世博英语

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古人云：饭后三步走乃养生之道。每天晚饭后总是要到大街上走一走的，说是养生之道，其实不尽然，主要的还是为了要看一看美女。看美女本来就是对美的尊重，也是对美的赞扬。每当看到那些身材很好模样又漂亮的女孩，禁不住感叹：上帝创造的天使为何这般令人垂涎。

Looking at beautiful women in streets every time makes my mouth water.
(译文：每次在街上看到美女就使我垂涎。)

片语make one’s mouth water的意思是“使人垂涎。”从字面上理解，使某人的嘴里冒出口水来，是不是使人垂涎的意思呢？The idiom means to stimulate desire for something. Especially, if food makes your mouth water, it smells or looks so good you want to eat it immediately. For example:

It made the guests’ mouths water to see the roast beef.
(译文：看到了烤牛肉，客人们不禁垂涎三尺。)

看美女本来是一种享受，但如果你死死的盯着人家看(stare with a wide-eyed gaze), 而且还口水巴棘的，从美女嘴里冒出来的就是“色鬼”两个字了，多尴尬！都是美女惹的祸的啊! 总结一条重要经验是：美的东西往往是不能让人尽情的享受的(do not let someone enjoy to one’s heart’s content)。
片语Do to one’s heart’s content 意思是“尽情地，”即 do something as much as one wants to do，本意可以翻译为“做某事使某人从心里都感到满足(content)”，言外之意就是指“尽情的做某事。”

Today is Saturday. I can sleep to my heart’s content．
(译文：今天是星期六，我可以尽情地睡觉了。)

At weekends, we always play football games to our hearts’ contents.
(译文：在周末，我们总是尽情的踢足球。)

还有一个片语表达的是相同的意思，to the top of one’s bent. Bent是兴趣爱好的意思。处于兴趣爱好的顶端(top)，不正是“尽情、尽兴”的意思吗？

结束语：能让人尽情的去做的事很多。有一顿丰盛的晚餐，你可敞开肚子尽情的吃(eat to your heart’s content)。如果你有很多钱也可以尽情的挥霍。哎，这真令人垂涎呀(make one’s mouth water)!

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朋友们或许有这样的经历，当有些事情放在心里挥之不去的时候，总是惦记着，脑里思考着要如何处理它，因而不能完全的处于放松状态, 而且使你睡觉时反反复复，难以入眠。这时我们就可以用一个英文片语来形容：hang over someone’s head. 这是什么意思呢？让我们先来看一个例句：

Thanks for asking, but I don’t want to go to the movies tonight because I can’t enjoy a movie with a big exam hanging over my head.
(译文：谢谢邀请，但今晚我不想去看电影。因为我不能在面临大考下享受电影。)

这里的片语hang over someone’s head意思是指“某人面临某种威胁或压力，某事悬在心头。”Hang over 本来是指“悬挂”的意思。如果有一些事情挂在了头上(head), 你是不是感到了一种压力呢？Something to hang over your head, it means that it is a problem or a matter that is going to be with you, or has been with you wherever you go. You can’t get rid of it. It is constant source of problem or worry. For example:

US president Bush has a major worry hanging over his head. It is not easy to end the war against Iraq immediately.
(译文：美国总统布什有一个重大忧虑悬在心头。伊拉克战争要很快结束并非易事。)

有一天，笔者偶然路过某一商场时，看到一架十分精致的钢琴。本想买了来，可是自己穷得叮当响，清算了一下父母走后留下的资产，哎，他们欠人家的帐还没有还清呢！(have a financial obligation hanging over their heads), 所以只好打消了这个念头。对了，朋友们知道“清算某人资产”该怎么说吗？
 
After my grandfather died, it took a long time to settle his estate.
(译文：我祖父逝世后，清算遗产花了很长时间)

在这个句子中，片语settle one’s estate的意思就是指“清算某人资产(遗产)。”settle 本来有“安置”的意思，这里指“处理，整理”。处置(settle) 财产 (estate)，首先要清算一番嘛! To settle something means to complete or finish something. We settle arguments(争论) by coming to an agreement about what to do. We settle a bill by paying it. A person’s estate is made of all the things that they own their property(财产). So to settle someone’s estate means to determine what to do with the possessions(所拥有的财产) after that person has died. For example:

I was depressive when my parents passed away. I had no desire to settle their estate at all.
(译文：父母过世后，我根本没有心情清算他们的财产。)

结束语：人们总是努力工作希望能留下一笔财富给后代，这样待自己上了天堂，他们清算遗产时(settle someone’s estate)，也不至于会太失望。所以，如何挣钱这个问题就常悬在人们心头 (hang over someone’s head)。

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珍惜时间就是珍惜生命。工作再忙，事情再多，我们也不应该浪费时间。生活中有许多珍惜时间的楷模，他们总是在日理万机的情况下，仍然挪出时间来陪伴家人。看看下面的句子是怎样说的：

Although heavy work keeps Tom busy and tired, he always squeezes in time to spend with his wife and children.
(译文：虽然繁重的工作让Tom忙碌和疲惫，但他总是挤出时间来和妻子与孩子们共处。)

在上面这句话中，我们看到一个片语squeeze in something，它的意思是“挪出时间做某事。”Squeeze本来就是指挤压的意思，squeeze the water out就是我们常说的挤出水来的意思。有句俗话说时间像袋子里的水，要靠挤才能得到。所以用squeeze in something来表达“挤出时间做某事”很形象吧! To squeeze in something means to manage to find some time to do something. For example:

Training a few hours a day and traveling often to competitions kept me busy. But I always managed to squeeze in time per day learning English.
(译文：一天几个小时的训练再加上时常到各处参赛让我非常忙碌。但我总是设法每天挤出时间学习英语。)

学会挤时间才能很好的利用时间做一些该做的事，也才能迈向事业的顶峰(climb the ranks)。当然如果整天忙忙碌碌，有时难免会昏了头。比如眼镜明明在鼻子上却到处找，就在书桌抽屉里的钢笔怎么也发现不了。朋友们有过这种经历吗？看看下面的句子是如何来描述这种情形的。

It took me lots of time to find my pen, which was just under my nose.
(译文：我花了很多时间找我的钢笔，当找到时，它就在眼前。)

在这个句子中出现了一个片语under one’s nose, 它的意思是“近在眼前”。 If something is right under someone’s nose, they cannot see it even though it is very close to them. 在鼻子下面的东西你是不是不容易看见？所以这个片语包含有近在眼前却熟视无睹的意味。上面的例句正好说明了这种情形，当然对于一些不好的现象的出现，人们也可能熟视无睹。If something bad or illegal happens under someone’s nose, they do not notice it even though it is happening very close to them and they should have noticed it. For example:

People always don’t pay attention to some phenomena that’s been under their noses for so long, such as environment pollution.
(译文：人们总是不注意一些长久以来近在眼前的现象，如环境污染。)

结束语：工作几年了，总想“常回家看看”，但苦于腾不出时间(squeeze in something)。父亲来信说他一年一度的期待越来越来渺茫。我准备回信告诉他：今年一定会回来的，而且会带个准媳妇! 可是翻转了整个书桌也没有找到钢笔，急得像热锅上的蚂蚁，正准备放弃时，呵，原来它近在眼前(be under my nose), 只是被夹在了书中了。