每天英语 20080324

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每天名言:
One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you
are when you don't come home at night.--------Margaret Mead
人类最古老的需要就是在你夜不回家时，有人担心你在何处。 --------M.米德

每日习语:
To chew the fat. Chew作为一个动词，它的意思是：吃东西时嚼东西的"嚼"。
可是，to chew the fat并不是嚼肥肉。这是一个俗语，它的意思是"几个朋友、同事或一些熟人坐在一起随便聊天，不管是天南地北，或是张家长李家短，想讲什么就讲什么。"

下面是一个例子。
例1:
After my next class I'm going back to my room to catch upon my sleep.
I was up until four this morning chewing the fat with my roommate and
a couple of friends who dropped in.
这个人说：上完下一节课我就要回房间去睡觉。我昨天晚上跟我同房间的同学和其他两个来玩的朋友一起聊天，一直聊到今天早上四点才睡觉。

每天练习:
Ten to one we shall win the football match.
ten to one的意思为"十之八九，很可能。

每天谚语:
A light heart lives long.
静以修身。

每日一译：
1.这个盖子盖不上。
The lid won't stick on. The lid fits badly.
2.她是这儿唯一会开车的姑娘。
She is the only girl here who knows how to drive a car.
3.非常抱歉,我把你几天前借给我的杂志弄丢了。
I'm terribly sorry. I lost the magazine you lent me the other day.
The other day前几天
4.那个歌星也只是昙花一现,出了几张唱片就销声匿迹了。
That singer was only a flash in the pan. He disappeared into thin air
after having made one or two records.
a flash in the pan. 昙花一现，转瞬即逝，多用来形容某事"持续时间短"。
Disappear into thin air :to suddenly become impossible to see or find.

5.为了挣学费,我从大学一年级就开始做兼职工作，包括做家教、做推销员,做修理工等。
In order to pay for (my) tuition fees, I began to take part-time jobs
like being a tutor, salesman and repairman as soon as I entered the
university.
as soon as adv 一...就….
6.Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.（英译汉）
世事往往不如预料中那么好。

每日一句：
Don't tip belongings of the bag onto the table!
别把袋里东西倒在桌子上！
通过这个句子记住一个动词和一个名词。
第一，动词tip，倾斜，翻倒（to topple over, overturn;
slant）（以前的句子里学过tip的3个名词含义"顶端""建议"和"小费"），既可以作及物动词，也可以作不及物动词使用。
第二，经常用作复数的名词belongings，所有物。
　　例句：
　　I hope you've let none of your belongings in the hotel.
　　我希望你什么东西也没忘在旅馆里。
　　Who bumped the table and tipped the vase?
　　谁撞了桌子打翻了花瓶？