2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：虚应故事to go through the motions
虚应故事yorick: how did your job interview go?
约里克﹕你求职面试的情况怎样？pina: it went really well and i think i was the best ca

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：好浅的深字一个字既然话系浅，怎地又会说「深」呢？这种矛盾的话，英文叫oxymoron。譬如说，hot ice，热的冰，还有cold fire，冷的火；这种用词，通常是故意提出两极对立，以更突显

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：out of boundsout of bounds: journey of a migrant is a bilingual autobiography of francis lee. this vivid story describes how in the 1960s a young man left salesian scho

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：熊猫经济学华盛顿史密森尼国家动物园的新生熊猫「宝宝」（bao bao）一月初公开亮相，群众争相入场探望。上月一期《经济学人》（the economist）文章 "pandanomics"（即panda和econo

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：反复不定to blow hot and cold
反复不定ken: there are rumours going around that your consultancy is likely to sign up a really important client.
肯﹕听说，你的咨询公司可

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：没商标或以店名作牌子的产品generic and store-brand products
没商标或以店名作牌子的产品velia: how come your grocery bill is less than mine. we bought more or less the sa

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：来个big do﹗i do. i don't. 一个do字，很浅吧，大家都识得。一句i like it，我喜欢这个；再强调一下语气，i do like it，就是「我真的喜欢这个」。
还有i do homework. 我做功课

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：cheesy, cheeky有两个在今日英语世界常用的字，我们的年轻人即使大学毕业了，都未必会从课堂或教科书学会。说的，是cheesy与cheeky。cheesy，连系上cheese，芝士。that's a cheesy

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：一笔勾销 to wipe the slate cleanjorge: let me buy you a drink.
若热﹕我请你喝杯酒好吗？ferenc: oh, thanks a lot. could i have a glass of white wine please?
费伦茨﹕啊

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：新年「新」用语2014年元旦刚过，你可能会问朋友除夕怎样迎接新年，那你可以说：how did you ring in the new year? 当中的ring in源自从前英国教堂鸣钟迎接新禧的传统。new往往令人

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：令人气恼to get my goat
令我气恼aari: look at the litter in our front garden!
阿里﹕看我们前花园的垃圾！mi-yun: oh no! i only cleaned up there yesterday.
米芸﹕啊，怎

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：free gift有什么不对？即使是以英语为母语的人，也会犯上用语重复（redundancies）的错误。最常见的例子莫过于free gift ——既然是gift（礼物），当然是free（免费），说

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：自命不凡to fancy oneself
自命不凡bee: that was a great get-together at lorin's last week.
比﹕上星期大家在洛林家里相聚，真愉快。dipak: yes, it was fantastic. i saw s

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：由「唧牙膏」说起香港的政治语言不算丰富，像批评政府的话，来去这里一句「搬龙门」，那里一句「唧牙膏」。老老实实，听得开始生厌。话说记者问政府攞料之烦，官方公开信息之慢、之

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：分别微妙的多义词有读者问yet的用法。not yet表示「还未」，例如：he has not yet come，那么he has yet to come又作何解呢？虽然没有not字，但has yet to也有「还未」的意思，确切

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：长痛不如短痛to cut our losses
长痛不如短痛basil: you're looking a bit glum. anything wrong?
巴兹尔﹕你看来有点闷闷不乐，有什么不妥当吗？subash: well, we've just had

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：「胶」分软硬新一代批评人的用语，有个「胶」字。这口语的胶，除了有广东话粗口的联想，主旨是笑人蠢（being stupid, dim-wit）、戆居至容易受骗（being gullible），或傻呼呼地走极

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：有「长」有「短」的惯用语上周介绍过no less than / nothing less than（简直是），其实同义语还有nothing short of。奥巴马医保计划执行混乱，很多人以「简直是灾难」来形容：the

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：a great victory 伟大胜利when coretta and martin luther king jr saw the first bus coming down the street, they shouted with excitement. it was empty. it was the same all

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：dangling modifiers垂悬修饰语modifier（修饰语）是用来修饰句中其他部分的字词、短语或子句，其中一类用以修饰名词，这类修饰语包括形容词、形容词短语和形容词子句，例如：
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2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：不辛劳，哪有收获
No pain, no gain

不辛劳，哪有收获
Sibyl: You look exhausted after that run.

西比尔﹕你跑步之后，看来疲惫不堪。
Debra: Yes, I'm pretty tired. It wa

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：martin luther king: a rebel by the 1950s, african americans who lived in the south were segregated (种族隔离) in many ways. they had to ride in the back of buses and si

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：解决问题to sort things out 解决问题ollie: have you heard about what's going on at west city rovers?
奥利﹕你知道城西流浪队现在的状况吗？taro: well i know they've bee

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文：浪费金钱to blow one's money
浪费金钱francisco: have you heard about mel's big win?
弗朗西斯科﹕梅尔赢了不少钱，这件事你有没有听闻？jack: no, but i know he's a bett

2016-06-03 所属栏目:名人教你讲英文

名人教英文： max and mei max and mei, created by martha keswick, is a unique series of bilingual children's picture books.
《麦思和美美》是一系列罕见的双语幼童图画书。these pictu