rid herself of her unsightly dimples

　　不过看起来原名史蒂芬妮.杰尔马诺塔的Lady Gaga如果想去除她自己身上轻微的褶皱的话，还是有办法的。

　　Ni hao, you're listening to People In the Know, your window into the world around you, online at crienglish.com here on China Radio International. In this edition of the show we'll be addressing the concerns about studying abroad. So let's get started.

　　First we'll hear from an overseas education specialist here in China. Ricky Niu is an expert in global education with a Beijing-based consulting firm.For more on this we’re joined on the line now by Tony Pollock, Chief Executive of IDP Education in Australia.

　　科学家称，地球上的生命每隔2700万年就会被灭绝一次，我们到下一次大灭绝之前还有约1600万年时间。

　　Research into so-called ‘extinction events’ for our planet over the past 500 million years - twice as long as any previous studies - has proved that they crop up with metronomicregularity.

　　科学家研究了过去5亿年间地球上发生的所谓的“灭绝事件”，时间跨度是先前任何一项研究的两倍。此次研究证实大灭绝的出现是有时间规律的。

　　Scientists from the University of Kansas and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC are 99 per cent confident that there are extinctions every 27 million years.

　　来自堪萨斯大学和华盛顿史密森研究所的科学家们确信每2700万年就会发生一次大灭绝事件，认为可信度达99%。

In the 1980s scientists believed that Earth’s regular extinctions could be the result of a distant dark twin of the Sun, called Nemesis.

　　20世纪80年代时科学家们认为地球周期性的生物灭绝可能是由遥远太空的涅墨西斯星球造成的，该星球和太阳很相似。

　　The theory was that Nemesis crashed through the Oort cloud every 27 million years and sent a shower of comets in our direction.

　　该理论认为涅墨西斯星球每隔2700万年会穿过奥尔特云向地球发射一大批彗星。

　　The Oort cloud is a vast belt of dust and ice that is believed to lie around one light year from the Sun and is the origin of many of the comets that pass through our solar system.

　　奥尔特云是一个由粉尘和冰组成的庞大云带，据信它距离太阳约一光年，许多穿越我们太阳系的彗星都来自那里。

But now scientists claim that the regularity of the mass extinctions actually disproves the Nemesis theory because its orbit would have changed over time as it interacted with other stars.

　　然而现在科学家称大灭绝的周期性实际上证明涅墨西斯星球理论是错误的，因为随着时间的推移，在和其他星球的相互作用下，星球的运行轨迹会发生改变。

　　‘Fossil data, which motivated the idea of Nemesis, now militateagainstit,’ say the researchers.

　　研究者称：“引发涅墨西斯星球理论的化石资料现在却成了对该理论不利的证据。”

The last extinction event, 11 million years ago, saw 10 per cent of the Earth’s inhabitants wiped out.

　　上一次大灭绝事件是在1100万年前发生的，当时地球上10%的居住者遭到灭绝。

　　This means there is around 16 million years until the next event takes place, although the graph shows that it occasionally the event takes place up to 10 million years early.

　　这意味着到下一次毁灭性事件发生时还有约1600万年的时间，尽管据图表显示这种大灭绝事件有时会提前1000万年发生。

　　Asteroidscrashing into the Earth are commonly believed to be one of the main reasons behind mass extinctions like that suffered by the dinosaurs - the Cretaceous-Tertiary(KT) extinction.

　　闯入地球的小行星一般被认为是白垩－第三纪灭绝，即恐龙遭受大灭绝的主要原因之一。

　　The extinction wiped out more than half of all species on the planet clearing the way for mammals to become the dominant species on Earth.

　　那次毁灭性事件灭绝了地球上超过一半的物种，为哺乳动物成为地球上的首要物种扫清了道路。

　　The extinction was caused by a massive asteroid slamming into Earth at Chicxulub in Mexico.

　　那次大灭绝是由闯入地球的一颗巨型小行星造成的，形成了墨西哥希克苏鲁伯陨石坑。

　　The asteroid, which was around 15 kilometres wide, is believed to have hit Earth with a force one billion times more powerful than the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.

　　这颗小行星直径约15公里，据认为它撞击地球的力量比轰炸日本广岛的原子弹力量要大10亿倍。

亨利去世后，过去的那个他还经常穿越来和家人相聚，这是阿尔芭九岁的一天，正在和玩伴们玩耍的她看到了爸爸...

Alba: Daddy?

Henry: Alba.

Alba: Daddy, I knew I'd see you again. I knew it.

Henry:How old are you? When is this?

Alba: I'm 9.

Henry: You're 9? And your mom still leaves clothes?

Alba: She says you never know. You remember Max and Rosa, don't you? Gomez's kids.

Henry: They're so grown-up.

Alba: Run back to the house, you guys. Tell Mom he's here. Tell her to come.

Max: Let's go.

Rosa:Wait up.

Alba: Tell me the story of how you and Mama met.

Henry: Doesn't she tell you?

Alba: She does, but not like you do.

Henry: Well, it was right here in this meadow. And one fine day...Your mom, who's just a tiny little thing...Goes out to the clearing, and there's a man there.

Alba: With no clothes.

Henry: Not a stitch on him. After she gives him a blanket she happens to be carrying...he explains to her that he's a time traveler. Now, for some reason I'll never understand...She believes him.

Alba: Because it's true.

Clare: Henry?

Henry: I'm going.

Alba: No, Daddy. Sing.

Henry: I can't sing.

Claire: Henry. Where are you from?

Henry: I'm 39. Alba's just a baby. We're in the house. We're happy.

Clare:Why didn't you tell me you were coming? I would've been here waiting.

Henry: I didn't want you to wait. I don't want you to spend your life waiting.

Clare: Hmm....I love you.

Henry: I can't stay.

Clare: I know.

Alba: Sometimes I think he's in the trees...deciding when to come out and surprise me.

Clare: I used to think that when I was a little girl. That he was always here, even when he wasn't.

Alba: I guess he is, isn't he?

1. 认识某人

go way back 有交情，两人在一起很长时间

We go back a long way.
我们是老朋友。

Angela and I go way back, we've known each other since elementary school.
我和安吉拉很有交情，我们高中的时候就认识。

My boss and I go way back , she was my boss at my first job.
我和老板关系很好，因为她是我第一个工作的老板。

2. 裸体

in one's birthday suit 裸体

She was lying on the beach in her birthday suit.
她赤身裸体地躺在沙滩上

in the raw 赤身裸体

In the strums; the boys slept in the raw.
夏天，男孩们光着身子睡觉。

naked; nude 裸体

He has painted nude models.
他画过裸体模特儿。

in the altogether一丝不挂

When the telephone rang, she had just stepped out of the bathtub and was in the altogether.
电话铃响时她刚从浴盆里走出来，身上一丝不挂。

in one's skin

The boy stood in his skin.
那男孩赤身裸体地站着。

3. 正好

chance to 碰巧

She tried to commit suicide, but we saved her life by chance.
她试图自杀，但我们碰巧救了她。

as good (or ill) luck would have it 碰巧

As luck would have it, he was away that day.
他偏巧那天不在。

as it happens 碰巧

We met Jeanne only yesterday,as it happens.
我们只是在昨天才与珍妮碰巧相遇。

as chance would have it赶巧

As chance would have it he was going to London as well and was able to give me a lift.
赶巧他也去伦敦, 所以能载我一程。

4. 解释

break it down (to sb.) (给某人)详细讲，讲明白

I don't understand this idea at all, you have to break it down to me.
这个主意我没明白，你给我详细解释一下吧。

For his presentation he first gave us an overview then he broke down the ideas to help us understand.
他先告诉我们他陈述的概况，然后他为了帮助理解，他把里面的每一个细节都讲解清楚了。

run sth by sb 解释给谁听

The tourists didn't speak good Chinese so the waiter had to run the menu by them a few times.
这位旅行者不会讲汉语，侍者只好对着菜单给他解释了好几次。

spell out 仔细地解释

You shuld spell out your demands.
你应该把你的要求讲清楚。

5. 盘算

toy with the idea of doing 心里正盘算着

I was just toying with the idea of marrying my daughter off with him.
我心里正盘算着把我女儿嫁给他呢。

make a mental calculation盘算

contemplate盘算

I contemplate a trip to London
我打算去伦敦一趟。

6. 吓唬

give somebody a bluff 吓唬某人

Don’t be scared .I was only giving you a bluff.
别害怕，我只是吓唬吓唬你而已。

frighten;

Did the noise frighten you ?
那声音使你吃惊吗？

scare;

Do not scare the children .
不要吓着孩子们。

intimidate;

The gang tried to intimidate the bank manager.
那帮歹徒企图恐吓银行经理。

startle;

The least noise would startle the timid child.
最小的响声也会吓着这个胆小的孩子的。

7. 浪费

throw it all away浪费机会

You could do so much with your life. So don’t quit school and throw it all away.
你一生可以做那么多事情,所以不要退学而浪费机会。

piss sth away把....浪费掉

My father thinks I'm pissing my life away because I'm in a rock band.
我父亲认为我在浪费生命，因为我在一个摇滚乐队里。

I could have gone to Sydney, but I pissed all my money away gambling
我本来可以去悉尼的,但是我赌博挥霍掉了所有的钱。

to blow one's money on something 把钱都浪费在了某样东西上

When we were at the mall the other day, you blew a whole week's pay on shoes.
那天我们逛商场，你把一周的工资都花费在买鞋子上了。

1. grown-up adj. 成人的 n. 成年人

I have a grown-up son who lives abroad.
我有一个住在国外的成年儿子。

2. stitch n. 一针，疼痛，碎布条

When she sews she makes long stitches.
她做针线活时针脚很大。

3. blanket n. 毛毯

He threw a blanket over the injured man.
他急忙给受伤的人披上条毯子。

阿尔芭：爸爸？

亨利：阿尔芭。

阿尔芭：爸爸，我知道会再见到你，我就知道。

亨利：你多大了？这是什么时候？

阿尔芭：我9岁了。

亨利：你9岁了？你妈妈还在这儿放衣服？

阿尔芭：她说以防万一。你还记得马科斯和罗萨吧，高梅兹的孩子。

亨利：他们都长大了。

阿尔芭：你们跑回家，告诉妈妈他来了，让她过来。

马科斯：我们走。

罗萨：等等。

阿尔芭：告诉我你跟妈妈是怎么相遇的。

亨利：她没告诉你吗？

阿尔芭：她说了。但她说的跟你说的不一样。

亨利：当时就在这块草地上。在一个风和日丽的日子，你妈妈，她那时还是个漂亮的小女孩。去了空地那里，有个男人出现了。

阿尔芭：没穿衣服。

亨利：一丝不挂，她把刚好带着的毯子给了他。他向她解释，他是时间旅行者。我到现在也不明白为什么，但她相信了他。

阿尔芭：因为这是真的。

克莱尔：亨利？

亨利：我要走了。

阿尔芭：不，爸爸，唱歌。

亨利：我唱不好。

克莱尔：亨利，你从哪儿来？

亨利：我39岁时，那时阿尔芭还是个婴儿，我们在家里，很开心。

克莱尔：为什么不告诉我你要来？我会在这儿等你。

亨利：我不想让你等，我不想你浪费美好年华等我。

克莱尔：嗯，我爱你。

亨利：我不能留下。

克莱尔：我知道。

阿尔芭：有时候我觉得他在树林里，盘算着什么时候出来吓唬我。

克莱尔：我小时候经常这么想，他就在这儿，就算他不在。

阿尔芭：我猜他一直都在，是不是？

Don’t go out to eat and be disappointed in your selection again. With careful consideration given to every entree and a couple tips you can order the best dish anywhere. You Will Need Restaurant Menu

Step 1: Read the entire menu（仔细阅读菜单）

Read reviews of the restaurant online before you go. Once you arrive, peruse the entire menu, reading the descriptions carefully.

在去餐点之前最后看看网上的评论。到了店里要仔细阅读整个菜单，包括里面的简介 Find out from your server if there are any specials being offered.

Step 2: Skip the basics（跳过每个饭店都会有的那些家常菜）

Skip the basic dishes that are available in just about any restaurant. 跳过每个饭店都会有的那些家常菜。 Ask the server for recommendations, but be wary if they seem to be pushing a certain option a little too hard. Servers sometimes recommend bad sellers or items that the kitchen is trying to get rid of.

可以问问服务员有没有什么推荐的，但是同时也要注意，不要被骗，因为服务员也喜欢将厨房卖不掉的菜推给你。

Step 3: Skip the fancy entrees（跳过那些写的过于好的菜）

Look for main dishes that seem particularly out of the ordinary. These are probably the chef’s specialties. 找找菜单里面的特色菜，这些有可能是厨师的拿手菜。

Beware of entrees that sound too good to be true. They probably are. 但是有些写的过于好的，也要留心会不会不真实，虽然他们有可能是真的。

Step 4: Stick with the restaurant’s genre（遵循饭店的特色）

Stick with the restaurant’s genre. Do not go to a Japanese restaurant and order a hamburger. 遵循饭店的特色。不要跑到一家日本料理去点一个汉堡。

Step 5: Select from the remaining options（从剩下的菜谱中挑选）

Select from the remaining options, sit back, and relax knowing that you have selected wisely. 根据以上几点，选择自己喜欢的，然后等着享用，

There are over 900,000 restaurants in the United States. 美国大约有90万家餐厅。

1.Once you arrive, peruse the entire menu, reading the descriptions carefully. 到了店里要仔细阅读整个菜单，包括里面的简介

peruse vt. 熟读，精读，阅读 如：After breakfast he perused the newspapers. 早饭后，他读了各种报纸。

Have you perused this article? 你细读了这篇文章了吗？

2.Skip the fancy entrees 跳过那些写的过于好的菜

Skip v. 跳过，略过，遗漏 如：Lambs skipped in the field. 小羊在田野里跳跃。

fancy 想像的，时髦的，华丽装饰的，奢侈的，技巧的 如：The painting took his fancy, so he bought it. 这幅画被他看中了，所以他就把他买了下来。

3.Stick with the restaurant’s genre 遵循饭店的特色

Stick with 坚持做 如：Hang on, can we stick with that point about cubism? 等一等，我们可以继续谈谈关于立体主义的那个问题吗？

genre n. 类型，流派 如：The literary genre represented by novels. 以小说表出现的文学类型

Penny wise and pound foolish，直译是处理一便士时很聪明，而对于一英镑时就很笨。中文翻译为小事聪明，大事糊涂：小处精明，大处浪费。

如：Mr.Brown bought a cheap truck to make money, but it was too old for long-distance transportation. He was penny wise and pound foolish.
布朗先生为省钱买了一辆便宜卡车，但车太旧了不能搞长途运输，他真是丢了西瓜拣了芝麻。

2.feel like a million dollars
感觉好极了，样子很神气

feel like a million dollars = feel wonderful
现在体育彩票、福利彩票、六合彩、各种各样的乐透活动满天飞。如果有一天，你得了百万大奖，你会不会开心呢？那么feel like a million dollars 就是感觉好极了。

例如：He says he’s feeling like a million dollars now. Apparently the pain in his knee is all gone.
他说他感觉好极了。看来他膝盖疼的毛病都给除掉了。

3.burning a hole in his pocket
（钱）在口袋里留不住；乱花钱

burning a hole in his pocket是意思就是：花钱如流水,好似口袋被烧了洞,有钱留不住

如：I bet John will spend all his money in a few days because the money is burning a hole in his pocket.
我敢说不出几天约翰便会把钱花光，因为他是个有钱便要花光的人。

4.born with a silver spoon in his mouth--生在富贵人家

如：The son of a Texas oil millionaire, young Elmer was certainly born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
小埃尔默是得克萨斯州一位石油百万富翁的儿子，他当然是出生于富贵之家。

5.hit the jackpot--赢大笔钱；获最大成功；交好运

如：Ever since I hit the jackpot. I won one hundred thousand dollars last week in the scratch lottery.
自从我中大奖以后。我上星期中了十万美元的刮刮乐彩票。

6.chicken feed
微不足道的一点钱

如：That affair looks like chicken feed.
那件事看来无足轻重。

7.cheapskate
吝啬鬼

如：It's boring to go out to dinner with a cheapskate.
和小气鬼一起出门吃饭真没意思。

8.windfall
意外的收获、横财

如：The fragile Brindisi bronzes are a windfall for archaeologists and art historians alike.
这些易碎的布林迪斯青铜雕像对于考古学家来说是个意外的收获，对艺术史学家来说也是如此。

9.niggard n. 吝啬鬼

如：Don't expect that niggard to invite you to dinner.
别指望那个吝啬鬼会请你吃饭。

The niggard contributed little to them.
这个吝啬鬼几乎就没捐钱给他们。

10. skinflint n. 吝啬鬼

如：There are some people who may call you a "skinflint" because you seem to be too careful with your money.
由于你花钱似乎过于谨慎。有些人也许会叫你“刮皮鬼”。

　　He feels headache, nausea and vomiting.(他觉得头痛、恶心和想吐。)

　　He is under the weather.(他不舒服，生病了。)

　　He began to feel unusually tired.(他感到反常的疲倦。)

　　He feels light-headed.(他觉得头晕。)

　　She has been shut-in for a few days.(她生病在家几天了。)

　　Her head is pounding. (她头痛。)

　　His symptoms include loss of appetite, weight loss, excessive fatigue, fever and chills. (他的症状包括没有食欲、体重减轻、非常疲倦、发烧和发冷。)

　　He feels exhausted or fatigued most of the time. (他大部份时间都觉得非常疲倦。)

　　He has been lacking in energy for some time. (他感到虚弱有段时间了。)

　　He feels drowsy, dizzy and nauseated. (他觉得昏昏欲睡，头晕目眩和想吐。)

　　He feels as though everything around him is spinning. (他感到周围的东西都在打转。)

　　He has noticed some loss of hearing. (他发觉听力差些。)

　　She has some pains and itching around her eyes. (她眼睛四周又痛又痒。)

　　(2) 伤风感冒：

　　He has been coughing up rusty or greenish-yellow phlegm. (他咳嗽带有绿黄色的痰。)

　　His eyes feel itchy and he has been sneezing. (他眼睛发痒，而且一直在打喷嚏。)

　　He has a fever, aching muscles and hacking cough. (hacking = constant) (他有发烧，筋骨酸痛和常常咳嗽。)

　　He coughed with sputum and feeling of malaise. (malaise = debility) (他咳嗽有浓痰，而且觉得很虚弱。)

　　He gets a cold with a deep hacking cough. (他伤风咳嗽。)

　　He has a headache, aching bones and joints. (他头痛，骨头、关节也痛。)

　　He has a persistent cough. (他不停地在咳。)

　　He has bouts of uncontrollable coughing. (他一阵阵的咳嗽，难以控制。)

　　He has hoarse and has lost his voice sometimes. (他声音嘶哑，有时失声。)

　　He has a sore throat and a stuffy nose. (他嗓子疼痛而且鼻子不通。)

　　His breathing is harsh and wheezy. (他呼吸时，有气喘似的呼哧呼哧作响。)

　　He has a stabbing pain that comes on suddenly in one or both temples. (有时突然间太阳穴刺痛。)

　　He has a runny nose, sneezing or a scratchy throat. (他流鼻水，打喷嚏和喉咙沙哑。)

(3) 女性疾病：

　　She has noticed one lump in her breast. (她发觉乳房有个肿块。)

　　There is a hard, swollen lump on her right breast. (她右乳房有肿块。)

　　Her left breast is painful and swollen. (她左乳房疼痛且肿大。)

　　She has heavy bleeding with her periods. (她月经来的很多。)

　　Her vaginal discharge is white or greenish-yellow and unpleasant smelling. (她阴道分泌物带白色或绿黄色，而且气味不好。)

　　She has noticed occasional spotting of blood between periods. (在月经来的前后，她有时也发觉有滴滴达达的流血。)

　　She has some bleeding after intercourse. (性交后有出血。)

　　She feels some vaginal itching. (她感到阴部发痒。)

　　She has painful periods and abnormal vaginal discharge. (她月经来时疼痛，而且阴道有不正常的分泌物。)

　　(4) 手脚疾病：

　　His both hands and feet ache all over. (他两手两脚都很酸痛。)

　　He has pain on the sole of his feet. (他脚底很痛。)

　　There is a wart-like lump on the sole of right foot. (我右脚底有个像肉疣般的硬块。)

　　His ankles look puffy and they pit when he presses them with his finger. (pit = small dent form;句里的 they 和 them 都是指 ankles)(他的足踝好象肿了，用手按，就有小坑痕。)

　　The pain in his left foot is accompanied by redness and swelling. (左脚酸痛，并有红肿。)

　　The joints near his fingernails and knuckles look swollen. (指头和指节旁边的关节，似乎有肿大。)

　　He has numbness and tingling in his hands and fingers. (他的手和指头感到麻木和刺痛。)

　　His legs become painful following strenuous exercise. (激烈运动后，他的腿就痛。)

　　His knee is misshapen or unable to move. (他的膝盖有点畸形，也不能动。)

　　There are some swellings in his armpit. (他的腋窝肿大。)

　　He is troubled with painful muscles and joints. (他的筋骨和关节都痛。)

　　She is troubled by the pains in the back and shoulders. (她的后背和肩膀都痛。)

　　His knee has been bothering him for some time. (他的膝盖不舒服，已有一段时间了。)

　　(5) 睡眠不好：

　　He is sleeping poorly.(他睡不好)

　　He has difficulty in sleeping, inability to concentrate.(他不易入睡，也难集中精神。)

　　It is usually hard for her to fall asleep when she goes to bed at night.(她晚上就寝，很难入睡。)

　　He wakes during the night or early morning and finds it difficult to fall asleep again.(他晚间或清早醒来后，再也不能入睡。)

　　He has nightmares occasionally.(他有时做噩梦。)

英语作为一门语言，要想学好非一日之功，自考英语专业本科段有口译与听力课程，口译是其中较难的一部分，要求考生较熟练地运用语言、技巧和背景知识，完成涉及文化、科技、金融等各方面内容的中英文口头转换。新英达培训学校韩刚老师说，学好口译，考生要从听力训练、强化短期记忆、扩增知识面三方面努力，做到“过耳不忘”。
　　精听与泛听结合
　　听力是学口译的基础，只有听懂了说话人的意思才能进行翻译。韩老师指出，考生在练习听力时精听与泛听要结合，要付出更多的耐心。精听时考生对每一个词、短语都不能有任何疏漏和不理解，对所遇到的陌生词必须逐一解决。精听与泛听相辅相成，泛听要求考生在听力练习中以掌握文章的整体意思为目的，只要不影响对整体文章的理解，一个词一个短语甚至是一个句子听不懂也没关系。这也提醒考生不要一味沉浸在解决某一个难懂的词汇或语句中，而要适时跳出来，理解整篇文章的主要内容。
　　强化短期记忆
　　英语学习用几个字概括起来就是听、说、读、写、译，由此也可看出，译排在最后，是英语学习中较难的一部分，做翻译时要在听到某一段话后能够很快辨别出其中主要意思，并能用另一种语言完整表述出来。因此，韩老师说，口译不要求长期记忆，但要强化短期记忆。有的人可能连续说好几分钟，翻译必许将这些内容记住并即时翻译出来。考生可先从记简单的几句话开始，然后一点点增加记忆较长的内容。这个内容学习没有捷径可走，考生必须踏踏实实才能学好。
　　扩大知识面
　　口译与口语不同，如果说口语是说自己的话，口译则是说别人的话。而别人在说话时可能涉及文化、金融、科技等各方面内容。另外，口译带有鲜明的时代特点，随着社会发展，新词、新表达法不断涌现，如和谐社会、建设社会主义新农村等，还有一些专业术语、诗句、成语、俚语、俗语等要灵活处理，译成对方文化易于接受和理解的词句。因此，韩老师指出，考生学好口译，做到过耳不忘必须扩大知识面，不断学习新知识。考生平时可多听广播、看报纸，如中国日报、环球时报等，从中了解社会发展各方面内容。阅读同一篇新闻的中英文版，学习他们如何进行翻译。
　　良好的汉语基础是学好英语的关键，韩老师说，有些考生汉语表达都不清楚，阅读能力差，找不出一篇文章或小说的主题，不能很好总结、提炼文章反映的思想。写作水平不高，文章逻辑混乱，试想，这样又怎能用英文进行写作、表述呢？

　　为开拓海外市场，弥补日益减少的国内消费，日本一些知名零售企业要求员工开始说英语——否则就会饭碗不保。

　　As Japan's population shrinks, the country's retailers are increasingly looking to boost sales by expanding abroad and some firms are waking up tothe necessity of being able to speak the global language of business in order to succeed overseas.

　　随着日本人口的减少，该国越来越多的零售企业开始向海外拓展市场以促进产品销售，一些公司开始意识到要成功拓展海外市场，必须会说英语这一国际商务语言。

　　Rakuten, Japan's biggest online retailer, plans to make English the firm's official language, while Fast Retailing, operator of the Uniqlo apparelchain, wants to make English more common in its offices by 2012 and plans to test its employees for proficiency.

　　日本最大的网上零售公司乐天国际打算将英语定为公司的官方语言，而优衣库服装连锁公司隶属的迅销集团则希望在2012年前在全公司普及英语，并计划对员工的英语水平进行测试。

"It's about stopping being a Japanese company. We will become a world company," Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said last week at a news conference in Tokyo -- conducted almost entirely in English.

　　乐天国际首席执行官三木谷浩史在上周在东京召开的一次新闻发布会上说：“我们不再只是一家日本公司，我们将成为一家世界级的公司。”新闻发布会全程基本用英语进行。

　　Employees at Rakuten, which hopes overseas sales will eventually account for 70 percent of all transactions made through its websites, will need to master English by 2012 to avoid facing the sack.

　　这意味着乐天国际的员工在2012年之前必须熟练掌握英语，否则将被解雇。乐天希望其海外销售额最终能占到其所有网上交易额的70%。

　"No English, no job," Mikitani told the Asahi newspaper.

　　三木谷说：“不会说英语，就没工作。”

　　Other high-profile Japanese companies, including automakers Toyota Motor and Nissan Motor, have announced moves to make the use of English more common in the workplace.

　　三木谷告诉《朝日新闻》说：“不会说英语，就没工作。”

　　Some experts say the switch to English is healthy but just one of the changes companies need to make to go global.

x　　一些专家称，将英语定为工作语言有益于企业的长远发展，但这只是企业走向国际化所需做出的改变之一。

　　"What's interesting is that these companies really stand out as pioneers," Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University's Japan campus.

　　天普大学日本校区亚洲研究部主任杰夫 金士顿说：“有意思的是，这些公司率先做出改变，的确引人注目。”

　　"They have a relatively new outlook. They realize that Japan is going to need to strike into foreign markets given the dormantstate of its economy," he said.

　　他说：“这些企业的发展观相对较新。他们意识到在如今这种低迷的经济状态下日本需要进军外国市场。”

　　随着时间的推移，你和同事分享的东西越来越多：企划，午餐，办公空间，鸡尾酒，家庭照片，生日蛋糕等。但是，即使是在一起工作了几年，你是否应该和他们分享你薪资和福利详情呢？

　　No, says compensation expert Dick Dauphinais of Strategic Compensation Partners. "We all know employees talk, and things can never remain totally confidential," he says. "But an outright exchange of salary details probably isn't the best idea."

　　“Strategic Compensation Partners ”公司的福利专家Dick Dauphinais的回答是，不应该。他说：“我们都知道员工在聊天的时候，任何事情都不会永远是秘密。但是，讨论工资细节可能不是个好主意。”

　　Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe

　　保守秘密，保持安全

　　When companies have different employees on the same job and one of them is paid differently, many unfairness issues surface. "It can happen in any 'open shop' that differentiates pay for any reason (seniority, performance, etc.)," says Dauphinais. You could run the risk of alienating valued colleagues if they learn you earn more for what they perceive to be the same job.

　　公司雇佣不同的人员从事同一岗位的工作时，如果其中有个人的薪资不同时，很多不公平的问题就会浮出水面。Dauphinais 说：“这种情况在任何开放行业都有可能发生，因为不同的原因（资历，表现等）员工的薪酬不同”。如果你让同事知道你们在做相同的工作，而你的工资比他们高，那么你就可能会被你很重视的同事疏远。

Democracy Doesn't Always Work at Work

　　在职场上，民主并非总是有用

　　There are organizations that openly share compensation information around the office. However, warns Dauphinais, "Unless all similar jobs pay the same rate, I would advise that open salary concepts don't work well."

　　有的公司在办公室公开薪酬方面的信息。然而，Dauphinais警告说：“除非所有相似的工作薪酬相同，否则我的建议是公开薪资内容起不到很好的作用。”

　　The confidential nature of your salary, in fact, can be a greater benefit to you. "It creates an opportunity for a manager to have a confidential discussion with employees as to why they are being paid what they are -- and how they can work toward making more money," he says. "Each employee can then move forward with confidence that they have 'bonded' with their supervisor on their individual issues -- good and bad -- without involving others in the process."

　　实际上，保持你薪资的机密性会给你带来更大的利益。“它给经理带来了和员工密谈的机会，讨论他们为什么会处于目前的工资水平，以及该如何努力可以得到更高的工资，”他还说：“每个员工都可以信心满满的前进，因为他和上司一起探讨了自己的个人事情，不管这些是好事还是坏事，在这个过程中都没有其他人的参与。”

Don't Let Under-Compensation Undermine You

　　不要让低薪资毁了你

　　If you learn that someone who holds a similar position earns a bigger paycheck, don't panic. First, do some due diligence to determine if you are being underpaid in general. Use the Yahoo! HotJobs salary calculator, and also reach out to your out-of-office network to find out how people at other companies are being compensated.

　　如果你知道了在同一职位的人所得的工资比你高，也不要恐慌。首先，做一些调查，看看你的薪资是否真的偏低。利用网络薪资计算工具，或者问问你同事以外的朋友，看看别的公司类似岗位的薪资如何。

　　Next, says Dauphinais, "I would go to my boss and ask the reasons why." Open a rational dialogue to understand what skills or experience you'll need to improve your performance -- and earn more recognition and financial rewards.

　　Dauphinais说：“接下来，我会去找上司问明原因。”展开一段合理的对话来弄明白要提高你的工作需要什么样的技巧和经验，从而得到更多的赏识和薪酬。

【歌手介绍】

　　芸芸众生，谁不想成功，谁不想令世人瞩目，诗人在诗中展示了成功背后，包含多少辛酸，经历多少磨难，忍受多少痛楚。有道是“天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨”。如果我们能正视成功前的种种困难，勇于接受挑战；失败了，何畏惧，重头再来。那样，我们便成为了一个顶天立地之人。

　　迈克尔·杰克逊的墓志铭就是下面这首诗《如果》，作者是英国诺贝尔文学奖获得者——拉迪亚德 吉卜林。让我们来细细品味一下杰克逊传奇的一生是否如诗所吟。

　　【歌词】

　　If — Rudyard Kipling

　　如果 —— 拉迪亚德·吉卜林

　　If you can keep your head when all about you

　　Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

　　如果周围的人毫无理性地向你发难，你仍能镇定自若保持冷静；

　　If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

　　But make allowance for their doubting too;

　　如果众人对你心存猜忌，你仍能自信如常并认为他们的猜忌情有可原；

　　If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

　　如果你肯耐心等待不急不躁，

　　Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,

　　或遭人诽谤却不以牙还牙，

　　Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,

　　或遭人憎恨却不以恶报恶；

　　And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

　　既不装腔作势，亦不气盛趾高；

　　If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

　　如果你有梦想，而又不为梦主宰；

　　If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

　　如果你有神思，而又不走火入魔；

　　If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

　　And treat those two impostors just the same;

　　如果你坦然面对胜利和灾难，对虚渺的胜负荣辱胸怀旷荡；

　　If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

　　Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

　　如果你能忍受有这样的无赖，歪曲你的口吐真言蒙骗笨汉，

　　Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,

　　And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;

　　或看着心血铸就的事业崩溃，仍能忍辱负重脚踏实地重新攀登；

　　If you can make one heap of all your winnings

　　And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

　　如果你敢把取得的一切胜利，为了更崇高的目标孤注一掷，

　　And lose, and start again at your beginnings

　　And never breathe a word about your loss;

　　面临失去，决心从头再来而绝口不提自己的损失；

　　If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

　　To serve your turn long after they are gone,

　　如果人们早已离你而去，你仍能坚守阵地奋力前驱，

　　And so hold on when there is nothing in you

　　Except the Will which says to them:"Hold on";

　　身上已一无所有，唯存意志在高喊“顶住”；

　　If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

　　如果你跟平民交谈而不变谦虚之态，

　　Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;

　　亦或与王侯散步而不露谄媚之颜；

　　If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

　　如果敌友都无法对你造成伤害；

　　If all men count with you, but none too much;

　　如果众人对你信赖有加却不过分依赖；

　　If you can fill the unforgiving minute

　　With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -

　　如果你能惜时如金利用每一分钟不可追回的光阴；

　　Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

　　那么，你的修为就会如天地般博大，并拥有了属于自己的世界，

　　And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

　　更重要的是：孩子，你成为了真正顶天立地之人！

　　[小知识]

　　（作者拉迪亚德 吉卜林：十九世纪末英国诗人，曾旅居印度，游历美国、南非、加拿大等国家，于1907年获得诺贝尔文学奖。他的诗仿佛在不经意中完成，却往往产生巨大反响。一位作家这样评价拉迪亚德 吉卜林：“不仅在文学上，乃至在世界上的所有英语国家中，他都被认为是最具影响力的人。”