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[置顶] 学好英语的42个经典要诀(2006-10-11 16:50:00)
摘要：第一要诀：收听英语气象报告
有些教学录音带为配合初学者的学习，故意放慢语速，这对英语听力的训练是不够的。如果听语速正常的英语，初学者又会感到力不从心。英语气象报告的速度虽快，但词汇简单固定，内容单纯，重复的可能性大，而且在生活中随时都可以印证，是听力入门的好教材。
第二要诀：收听中国国际广播电台的英语广播
中国国际广播电台（China Radio International）每天早上7:00--8:00，中午11:00--12:00各有一小时的英语节目。内容包括国内外新闻，剪报集锦和各类系列的专题报道。除了英语标准流利的国内播音员担任广播之外，也有向外侨或访客就某一话题而做的录音访问。内容广泛，但词汇较简单，语速亦适中，可以藉此训练或增进英语的听力。
第三要诀：善用录音带锻炼听说能力
有些学习者总是习惯于一边看书一边听磁带，把磁带当成阅读的辅助工具，这样打不到锻炼听力的目的。录音带应该是以听说能力的训练为主。学习者要选用与自己能力相适应的听力磁带，不要急于求成，以免产生受挫心理。先反复聆听磁带内容，起先只要抓住梗概，多听几次后，对细节的了解便越来越多。听力较差的人，可先阅读课文，然后再集中精力领会每段每句的意思。这样练习有助于培养倾听时注意力的集中，使您的听力迅速进步。
第四要诀：听正常语速的英语，才能加速听力的进步
很多广播教学和听力教材总是为了配合听众或学习者的程度而故意放慢语速，这虽是无可厚非的变通方法，但也会产生一些不良的副作用。例如：1.听惯了语速放慢的英语，在与外国人的实际交往中，就很难适应，甚至听不懂他们用正常语速讲的英语。2.故意放慢语速时，通常会把一句中每个词都清楚的读出来，但在正常的会话中会出现很多同化（assimilation），减弱（reduction），连音（liaision）的现象。所以，听语速正常的英语对于听力和会话极为重要。
第五要诀：从电视，电影中学习英语
看英文电视，电影不仅能了解西方人的文化和生活，而且也是学习地道英语和提高英语听力的好机会。选取的影片最好是以现代生活为背景的文艺片或喜剧片。如果您的听力不错，要养成不看......
怎样形容“恋爱游戏”(2007-01-30 11:04:00)
摘要：有首老歌，叫做《现代爱情故事》，歌里唱道：别离没有对错，要走也解释不多，现代说永远已经很傻。随着那一宵去火花已消逝，不可能付出一生那么多。情尽时就要放过，我怎会想穿心窝，若是厌弃了再不蹉跎。如共你分开应有机会再爱一个，不可能付出一生空虚过……这唱的也许就是现代的爱情模式吧。爱情变得越来越像一场游戏，有的人会和同样的对手玩到终场，有的人则会不断变换对手。这一次，我们就来学学关于恋爱这场游戏的英语表达。
1. He doesn't want to go steady.
他还不想定下来。
当两个原本只是普通朋友的人约会 (date) 几次过后，如果不想继续发展下去，就可以讲一些"You deserve someone better."（意味着“我还不够好，你应该可以找到更好的”）之类的谎话把她/他打发掉。但如果想要认真发展下去，你就可以说"Let's go steady."如果另一方也同意的话，就表示你们成为正式的男女朋友。所以这个 go steady 就意味着"Do you want to be my girlfriend / boyfriend?"不过通常呢，女生总是苦于虽然男生对她有意思，但就是不愿意 go steady。像这种情况，我们可以说这个男生"He is afraid of making a commitment." （他害怕给对方承诺。）而这似乎也是许多男生的通病。
但是有些老美他们就算成了男女朋友，也不是那么认真，这就是所谓的 fling（短暂浪漫）。意思就是双方都同意只是玩玩而已。这种情况老美会说"We are not serious about it."意即双方都不是认真的。
2. I am not playing hard to get.
我不是想玩欲擒故纵的游戏。
Play hard to get 是一句很经典的用法，意思就是明明就喜欢对方，但却给对方出了很多难题，有点类似中文里“欲擒故纵”的意思。比方说男生一直不肯确定他和一位女生的关系，让她有点伤心。另外一个人就安慰她"No worries! He is just playing hard to get."（(不用担心啦！他只是在跟你玩欲擒故纵的游戏而已。）
3. He can just go to bars and pick up women.
2006年影视英语精彩推荐 (2006-12-29 14:51:00)
摘要：风雨春秋，LT影视英语频道已经陪伴大家走过了一年的时光。新年将至，影视英语岁末盘点，精选出十部电影，让您在学习地道英语的同时，品味电影的魅力，感悟多样的人生。
Desperate Housewives 1 《绝望主妇》1
恋爱时是王子和公主，结婚后变成丈夫和主妇。当柴米油盐、相夫教子成为生活和事业的全部，童话公主就变成了绝望主妇。值得吗？不值得吗？也许每对打算走入围城的男女都该看看这部《绝望主妇》。
经典对白：
When a man buys a woman expensive jewelry, there are many things he may want in return.
Labels are important to the living. They dictate how people see themselves.
Love actually 《真爱至上》
世界从来不缺少爱，缺少的只是发现的眼睛。当你心情沮丧，当你感到冷漠无助时，不妨看看周围的人群。爱，就在你身边；只要付出，就能获得。
经典对白：
Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrival's gate at Heathrow airport. General opinion start to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed. But I don't see that, seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriend, girlfriend, old friends. When the plane hit the Twin Tower, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from ......
那本尘封的日记(2006-12-20 18:57:00)
摘要：Armed with two over-packed suitcases, we arrived at the airport just in time for my flight. "Well, here we are, the airport," my sister said with a sigh. As I watched her unload my luggage, I could see the sadness in her eyes. This was not easy on her either.
We had both been dreading this moment for the past week. One last hug and a final good-bye and I would be on my way to a new life abroad, leaving my beloved sister behind.
All my life I had loved airports. To me they were some kind of magic gateway to the world, a place from which to start great holidays and adventures. But today it seemed like a cold and heartless place.
As we made our way to the gate we passed through a busload of frustrated holiday goers and their screaming children. I looked at my sister and even though her eyes were filled with tears, she was trying to keep a brave face. "You better go or you'll miss your flight," she said.
"I am just going to walk away and not look back," I said, "that would just be ......
世界上最遥远的距离(2006-12-12 21:44:00)
摘要：The furthest distance in the world
is not between life and death
But when I stand in front of you
Yet you don't know that I love you
世界上最遥远的距离，不是生与死，
而是我就站在你的面前，你却不知道我爱你。
The furthest distance in the world
is not when I stand in front of you
Yet you can't see my love
But when undoubetdly knowing the love from both
Yet can not be together
世界上最遥远的距离，不是我站在你面前，你却不知道我爱你
而是明明知道彼此相爱，却不能在一起
The furthest distance in the world
is not being apart while being in love
But when plainly can not resist the yearning
Yet pretending you have never been in my heart
世界上最遥远的距离，不是明明知道彼此相爱，却不能在一起
而是明明无法抵挡这股想念，却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里
The furthest distance in the world
is not but using one's indifferent heart
To dig an uncrossable river
For the one who loves you
世界上最遥远的距离，不是明明无法抵挡这股想念，却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里
而是用自己冷漠的心对爱你的人掘了一条无法跨越的沟渠......
英文广告词，看看翻译的怎么样？(2006-12-11 15:39:00)
摘要：
Good to the last drop.滴滴香浓，意犹未尽。麦斯威尔咖啡。
Obey your thirst.服从你的渴望。雪碧。
The new digital era.数码新时代。索尼影碟机。
We lead. Others copy.我们领先，他人仿效。理光复印机。
Impossible made possible.使不可能变为可能。佳能打印机。
Take time to indulge.尽情享受吧。雀巢冰激凌。
The relentless pursuit of perfection.不懈追求完美。凌志轿车。
Poetry in motion, dancing close to me.动态的诗，向我舞近。丰田汽车。
Come to where the flavor is. Marlboro Country.光临风韵之境——万宝路世界。万宝路香烟。
To me, the past is black and white, but the future is always color.对我而言，过去平淡无奇；而未来，确实绚烂缤纷。轩尼诗酒。
Just do it.只管去做。耐克运动鞋。
Ask for more.渴望无限。百事流行鞋。
The taste is great.味道好极了。雀巢咖啡。
Feel the new space.感觉新境界。三星电子。
Intelligence everywhere.智慧演绎，无处不在。摩托罗拉手机。
The choice of a new generation.新一代的选择。百事可乐。
We integrate, you communicate.我们集大成，您超越自我。三菱电工。
Take TOSHIBA, take the world.拥有东芝，拥有世界。东芝电子。
Let's make things better.让我们做的更好。飞利浦电子。
No business too small, no problem too big.没有不做的小生意，没有解决不了的大问题。IBM公司。......
成功人士最经典的10句话(2006-12-08 17:30:00)
摘要：
Do one thing at a time, and do well.
一次只做一件事，做到最好！
Never forget to say "thanks".
永远不要忘了说“谢谢”。
Keep on going. Never give up.
勇往直前，绝不放弃！
Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.
任何值得做的事情就值得把它做好！
Believe in yourself.
相信你自己！
I can because I think I can.
我行，因为我相信我行！
Action speaks louder than words.
行动胜于言语！
Never say die.
永不气馁！
Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow.
今日事，今日毕！
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
为明天做最好的准备就是今天做到最好！......
给爱最重的礼物(2006-12-04 10:27:00)
摘要："Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked.
When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears.
Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was marred. When he rushed home from school one day and flung himself into his mother's arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be a succession of heartbreaks.
He blurted out the tragedy. "A boy, a big boy...called me a freak."
He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music.
"But you might mingle with other young people," his mother reproved him, but felt a kindness in her heart.
The boy's father had a session with the family physician... "Could nothing be done?"
"I believe I could graft on ......
坏女人专用英文词汇(2006-12-04 10:25:00)
摘要：有好女人，也就有坏女人。讲过那么多赞美女孩子、形容好女孩的句子，我们也该来学学怎么形容坏女人了。注意，这些词都不好听，一定要慎用，还有就是，万一你不小心用了，后果自负。
1. Are you trying to get me in my bitch mode or what?
你是要让我抓狂还是怎么样？
Bitch 这个词算是最常被拿来骂女人的一个字吧！几乎任何“坏女人”，我们都可以称之为 bitch。但是现在 bitch 已经不算是女人的专用字眼了，有些“坏男人”我们也可以骂他是 bitch，但比较少见就是了。像是在电影 Legally Blonde 里法庭上那一幕，一位在旁听席上的男子骂正坐在证人席上的男子：You bitch. 就是一个很好的例子。甚至有时候 bitch 也不单指人，像是如果要抱怨人生事事不如意的话，我们也可以说：Life is a bitch. 一般骂人的时候都是说：You are a bitch. 或者She is a bitch.。
有一个有趣的讲法是 bitch mode（坏女人模式），这就好比说一个人可以有正常模式 normal mode 跟坏女人模式 bitch mode。当她生气时，就会从正常模式切换成坏女人模式，所以例句中说 Are you trying to get me in my bitch mode or what? 就是这个道理。又比方说吧，有一个女生平常看起来乖乖的，从来也没发过太大的脾气，但有一天突然吃错药火山爆发了，像这种情况你就可以说：I've never seen her in the bitch mode. Today is my first time. (我从来没见她发脾气，今天还是头一糟呢！)
2. She is a shrew.
她是一个泼妇。
在英文里也有形容女人为 tigress (母老虎) 这么生动有趣的用法，但是英文的 tigress 指的是一个女人很性感 (sexy)，而非很凶悍 (tough) 的意思，这跟中文里对“母老虎”的解释相差十万八千里。如果你是要形容泼妇，英文只有 shrew, virago, vixen 这几个词，但 shrew 大概算是比较常用的一个。要是各位对莎士比亚小有研究的话，就应该知道莎翁有一篇名作就叫做 The Taming of......
Who's your angel?(2006-11-27 16:45:00)
摘要：Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?"
God replied," Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you."
But the child wasn't sure he really wanted to go. "But tell me, here in Heaven, I don't do anything else but sing and smile, that's enough for me to be happy."
"Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel's love and be happy."
"And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me, "the child continued, "if I don't know the language that men talk?"
God patted him on the head and said, "Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."
"And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"
But God had an a......