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作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-10-30 14:32 标题: Learn English

A person’s name is very important. Some names also have special meanings in popular American expressions. To better understand what I mean, sit back and listen. You might even want to get a cup of Joe, I mean, a cup of coffee.

One day, an average Joe was walking down the street. An average Joe is a common person – either male or female.
This average Joe was lost. He did not know Jack about where he was going. By this, I mean he did not know anything about where to find things in the city.

So average Joe asked John Q. Public for directions to the nearest bank. John Q. Public is also a common person – male or female.

“Jeez Louise,” said John Q. Public. This is an expression of surprise. “Jeez Louise, don’t you know that all banks are closed today? It is Saturday.”

“For Pete’s sake,” said average Joe. This is also an expression used to show a feeling like surprise or disappointment.

“For Pete’s sake. I do not believe you,” said average Joe. He was being a doubting Thomas, someone who does not believe anything he is told.

At that moment, Joe Blow was walking down the street with a woman. Joe Blow is also an expression for a common man. Now this Joe Blow was NOT walking next to a plain Jane. A plain Jane is a woman who is neither ugly nor pretty. She is simply plain. No, the woman with Joe Blow was a real Sheila – a beautiful woman.

Learn names in English

Average Joe asked the woman if all banks were closed on Saturday. “No way, Jose,” she answered. This is a way of saying “no.” “No way, Jose. Many banks are open on Saturdays.”

Average Joe did not know either of these two people from Adam. That is, he did not know them at all. But he followed their directions to the nearest bank.

When he arrived, he walked to the desk of the chief bank employee. Now this man was a true Jack of all trades. He knew how to do everything.

“I am here to withdraw some money so I can pay my taxes to Uncle Sam,” said average Joe. Uncle Sam represents the United States government. The banker produced some papers and told average Joe to sign his John Hancock at the bottom.
A John Hancock is a person’s signed name – a signature. Historically, John Hancock was one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. Hancock had a beautiful signature and signed his name larger than all the others.

As average Joe left the bank he began to sing. But sadly, average Joe was not a good singer. He was a Johnny One Note.
He could only sing one note.

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作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-10-30 14:33

Sign your John Hancock here if you like this article

[ 本帖最后由总想睡觉的加菲于 2008-10-30 14:36 编辑 ]

作者: ivan 时间: 2008-10-30 15:26

大家一起学习,不错!

作者: 三亩 时间: 2008-10-30 18:05

Uncle Sam, Haha

作者: 阿六头no1 时间: 2008-10-30 20:12

不懂

作者: 菜青虫 时间: 2008-10-30 22:53

俺断定这不是法语！

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-10-31 09:44

2008.10.31

give it a shot

A: It would be so cool if I can win this contest. I don't think I'm good enough, though.
B: Give it a shot! You'll never know.

"Give it a shot" means "have a try" 试试看！

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-10-31 12:35

Like simple and practical.

作者: scorpion 时间: 2008-10-31 19:49

2008 10 31
One day, Old Big met his Little Third in the club.
Little Thrid is the name of the person with whom you could have multi-ONS.

作者: 三亩 时间: 2008-10-31 20:42

貌似潘安，其实潘安也是个人名
毛遂自荐，其实毛遂也是个人名
叶公好龙，其实叶公也是个人名

作者: 导弹熊 时间: 2008-11-1 20:26

学历太低，不懂

作者: 山东教师 时间: 2008-11-1 22:24

an kan bu dong a

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-11-3 12:12

UP！

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-11-5 16:52

Do you want to become an overnight hit?

"Hit" here means a person or thing that becomes very popular. "Overnight" means over one night.
So, an overnight hit means a person that becomes very popular just after one night. 一夜成名

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-11-6 13:28

follow through with 遵循

He is a person who is always following through with his promise.
Jean has finally decided to follow through with her New Year's Resolution to lose weight.

set off 出发
I set off for work at 8:30 everyday.
I will set off to travel next day.

come across 偶遇
He came across many beautiful scenaries that he will never see again in the trip to North Pole.

look back on 回首
People like to look back on good times

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-11-6 14:04

原帖由 总想睡觉的加菲 于 2008-11-6 13:28 发表
follow through with 遵循

He is a person who is always following through with his promise.
Jean has finally decided to follow through with her New Year's Resolution to lose weight.

set off 出发 ...

Simple and fun, like it very much.

作者: rodger 时间: 2008-11-6 18:37

Uncle Sam

作者: 智客 时间: 2008-11-7 08:27

good googd study

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-11-7 08:59

The motto he wrote for the children reads, "Study well and make progress every day".

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-11-7 13:23

2008.11.7

perform a ceremony 主持某仪式

Nowadays, many brides and grooms choose a host or a hostess to perform their marrige ceremony.
Who will perform the opening ceremony for the film festival?

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-11-7 13:50

原帖由 总想睡觉的加菲 于 2008-11-7 13:23 发表
2008.11.7

Who?

I see.

[ 本帖最后由杏仁于 2008-11-7 13:51 编辑 ]

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-11-12 10:23

A bridal shower

It is normal that new couples don’t have enough money.
So, before a marriage ceremony takes place, the bride often has a party called bridal shower when friends give theirs gifts to the bride.
The “shower” used here has nothing to do with getting wet, but comes from a story that friends of a bride hide the gifts under an umbrella, and when the bride open the umbrella, the gifts shower down.
There is also a baby shower when friends give their gifts to a new-born baby.

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-11-12 14:53

The “shower” used here has nothing to do with getting wet,

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-11-17 17:48

A: I bet I can run faster than, a sure bet.
B: You don't stand a chance

sure bet 肯定能赢
stand a chance 有机会（通常用在否定句中）

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-11-17 19:11

UP！

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-11-21 15:26

stay true to oneself
Can you stay true to yourself when do some bad things?

bend over
A farmer bent over and gleaned in the field

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-11-21 15:47

Go on！Please.

作者: 我是大蒙 时间: 2008-11-21 21:25

眼晕～

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-11-24 15:47

A: Did you see an elephant on the street?
B: No way, are you kidding?
A: Oh! I think I'm seeing things.
B: No, no, I saw a giraffe out there.
A: Really? You're seeing things.
B: Yeah, we are not seeing things. The circus came to our town.

be seeing things: 指产生幻觉看到某种事物

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-11-24 20:04

原帖由 总想睡觉的加菲 于 2008-11-24 15:47 发表
A: Did you see an elephant on the street?
B: No way, are you kidding?
A: Oh! I think I'm seeing things.
B: No, no, I saw a giraffe out there.
A: Really? You're seeing things.
B: Yeah, we are not ...

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-11-25 13:34

identify with
视...为一体, 认同
The Method teaches actors how to use their own memories and emotions to identify with the characters they are playing.
Never identify opinions with facts
He did not identify himself with the new political party
Reading this book, we can identify with the main character's struggle

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-11-28 15:47

UP！

作者: 我是大蒙 时间: 2008-11-28 17:50

OK OK OK !

i get up early
and...
traffic jam every day!
i very unhpaay!
and....
大蒙只会蹦单字！也来学英文！

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-12-1 15:55

原帖由 我是大蒙 于 2008-11-28 17:50 发表
OK OK OK !

i get up early
and...
traffic jam every day!
i very unhpaay!
and....
大蒙只会蹦单字！也来学英文！

Change has come to Amercia. 我只会从新东方上向下抄。呵呵！

作者: 我是大蒙 时间: 2008-12-1 16:27

记得曾听过一个小笑话，说jzm访美，和kld总统共同走在white house的草坪上，jzm为了展示下自己的英文水平，指着远处草坪中一对正在热恋中的年轻人，对这身边的kld说：
"look ,the young people. they are making love,very happy! ”
kld:

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-12-5 13:47

turn sb in: 告发
She threatened to turn him in.
turn myself in: 自首

bend over: 弯曲，弯腰
Children bend over easily, with their mouths touching their toes.
bend over backwards: 向后弯(意思指竭尽全力）
Although we bend over backwards to please her, our new manager is still very critical of our

seed(s) 种子
sapling(s) 树苗
tree(s) 大树
When time passes by, seeds become saplings, saplings become trees

suit 牌中的花色
spade (S) 黑桃
heart (H) 红桃
diamond (D) 方块
club (C) 梅花
follow suit 跟着出同花色的牌,跟着做
My father graduated from Harvard university, I will follow suit

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-12-9 14:03

once and for all

一劳永逸地, 彻底地, 永远地, 最后一次

Let's get this right once and for all.
咱们把这个问题彻底弄清楚吧。

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2008-12-9 14:50

The future belongs to thoes who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

不能放松学习，感谢加菲！

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-12-10 13:20

migrant workers 民工
global economic downturn 全球经济衰退

foregift 押金
At my young age, soda was sold in a bottle, and when you returned the bottle back, you could get back the foregift

作者: 灰原 时间: 2008-12-10 13:29

it is great,really helpful.
Good good study,day day up ba.

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-12-16 11:35

catch

to catch a person's eye 吸引；迷住
The beauty of the island catches everyone’s eyes.

catch up on 弥补
I have to catch up on my sleep since I didn’t sleep much last night.

catch up with （追）赶上
I run faster than you, so I'll catch up with you.
Excessive drinking and smoking will catch up with you. （使你受害）

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-12-25 13:48

It might be easy to understand the meaning of some expressions if you can have a little extra time thinking about them. But if you listen to these expressions for the first time?

Shirley Horn and Miles Davis developed a close friendship over the years.

"on" NOT "in"
She sings and he plays the trumpet on the song.
She wanted to play the piano on all her recordings.

Shirley Horn rebuilt her career in the nineteen eighties.

She also worked on several soundtracks for movies.

She had her foot removed because of problems caused by diabetes.

Verve Records released a collection of her work.

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2008-12-30 13:43

some words that are related to the same meaning

pretty 通常用于比较年轻的女人和儿童，如用于男人，指男人女人气
beautiful 一般用于形容女人和儿童
lovely 一般用于形容女人和儿童，有“可爱”的意思
cute 通常用于形容儿童
good-looking 指“外貌美的”
attractive 可用于形容男人和女人，不一定指“外貌”
striking 形容美女和美男（就象你被“打”了一样）
handsome 一般用于形容男人
gorgeous （比以上的任何一个词表达的意思都更加）美女

作者: 灰原 时间: 2008-12-30 18:14

能推荐一个口语学习班吗？
水平太差，需要补课。

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2009-1-4 14:41

原帖由灰原于 2008-12-30 18:14 发表
能推荐一个口语学习班吗？
水平太差，需要补课。

我请过一段时间的外教，一对一，到家里上课。即使不通过“公司”，感觉还是比较贵，2006年底时，是250元/2小时（通过“公司”比如“华尔街”或者“ABC”大概是700元/2小时）。
感觉有提高，不过如果没有应用，终究不是长久之计。
后来因为忙就停下来了。
自己听英语，读英语，写英语。
说英语的机会很少

作者: 灰原 时间: 2009-1-4 21:56 标题: 回复 45# 总想睡觉的加菲的帖子

一对一还真够贵的啊。
这个不练习估计就忘记了。
250元/2小时，有这个钱可以报个名，出国旅游，哈哈。24小时英语环境了。

作者: 灰原 时间: 2009-1-4 21:57

多学习你的帖子吧。
多少学点，要不彻底忘光光了。

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2009-1-19 13:29

touch all bases

American English is full of colorful expressions. One such expression is to touch all bases. It comes from the sport of baseball.

There are four bases in baseball -- first, second and third. The fourth is home plate. Together, the bases form a diamond shape. When a baseball player hits the ball, he must run to each base -- in order -- and touch it with his foot. It is the only way to score a point. If the player hits the ball and fails to touch all the bases, the point will not be counted.

The importance of touching all the bases was shown at the start of the nineteen seventy-four baseball season.

Hank Aaron was a player with the Atlanta Braves team. He was seeking the record for hitting the most home runs. A home run is a ball that is hit over the wall. Aaron needed just one home run to equal the record held by Babe Ruth, the greatest hitter in baseball history. Aaron got that home run the very first time he had a chance to hit the ball. He sent the ball over the wall that surrounded the playing field. That gave him seven hundred and fourteen home runs -- the same as Babe Ruth.

After that day, baseball fans held their breath every time it was Hank Aaron's turn to hit. When would he hit home run number seven hundred and fifteen?

The wait was not long. In the second week of the season, Aaron again hit the ball over the wall. He had beaten Babe Ruth's record. But first, he had to run around the four bases. The other players on his team watched carefully to make sure he touched each one. If he did not, the home run would not have counted. There would have been no new record.

So, to touch all bases means to do what is necessary to complete an activity.

The expression is used in business and politics. No business deal or political campaign is really complete until you discuss all the issues involved. Or, as it is said, until you touch all bases.

Even professional diplomats use this expression, as well as others that come from baseball.

A diplomat in reporting on negotiations with diplomats from different countries may say they "touched all bases" during many hours of talks. This means they explored all issues involved in the situation. Perhaps they did this after expressing hope that they could play ball with each other, meaning that they could learn to cooperate.

Sports reporters write about fast-moving, lively events. They must develop a way of writing that goes straight to the point. Their duty is to give the reader a complete picture of the event in as few words as possible. They must touch all bases as quickly as they can.

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2009-1-19 13:40

READing.

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2009-1-19 13:41

就是懒得看，呵呵！

作者: baobaoli 时间: 2009-1-19 20:55

额是粗人，看不懂啊

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2009-2-24 14:01

好久没更新了。
关于胡萝卜 carrot：

We talked last week about growing beets. Today we have advice about growing another root vegetable, carrots. Carrots are easy to raise and easy to harvest. They taste good. And they contain a lot of carotene, which the body makes into vitamin A.
raise and harvest carrots 种和收获胡萝卜
这里的which用法有点特别

When people think of carrots, they usually picture in their mind a vegetable that is long, thin and orange. But carrots come in many different sizes and shapes. And not all carrots are orange.
picture和come，很简单的单词，不一样的用法

For example, Paris Market carrots are about five centimeters around. Imperator carrots are thin and about twenty-five centimeters long. And Belgian White carrots are, as their name suggests, white.

For the best results, carrots should be grown in sandy soil that does not hold water for a long time. The soil also should have no rocks.

To prepare your garden for carrots, dig up the soil, loosen it and turn it over. Then, mix in some plant material or animal fertilizer.
mix in 混合

Weather, soil conditions and age will affect the way carrots taste. Experts say warm days, cool nights and a medium soil temperature are the best conditions for growing carrots that taste great.

Carrots need time to develop their full sugar content. This gives them their taste. If they are harvested too early, they will not have enough sugar. But carrots loose their sweetness if you wait too long to pull them from the ground.

The best way to judge if a carrot is ready to be harvested is by its color. Usually, the brighter the color, the better the taste.

Many people do not know that carrots can be grown during the winter months. If the winter is not cold enough to freeze the ground, you can grow and harvest carrots the same way as during the summer months.

If the ground does freeze in your part of the world, simply cover your carrot garden with a thick layer of leaves or straw. This will prevent the ground from freezing. You can remove the ground cover and harvest the carrots as they are needed.

Carrots are one of the world's most popular vegetables. They can be cooked and prepared many different ways. Or, once they are washed, they can be eaten just as they come out of the ground.
注意way的用法

作者: 山羊 时间: 2009-2-24 21:46

要学会看来的下辈子了

作者: 杏仁 时间: 2009-2-24 21:56

原帖由 总想睡觉的加菲 于 2009-2-24 14:01 发表
好久没更新了。
关于胡萝卜 carrot：

We talked last week about growing beets. Today we have advice about growing another root vegetable, carrots. Carrots are easy to raise and easy to harvest. The ...

这个内容还看得进去，呵呵！

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2009-2-27 17:13

看看一篇文章中有多少复数

President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed his first budget to Congress. He wants to let the Bush administration's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans end next year, replaced by a middle-class tax cut.

His other proposals include six hundred thirty-four billion dollars over ten years for health care reform. But he hopes to raise billions through a system in which businesses that release greenhouse gases would buy and trade pollution permits.

In all, his plan calls for three and a half trillion dollars in federal spending for the two thousand ten budget year starting in October. It also predicts for this year the biggest deficit, as a share of the economy, since World War Two: one trillion seven hundred fifty billion dollars.

But the president says he inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. And he says his team has already identified two trillion dollars in reductions to help cut the deficit in half within four years. Targets include war spending and direct payments to large agricultural businesses.

Republicans say the budget is too big and that the proposed tax increase on the wealthy would hurt small businesses.

The new president gave his first speech to Congress Tuesday night.

BARACK OBAMA: "We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before."

He discussed the seven hundred eighty-seven billion dollars in spending and tax cuts that he signed into law last week.

BARACK OBAMA: "Over the next two years, this plan will save or create three-point-five million jobs. More than ninety percent of these jobs will be in the private sector -- jobs rebuilding our roads and bridges, constructing wind turbines and solar panels, laying broadband and expanding mass transit."

He also discussed his budget plan for next year, saying Congress will need to sacrifice some programs but think long term.

BARACK OBAMA: "That is why, even as it cuts back on programs we don't need, the budget I submit will invest in the three areas that are absolutely critical to our economic future: energy, health care, and education."

To answer for the opposition, the Republicans chose Bobby Jindal, the young governor of Louisiana and the son of Indian immigrants. He said Republicans want to work with the president. But he said Democrats in Congress chose "irresponsible" spending over tax cuts, as Republicans proposed for the economic recovery plan.

BOBBY JINDAL: "It includes three hundred million dollars to buy new cars for the government, eight billion dollars for high-speed rail projects, such as a 'magnetic levitation' line from Las Vegas to Disneyland, and one hundred forty million dollars for something called 'volcano monitoring.' Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, D.C."

Stock prices in the United States hit twelve-year lows this week.

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2009-2-27 18:28

原帖由灰原于 2009-1-4 21:56 发表
一对一还真够贵的啊。
这个不练习估计就忘记了。
250元/2小时，有这个钱可以报个名，出国旅游，哈哈。24小时英语环境了。

从下周开始，为期200小时的一对一口语课程（一周2次，1次2小时）就要开始了。这次是公司培训，公司出钱。争取把英语水平提高到流利交流

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2009-3-31 14:59

学习英语并没有什么错误，问题在于如何学习英语。

记得小时候听人提出过一个问题，在英国无论多么笨的人都会说英语，为什么那么多聪明的中国人学了那么多年不会说英语呢？

这么多年来悟出来的原因是：我们学习英语（包括绝大多数的英语老师使用的方法）是在“中英文对照”的基础上学习的，每个英文单词或者用法或者语法...统统的都要翻译成中文来记忆和理解，学习英语天天都想着翻译翻译。
而不懂中文的英国人（美国人）学习英语时不需要进行翻译，就象我们学习中文时不需要把中文翻译成什么别的语言来理解。

因此，我们需要学习英语，用英语学习英语，特别是小孩子，不需要翻译成中文。学英语不需要天赋

作者: 总想睡觉的加菲 时间: 2009-3-31 14:59

举个学英语的例子：

一篇文章讲的是：eye care, eye hospital, eye centers,
假设上面的词汇你都认识
然后出现了这样一句话 Institute officials say India has only about one ophthalmologist for every one hundred twenty thousand people
一个看起来很奇怪的单词 ophthalmologist
有点英语基础的人可能知道以"ologist "结尾的词是一种职业，比如biologist生物学家，geologist地质学家
那么显然ophthalmologist 的意思是眼科医生
后来，我们又看到 The workers look for conditions including glaucoma, night blindness and other problems
glaucoma看起来不认识，但是估计可以猜出night blindness 的意思：night 晚上 blindness 盲，night blindness 显然就是夜盲，
那么glaucoma肯定也是一种眼病了，其实是否翻译成中文有那么重要吗，glaucoma 是青光眼，翻译过来你难道知道青光眼究竟是什么病吗？
然后我们又看到 Some people are found to have cataracts, abnormal growths on the eye that can lead to loss of eyesight
cataracts 看起来也不认识，不过后面有解释：导致失明的长在眼睛上的不正常的东西，所以你明白它的意思，还需要翻译成中文吗，或许你还是觉得白内障看起来更顺眼吧

还有这样一句话 Hundreds of patients have received new corneas from donors since then. The cornea is the clear front part of the eye that transmits light
有了解释你还需要翻译吗？

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