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• Conflicting Proverbs

  2007-3-28

   

  Actions speak louder than words.		The pen is mightier than the sword.
  Knowledge is power.		Ignorance is bliss.
  Look before you leap.		He who hesitates is lost.
  A silent man is a wise one.		A man without words is a man without thoughts.
  Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.		Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
  Clothes make the man.		Don't judge a book by its cover.
  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.		Better safe than sorry.
  Money talks.		Talk is cheap.
  The only thing constant is change.		The more things change, the more they stay the same.
  Two heads are better than one.		If you want something done right, do it yourself.
  Many hands make light work.		Too many cooks spoil the broth.
  Great minds think alike.		Fools seldom differ.
  The bigger, the better.		The best things come in small packages.
  Absence makes the heart grow fonder.		Out of sight, out of mind.
  What will be, will be.		Life is what you make it.
  Cross your bridges when you come to them.		Forewarned is forearmed.
  What's good for the goose is good for the gander.		One man's meat is another man's poison.
  With age comes wisdom.		Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings come all wise sayings.
  The more, the merrier.		Two's company; three's a crowd.

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• keep doing

  2007-3-28

  4. 功名富贵

  建议一：fame and fortune
  

  例析：He moved to a big city in search of fame and fortune.
  

  He came here to seek fame and fortune
  

  
  

  备注：英美人喜欢用同字母开始的字叠加一起增加文采：
  

  brain and brawn
  

  man and machine
  

  trial and tribulation
  

  建议二：rank and riches
  

  例析：He disdains rank and riches.

  加注：关于同字母叠加用法的例子（又称为：押头韵）：
  twist and turn 迂回曲回
  might and main 尽全力
  part and parcel 重要部分
  safe and sound 安然无恙
  spick and span 崭新的，极干净的
  time and tide 岁月，时光
  go to rack and ruin 陷于毁灭
  slow and sure 慢而稳，稳妥
  hale and hearty 老当益壮
  chop and change 变幻莫测（尤指观点,计划等）
  fair and foul 在任何情况下
  weal and woe 福祸
  sum and substance 主要情况，要点（尤指讲话的主要部分）
  forgive and forget 不念旧恶
  wax and wane （月的）盈亏圆缺；盛衰
  safe and sound安然无恙

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• continue

  2007-3-28

  3. 吹牛聊天
  

  
  

  
  

  建议：bull session(s); rap session(s)
  

  
  

  
  

  例析：I had a bull session with him last night.
  

  
  

  
  

  Our faculty and students occasionally hold rap sessions in which we exchange ideas very informally.
  

  
  

  
  

  备注：rap session(s)比bull session(s)通用且文雅。
  

  
  

  
  

  加注：关于“吹牛”的加评：
  

  
  

  
  

  talk horse / talk big /
  

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• A supplementary reading to 中式英语之鉴语短语

  2007-3-28

  本材料选自林广寰先生编著的《常用汉语英译手册》和相关网络资料

  1.      小儿科（戏谑语，不是pediatry或者baby doctor）

  建议一：译为mickey mouse最妙（来自华狄斯耐漫漫画家的米老鼠）。

  例析：It is mickey mouse.或者It is mickey mouse stuff.

  建议二：译为a little leaguer（来自垒球，意即比职业性的major leaguer来说，少青队当然是小儿科啦。）

  例析：In my mind he is a little leaguer.

  自谦时，可以使用I am only a little leaguer.相当于It’s nothing.或者It is not worth mentioning.

  建议三：It’s child’s play, or, it is kid stuff.

  其他类似的表达：trite, trival, petty stuff

  2. 小意思（客气话，送礼物时的自谦语）

  建议例析：This is my token appreciation of the help you have given me.

  加注：在表达对某个任务的不以为然的时候，相关表达如下：

  a piece of cake（口语）轻松的事, 愉快的事

  a little potato

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• morning with sunshine

  2007-3-22

    A burst of chirp and twitter among the flowers planted on my veranda wakened me from sweet dream, It is also a seldom god-given day for me to relax. Drowsily slept near to 9 o’clock, open the eyes, the sun already shine on the bed. First time “indulge” myself like this, The described beautiful golden sunshine is so charming and uninhabited; I cannot help but luring into the sunlight.
      Cloaked with sunshine, I stroll aimlessly in the my unit. Colorful fallen leaves sprinkled on the sidewalks.I can hear the fallen leaves when i plow through them. Inadvertently set foot on, a melodious crispy sound would be issued.
      While meditating, my leg took me back to the office. The room honored by the sun as usual. Switching on the computer, rushed down some feelings. Recently I gave much loose to myself, less action than thinking.
      Maybe ,like the word:If your heart is filled with sunshine, warmth will be there for each days!

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• Tune: Lyric of Lily Magnolia

  2007-3-16

  人生若只如初见 Provided past were those days when we first met,
  何事秋风悲画扇 What make it like a forlorn fan felt so  by autumn wind
  等闲变却故人心 How is it that  promises are so easy to forget,
  却道故人心易变 While you glibly accuse the heart as the denier ?
  
  骊山语罢清宵半 Your oath echoed with the pitter-patter sound of raindrops ;
  泪雨霖铃终不怨 which takes away hatred tears from my heart.
  何如薄幸锦衣郎 I refuse to believe your love has faded.
  比翼连枝当日愿 Do you remember the dream we become birds flying side by side forever as one?
     I lost to reminisce on when had i read the lyric,but undescribable feeling choaked me whenever  those words come into view.what a affectionate man,provided past were those days when we first met,what best wish,helpless but burst shout from deep heart.As if i saw a gorgeous girl is looking forward to meeting her lover with a fan in her hand,maybe she is just tracing back to past sweet years,and waiting for nothing but such feeling which engraved in bones and hearts.Tears obscured bright eyes;Memory never give up torturing fragile spirit......
     It is the peak of poetic perfection.come as the glorious summer flower and gone as the silence autumn foliage,too much oathes were faded by years,but faithful heart was never worn down.
    
  

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• Muggy day

  2007-3-15

  Big fireball is suspending in the sky,make me feel so sweltering.But i have to help my pal preparing sth for her approaching marriage,go shopping all noon,everything will be ok.Due to hypoplasia sweat gland i lose to lower the temperature with little sweat,also i felt as if the sky and earth were spinning round .I can't get thinking,sleeping,moving...i were in purgatory at noon,i desire to embrance cool night as soon as possible.One idea occur to me,what if a marriage had been held at night?Must be very funny

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• The Huayaodai Customs

  2007-3-15

  

   

  Fried Silk Cotton Flower

  

  Local Dancing

  

  The Traditional Festival--The Flower Street Festival

  

  Local silk cotton flower

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• good dishes

  2007-3-15

  my local dishes are municipally famous, originated from the traditional cuisine style of ethnics, which is satisfying to eye, nose, and palate.
  　　The main characteristics of the cuisine are: (1) Different varieties and tastes; (2) Cooking skill (3) Being famous for spiciness, neither too sweet nor too sore.
  　　“Three Dishes of Jiangchuan ” ( namely chicken, mutton and fish)
  　　 The fish is very sour and spicy, but you will be satisfied with the sour and the spicy. The mutton is eaten with light soup. The chicken is stewed enhanced by precious herbs.

  Eel Rice Noodles
  　　Eel Rice Noodles is a typical snack in our hometown. People can taste the Eel Rice Noodles with hot soup or cool soup. The snack is a harmonious blend of the spicy, the subtle, the sweet and sour.

  Fish Cooked in Copper Pot
  　　It is the Fish Cooked in Copper Pot that you should taste when you come to the Fuxian Lake. Put the live anti-wave fish into the copper pot with mountain spring. Put appropriate salt, sliced ginger. Put on the lid of the pot, and put the pot on the fire. Enhance appropriate onion and monosodium glutamate when the water is boiled. Cook the fish for ten minutes or even longer, you can taste the delicious fish.

  My hometown is famous for various kinds of snacks with different cooking ways, different tastes, low prices and good quality. Famous snacks include Eel Rice Noodles, Ice Porridge, Cool Rice Noodles and etc.Maybe you have been to our city,the home of HuaDeng opera and the home of tobaccoalso the home of Nie'er.The garden of Edan on my mind.I will introduce you more info about it following,hope all visitors will enjoy it.
  

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• notion

  2007-3-14

  process is more important than the result,so we shouldn't lose enjoying the scenes along the way towards our goal.just like Forrest Gump,life is like a box of cholocates and you never know what you gonna get.Life full of variationin, cherish what you got and advance bravely to prove your life.in my humble opinion.

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