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Happy Father's Day
2008-06-15 15:03:25
Today is father's day, may all the fathers have a good day and a good health.
Father's Day is a special day for everyone! We use this day to honor our fathers all over the world! We celebrate this holiday on the third Sunday in June. A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd from Spokane, Washington, thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. Her father, Henry Jackson Smart, had raised Sonora after her mother died and she wanted him to know how special he was to her. Her father was born in June, so she chose that month to celebrate the new holiday!
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special.
The origin of Father's Day is not clear. Some say that it began with a church service in West Virginia in 1908. Others say the first Father's Day ceremony was held in Vancouver, Washington.
The president of the Chicago branch（分部）of the Lions' Club, Harry Meek, is said to have celebrated the first Father's Day with his organization in 1915; and the day that they chose was the third Sunday in June, the closest date to Meek's own birthday!Regardless of when the first true Father's Day occurred, the strongest promoter of the holiday was Mrs. Bruce John Dodd of Spokane, Washington. Mrs. Dodd felt that she had an outstanding father. He was a veteran of the Civil War. His wife had died young, and he had raised six children without their mother.
In 1909, Mrs. Dodd approached her own minister and others in Spokane about having a church service dedicated to fathers on June 5, her father's birthday. That date was too soon for her minister to prepare the service, so he spoke a few weeks later on June 19th. From then on, the state of Washington celebrated the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. Children made special desserts, or visited their fathers if they lived apart.
States and organizations began lobbying（游说）Congress to declare an annual Father's Day. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea, but it was not until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge made it a national event to "establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations." Since then, fathers had been honored and recognized by their families throughout the country on the third Sunday in June.
When children can't visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental. Most greeting cards are whimsical（奇形怪状的，异想天开的）so fathers laugh when they open them. Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad.
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Happy Dragon Boat Festival
2008-06-07 14:59:06
Celebration of the
Dragon Boat FestivalTomorrow is Dragon Boat Festival, may all the people have a happy day, and at the same time, may students who attend the college entrance exam get good scores and achievements.
Then I will introduce some information about this traditional festival in China.
Officially on falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Double Fifth Day. While many stories regarding its origin abound, the most popular and widely accepted version regards Qu Yuan, a minister during the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC)
Legend of the Dragon Boat Festival's Origin
At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, the area we now know as China had fallen into a state of fragmentation and conflict. While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several centuries, several other states, originally feudal domains, tried to carve out their own kingdoms. The state of Qin would eventually emerge the victor and unify all of China under one rule for the first time in history. Qu Yuan served as minister to the Zhou Emperor. A wise and articulate man, he was loved by the common people. He did much to fight against the rampant corruption that plagued the court-- thereby earning the envy and fear of other officials. Therefore, when he urged the emperor to avoid conflict with the Qin Kingdom, the officials pressured the Emperor to have him removed from service. In exile, he traveled, taught and wrote for several years. Hearing that the Zhou had been defeated by the Qin, he fell into despair and threw himself into the Milou River. His last poem reads:
Many a heavy sigh I have in my despair,
As he was so loved by the people, fishermen rushed out in long boats, beating drums to scare the fish away, and throwing zong zi into the water to feed braver fish so that they would not eat Qu Yuan's body.
Grieving that I was born in such an unlucky time.
I yoked a team of jade dragons to a phoenix chariot,
And waited for the wind to come,
to sour up on my journeyThe Modern Dragon Boat Festival
Starting from that time to this day, people commemorate Qu Yuan through Dragon Boat Races, eating zong zi, and several other activities, on the anniversary of his death: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
Dragon Boat races are the most exciting part of the festival, drawing crowds of spectators. Dragon Boats are generally brightly painted and decorated canoes. Ranging anywhere from 40 to 100 feet in length, their heads are shaped like open-mouthed dragons, while the sterns end with a scaly tail. Depending on the length, up to 80 rowers can power the boat. A drummer and flag-catcher stand at the front of the boat. Before a dragon boat enters competition, it must be "brought to life" by painting the eyes in a sacred ceremony. Races can have any number of boats competing, with the winner being the first team to grab a flag at the end of the course. Annual races take place all over China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and other overseas Chinese communities.
Zong Zi
The traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival, Zong zi is a glutinous rice ball, with a filling, wrapped in corn leaves. The fillings can be egg, beans, dates, fruits, sweet potato, walnuts, mushrooms, meat, or a combination of them. They are generally steamed.
Talisman and Charms
Another aspect of the Double Fifth Day is the timing: at the beginning of summer, when diseases are likely to strike, people also wear talisman to fend off evil spirits. They may hang the picture of Zhong Kui, guardian against evil spirits, on the door of their homes, as well. Adults may drink Xiong Huang Wine, and children carry fragrant silk pouches, all of which can prevent evil. It is said that if you can balance a raw egg on its end at exactly noon on Double Fifth Day, the rest of the year will be lucky.
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Severe punishment for college entrance exam cheaters
2008-06-06 23:09:46
Severe punishment for college entrance exam cheaters
BEIJING - Students found cheating in the national College Entrance Examination (CEE) may be disqualified from next year's registration, as well as losing all the marks this year, a Ministry of Education (MOE) official said on Thursday.
Students with "severe cheating behavīor," including cheating with telecom instruments and asking someone else to take the exam, will receive punishment.
The MOE, together with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Public Security, will strengthen patrolling around exam rooms to prevent people from using radio transmitters and receivers to aid in cheating.
College students taking the exam for others may be expelled from school.
The MOE ordered a safety check over examination rooms, dormitories and dining halls for students in quake-hit areas.
The CEE will be postponed in the 62 counties worst hit by the May 12 8.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan and Gansu provinces. The new date for the exam has yet to be set.
The ministry ordered local departments to set up evacuation passages and carry out evacuation exercises among teachers and students who have to take the exam as scheduled in other parts of the quake zone, to ensure their safety.
About 10.5 million students will take the CEE, which starts on June 7, up four percent from that of last year.
Students who were orphaned or handicapped in the earthquake would be exempted of tuition fees and receive living subsidies if they were admitted to colleges, the ministry said.
The ministry will also provide free vocational trainings for those who fail to be admitted.
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Feelings After the Earthquake
2008-05-19 18:48:24
Now every one may be shocked and sorrowful by the sudden earthquake happened in
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Thousands flee quake area as aftershocks hit
2008-05-18 19:13:50
8:24AM Sunday May 18, 2008
BEICHUAN - Thousands of Chinese have fled their homes amid fears a lake could burst its banks, hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more than three decades killed about 29,000 people.
Rescue workers returned to Beichuan county, near the epicentre of the quake, in Sichuan province, but many residents were too frightened to return, nervous about a lake formed after aftershocks triggered landslides blocking the flow of a river.
"After briefly evacuating, rescue work returned to normal at Beichuan," an official website said, blaming the evacuation on a false alarm.
A paramilitary officer had said earlier that the likelihood of the lake bursting its banks was "extremely big".
The situation was "very dangerous because there are still tremors causing landslides that could damage the dam", said Luo Gang, a building worker who left the southeastern port city of Xiamen and rushed home to look for his missing fiancee.
Rescue work had been complicated by bad weather, treacherous terrain and hundreds of aftershocks.
The United States Geological Survey reported a tremor of 6.1 magnitude centred 80 km west of Guangyuan, the latest in a series of aftershocks to hit Sichuan province. China's official Xinhua news agency said there was no immediate word from the area of additional damage or casualties.
"Although the time for the best chance of rescue ... has passed, saving lives remains the top priority of our work," President Hu Jintao told distraught survivors just over a week after a jubilant China celebrated the Olympic torch relay reaching the summit of Mount Everest.
As the weather becomes warmer, survivors were worried about hygiene and asked questions about their longer-term future.
"What we don't need now is more instant noodles," said truck driver Wang Jianhong in the city of Dujiangyan. "We want to know now what will happen with our lives."
Officials plan to distribute 0.5 kg of food and a 10 yuan subsidy each day to people with financial difficulties in quake-hit areas for three months, Xinhua reported, after a meeting chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao.
They also want to install mobile homes, temporary classrooms and clinics for quake-affected people.
People tense
There has been growing concern about the safety of dams and reservoirs which have been weakened in the mountainous province of Sichuan, an area about the size of Spain.
In Sichuan and neighbouring Chongqing, 17 reservoirs were damaged, with some dams cracked or leaking water. Several are on the Min river, which tumbles through the worst-hit areas between the Tibetan plateau and the Sichuan plain.
The Lianhehua dam, built in the late 1950s northwest of Dujiangyan, showed cracks big enough to put a fist in.
"When the dam is in this shape, we cannot feel relaxed," said farmer Feng Binggui who has moved from his village below the dam into the hills.
China has said it expects the final death toll from Monday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake to exceed 50,000. About 4.8 million people have lost their homes and the days are numbered in which survivors can be found.
Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin, taking a long pause to compose himself as he read from an updated casualty report at a news conference, put the death toll so far at 28,881.
Premier Wen said the quake was "the biggest and most destructive" since before the Communist revolution of 1949 and the quick response had helped reduce casualties.
That compares even with the 1976 tremor in the northern city of Tangshan which killed up to 300,000 people.
Sichuan Vice-Governor Li Chengyun said more than 188,100 people have been injured and about 10,600 people remain buried under rubble. About 2.6 million tents are needed to shelter 4.8 million displaced residents, he added.
A cable repair worker was killed on Saturday, three months before Beijing hosts the summer Olympics, when hit by rocks as a moderate aftershock hit Lixian county.
President Hu lauded rescue workers for their bravery in Wenchuan, epicentre of the quake, when an aftershock struck.
In a glimmer of hope that more people could be found alive, 33 people were rescued in Beichuan, including a 69-year-old villager who had been buried for 119 hours. Troops evacuated 18 scientists trapped in a forest in nearby Mianzhu.
China is on precautionary alert against possible radiation leaks, a government website said. The country's chief nuclear weapons research lab is in Mianyang, along with several secret atomic sites, but there are no nuclear power stations.
China has sent 150,000 troops to the disaster area, but roads buckled by the quake and blocked by landslides have made it hard for supplies and rescuers to reach the worst-hit areas.
Offers of help have flooded in and foreign rescue teams from Japan, Russia, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore have arrived. Donations topped 6 billion yuan.
- REUTERS
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China death toll nears 30,000, but more survivors found
2008-05-18 19:09:45
1:19PM Sunday May 18, 2008
CHINA - Rescue workers have plucked more than 60 more survivors from the rubble following Monday's massive earthquake in southwestern China, as a strong new aftershock hit and the death toll rose to almost 30,000.
The United States Geological Survey reported a tremor of 6.1 magnitude early on Sunday centred 80km west of Guangyuan, the latest in a series of aftershocks to hit Sichuan province.
The official Xinhua news agency said there was no immediate word of additional damage or casualties in the area.
In the provincial capital, Chengdu, some 200km south of the new tremor's epicentre, buildings swayed and people rushed out into the streets, risking a soaking from a passing storm.
At least 56 people were rescued in Yingxiu, close to the epicentre of Monday's 7.9 magnitude quake, but around 11,000 people are thought to remain trapped, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Soldiers engaged in relief work "have their hands stained with blood and earth after days of searches in the debris", Xinhua added.
"I was expecting to see my son's body. I never expected to see him alive," it quoted Long Jinyu, the mother of one of the survivors found in the rubble, as saying.
Other people were found alive in Beichuan county, also hard hit by the earthquake, Xinhua said.
Thousands of people have fled in the Beichuan area amid fears a lake could burst its banks, hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more than three decades.
At least one barrier lake, formed after rocks blocked a river, has burst its banks but caused no casualties, Xinhua said.
Rescue work has been complicated by bad weather, treacherous terrain and hundreds of aftershocks.
President Hu Jintao urged emergency workers not to give up efforts to find survivors. "We should put people first and saving people's lives is still the top priority of the relief work," he said.
Hu also praised international help given to China.
"I express heartfelt thanks to the foreign governments and international friends that have contributed to our quake-relief work," Xinhua quoted Hu as saying.
Offers of help have flooded in and rescue teams from Japan, Russia, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore have arrived. Donations from home and abroad have topped 6 billion yuan ($1.1 billion).
China has said it expects the final death toll from the earthquake to exceed 50,000. About 4.8 million people have lost their homes and the days are numbered in which survivors can be found.
Premier Wen said the quake was "the biggest and most destructive" since before the Communist revolution of 1949 and the quick response had helped reduce casualties.
China has sent 150,000 troops to the disaster area, but roads buckled by the quake and blocked by landslides have made it hard for supplies and rescuers to reach the worst-hit areas.
- REUTERS
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Happy Mother's Day
2008-05-11 13:42:58
Today is Mother's Day, may all the
mothers have a happy holiday.
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商务英语生活中常用的100句
2008-03-15 18:12:43
商务英语生活中常用的100句
1 i want a package deal including airfare and hotel.
我需要一个成套服务，包括机票和住宿。
2 i’d like to change this ticket to the first class.
我想把这张票换成头等车。
3 i’d like to reserve a sleeper to chicago.
我要预订去芝加哥的卧铺。
4 i won’t check this baggage.
这件行李我不托运。
5 i’d like to sit in the front of the plane.
我要坐在飞机前部。
6 i missed my train.
我未赶上火车。
7 i haven’t nothing to declare.
我没有要申报的东西。
8 it’s all personal effects.
这些东西都是我私人用的。
9 i’ll pick up ticket at the airport counter.
我会在机场柜台拿机票。
10 i’d like two seats on today’s northwest flight 7 to detroit, please.
我想订两张今天西北航空公司7班次到底特律的机票。
11 we waited for john in the lobby of the airport.
我们在机场的大厅里等约翰。
12 i’d like to buy an excursion pass instead.
我要买一张优待票代替。
13 i’d like a refund on this ticket.
我要退这张票。
14 i’d like to have a seat by the window.
我要一个靠窗的座位。
15 you have to change at chicago station.
你必须要在芝加哥站转车。
16 we have only one a day for new york.
到纽约的一天只有一班。
17 sorry, they are already full.
抱歉，全部满了。
18 i’d like to reserve a seat to new york.
我要预订一个座位去纽约。
19 the flight number is ak708 on september 5th.
班机号码是9月5日ak708。
20 there’s a ten thirty flight in the morning.
早上10点半有班机。 21 i’m looking for my baggage。
我正在找我的行李。
22 i’d like to make a reservation
我想预订。 23 the sooner, the better.
越快越好。
24 i’d like to change my reservation.
我想变更一下我的预订。
25 i’d like to reconfirm my flight from london to tokyo.
我要再确认一下我从伦敦到东京的班机。
26 my reservation number is 2991.
我的预订号码是2991。
27 i made a reservation in tokyo.
我在东京预订的。
28 i made reservations yesterday.
我昨天预订的。
29 i want to reserve a seat from los angeles to tokyo.
我要预订一张从洛杉矶到东京的机票。
30 i always have a big wash to do on saturdays.
我星期六总是有一大堆的衣物要洗。
31 the laundry is not dry enough.
衣服还没干。
32 i put too much detergent in the washer.
我在洗衣机里放了太多的洗衣粉。
33 this stain is really stubborn.
这污垢去不掉。
34 i did three loads of wash today.
我今天洗了三次衣服。
35 the train is comfortable.
坐火车很舒服。
36 i checked my baggage in the baggage section.
我在行李房托运行李。
37 he guessed the train would come in early.
他猜想火车会很早到达。
38 the stations are always full of people。
火车站里经常挤满了人。
39 i hope you have a good trip.
祝你旅途愉快。
40 you need to transfer at central station.
你必须在中央车站换车。
41 how long are you going to stay here?
你要在这里停留多久？
42 do you have anything to declare?
你有东西要申报关税吗？
43 what’s the purpose of your visit?
你旅行的目的是什么？
44 what time does the ship leave?
船什么时间启航？
45 when will the ship leave for honolulu?
这艘船什么时候出发去檀香山？
46 could you please give me the departure time?
你能告诉我出发的时间吗？
47 do i need a reservation to go by ship?
我坐船去需要预订吗？
48 how much for a one-way ticket to shanghai?
去上海的单程票多少钱？
49 when would you like to return?
你打算什么时候回来/去？
50 do you have any tickets available for that date?
你们有那天的票吗？
51 do you have any tickets available for that date?
你们有那天的票吗？
52 how much does a round trip ticket to go there cost?
张去那边的往返票要多少钱？
53 would you take this coat to the cleaner’s?
你可以把这件外套送到洗衣店吗？
54 will you iron out the wrinkles in this skirt?
可以帮我把这件裙子烫平吗？
55 won’t you iron this shirt for me?
可以帮我烫这件衬衫吗？
56 will you bring the laundry in if it rains?
下雨时请你收一下衣服，好吗？
57 where am i supposed to pay the excess train fare?
我应该在哪里补票？
58 where can you pick up your suitcase?
你在哪里取你的手提箱呢？
59 when can you pick up your ticket?
你什么时候可拿到车票呢？
60 where is immigration?
入境处在什么地方？
61 where can i get my baggage?
我到哪里去拿我的行李呢？
62 is the departure time on schedule?
起飞时间准时吗？
63 how long will the flight be delayed?
班机诞误多长时间？
64 what’s the cause of the delay?
什么原因延误？
65 will the flight be delayed?
这班机会延误吗？
66 may i have baggage tags?
请给我行李标签好吗？
67 excuse me, what time will the plane arrive in tokyo?
对不起，请问飞机何时到达东京呢？
68 could you explain how to fill this out?
请你说明一下怎样填这张表好吗？
69 may i have a customs declaration form, please?
请给一份海关申报表好吗？
70 may i have a disembarkation card?
请给我一张离机卡好吗？
71 is this within the tax-free limit?
这个在免税限额内吗？
72 where’’s a tax-free shop?
免税店在哪儿？
73 what time should i be at the departure gate?
我在什么时间到登机门？
74 could you help me find my baggage?
请你帮我找我的行李好吗？
75 will the flight be canceled?
这班机会被取消吗？
76 would you please make my reservation to chicago for tomorrow?
请帮我预订明天去芝加哥的座位好吗？
77 do you have a flight to new york departing at about 10 a.m. next monday?
你们有下周一大约下午10点起飞到纽约的班机吗？
78 what’’s the fare to new york, economy class?
去纽约的经济舱机票多少钱？
79 where do i pick up the ticket?
我什么地方拿机票？
80 from which station does the train leave?
这列火车从哪个站开出呢?
81 can i stop over on the way?
我在中途可以停吗？
82 can i have a second-class one way ticket to chicago,please?
请给我一张去芝加哥的单程二等票好吗？
83 are there any discount tickets for me?
给我有折扣吗？
84 what time does the plane take off?
飞机何时起飞呢？
85 one way or a round trip ticket?
单程票还是双程票呢？
86 what time does the first train to boston leave?
第一班去波士顿的列车什么时间开出呢？
87 is it direct train?
这是直达车吗？
88 what platform does the train leave from?
这班车从哪个站台开出呢？
89 by what time should i check in?
我该什么时间办理登机手续呢？
90 what is th boarding time?
何时登机呢？
91 how much is the excess baggage charge?
超额行李费多少钱？
92 will this flight leave on time?
这班机准时起飞吗？
93 can i bring this on the plane?
这件我可以带上飞机吗？
94 what is the gate number?
登机门是几号？
95 are there reserved seats on the train?
车上有预订座位吗？
96 where is gate six?
6号登机门在哪儿？
97 where is the boarding gate for this flight?
这班飞机的登机门在哪儿？
98 has this seat number started boarding?
这个座位号已开始登机了吗？
99 where is the ticket office?
售票处在哪儿？100 how long is the ticket valid?
这车票有效期多久？ -
Happy Valentine's Day
2008-02-14 15:39:33
The History of Saint Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honour Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.
Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270. At that time it was the custom in Rome, a very ancient custom, indeed, to celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia, feasts in honour of a heathen god. On these occasions, amidst a variety of pagan ceremonies, the names of young women were placed in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed.
The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavoured to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February, the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration of this new feaSt. So it seems that the custom of young men choosing maidens for valentines, or saints as patrons for the coming year, arose in this way.
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Merry Christmas
2007-12-23 21:56:04
Merry Christmas to all my friends!
Best wishes!
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常见计算机英语词汇
2007-11-11 19:37:06
常见计算机英语词汇解释
library 库,程序库
linkage 连接
to load 装入,寄存,写入,加载
location 存储单元
logger 登记器,记录器
loop 循环
machine language 机器语言
magnetic storage 磁存储器
magnetic tape 磁带
matrix 矩阵
memory 存储器
message 信息,报文
microcomputer 微型计算机
module 组件,模块
monitor 监视器,监督程序,管程
nanosecond 毫微秒
network 网络,网
numeric, numerical 数字的,数值的
octet 八位位组,八位字节
operator 操作员
optical character reader 光符阅读机
optical scanner 光扫描器
output 输出
overflow 溢出,上溢
panel 平板
parameter 参数,参量
perforator 穿孔机
peripheral equipment 外围设备,外部设备
personal computer 个人计算机
printed circuit 印制电路
printer 打印机
printout 打印输出
to process 处理
processing unit 处理部件
program 程序
to program 程序编制
programmer 程序设计员
programming 程序设计,程序编制
pulse 脉冲
punch 穿孔
to punch 穿孔
punched card, punch card 穿孔卡片
punched tape, punch tape 穿孔纸带
punch hole 孔,穿孔
random access 随机存取
to read 读
reader 阅读程序
reading 阅读
real time 实时
record, register 记录
redundancy 冗余
routine 例行程序
selector 选择器,选择符
sentinel 标记
sequence 序列,顺序
sequential 顺序的
serial 串行的.连续的
shift 移位,移数
signal 信号
simulation 模拟
simulator 模拟器,模拟程序
software 软件,软设备
sort 分类,排序
sorter 分类人员,分类机,分类程序,排序程序
storage 存储器
to store 存储
subroutine, subprogram 子程序
switch 开关
symbol 符号
symbolic language 符号语言
system 系统
tabulator 制表机
teleprinter 电传打字机
terminal 终端
terminal unit 终端设备
timer 时钟,精密计时器
time sharing 分时
timing 定时
track 磁道
transducer 传感器,翻译机
translator 翻译程序,翻译器
to update 更新
Winchester disk drive 温彻斯特磁盘机,硬盘机
working storage 工作存储器
常见的重要电脑英语及其缩写
PC：Personal Computer，个人计算机、个人电脑，又称微型计算机或微机。NC: Network Computer，网络计算机。
MPC: Multimedia Personal Computer，多媒体个人电脑。
MMX: 是MultiMedia eXtensions(多媒体扩展)的缩写，是第六代CPU芯片的重要特点。MMX技术是在CPU中加入了特地为视频信号(Video Signal)，音频信号(Audio Signal)以及图像处理(Graphical Manipulation)而设计的57条指令，因此，MMX CPU极大地提高了电脑的多媒体(如立体声、视频、三维动画等)处理功能。
Intel Pentium 166MHz MMXTM: Intel Pentium是英特尔(Intel)公司生产的“奔腾”CPU。意为“Registered”(注册商标)。166MHz指CPU时钟频率，MHz即Mega Hertz的缩写。MMXTM中的TM是“Trade Mark”的简写，意为“注册商标”。
OOP: Object Oriented Programming,面向对象的程序设计。所谓“对象”就是一个或一组数据以及处理这些数据的方法和过程的集合。面向对象的程序设计完全不同于传统的面向过程程序设计，它大大地降低了软件开发的难度，使编程就像搭积木一样简单，是当今电脑编程的一股势不可挡的潮流。
28VGA: 28是指彩色显示器上的黄光网点间距(点距)，点距越小的显示器，图像就越细腻、越好，这是因为彩色屏幕上的每个像点都是由一组红、绿、蓝光汇聚而成的，由于在技术上三束光还不能100％地汇聚在一点上，因此会产生一种黄光网点的间隔，这种间隔越小，屏幕上显示的图像越清晰。VGA是Video Graphics Array(视频图形阵列)的缩写。
FAT：Allocation Table,文件分配表，它的作用是记录硬盘中有关文件如何被分散存储在不同扇区的信息。
EPA：Environmental Protection Agency的简称，美国环境保护署。EPA于1992年宣布了“能源之星”(Energy Star)计划，并得到了国际社会的积极响应。只要启动电脑，过不了几秒钟就能见到屏幕上出现“能源之星”的标志。能源之星的目标是当电脑系统的各个部件不活动时自动进入低功耗状态，当部件的能动性恢复(即当键盘、鼠标等被使用)时，电脑系统自动回到完全清醒的状态。对于符合能源之星规范的产品，EPA将发给能源之星标志“EPA POLLUTION PREVENTER”，意为“美国环境保护署认可的防污染的节能产品”。
IC卡：Intelligent Card,智能卡。
ATX：一种新的电脑机箱、主板、电源的结构规范。
IDE：集成电路设备或智能磁盘设备。
DLL：Dynamic Link Library,动态链接库。
KB：Kilo Byte，KB表示千字节。K=Kilo，构词成分，表示“千；千米；公斤；公里”。B=Byte，意为“字节”，是电脑中最小存贮单位(一个字节可以存贮一个英文字母，每两个字节可以存放一个汉字)。
MB：Mega Byte，MB表示兆字节。M=Mega，构词成分，表示“兆；百万”。
GB：Giga Byte,GB表示千兆字节。G=Giga，构词成分，表示千兆；十亿”。
CAI：Computer－Asisted Instruction或Computer－Aided Instruction,计算机辅助教学。它将是二十一世纪最重要、最受欢迎的教学手段。
CAD：Computer－Aided Design，计算机辅助设计。
ISO：International Standard Organization,国际标准化组织。ISO于1987年推出有关质量管理和质量保证的ISO 9000系列国际标准，于1994年又发布了经过修订的标准。其中，构成ISO 9000系列标准的主要标准分别是：1.ISO 9000－1:1994《质量管理和质量保证标准—第一部分：选择和使用指南》。2.ISO 9001:1994《质量体系—设计、开发、生产、安装和服务的质量保证模式》。3.ISO 9002:1994《质量体系—最终检验和试验的质量保证模式》。
3DS或3D Studio: Three Dimension Studio,三维摄影室。是美国Autodesk公司推出的一套多功能三维动画软件，集实体造型、静态着色和动画创作于一体，极大地普及了三维造型技术。它能够与AutoCAD进行图形信息交换，利用扫描仪输入图形，通过VGA与电视转换接口将动画输出至电视或录像带。
VR：Virtual Reality，虚拟现实，又称投入3D，由空军模拟飞行装置演变而来，基本上是利用左、右视觉空间交替变换显示图像的原理产生立体效果，实际上已超出图像处理的范畴，是综合光、声、图像的计算机生成环境，人们能够像在实际生活中那样对虚拟环境中的对象进行交互式操作，虚拟现实应用前景极为广阔。
OCR：Optical Character Recognition(光学字符识别)的缩写，是指将文字材料通过扫描仪输入作为计算机图像文件，通过软件识别为中文或英文内码，然后进行文字处理。由于手写体的随意性太大，目前OCR主要限于印刷文字的识别。目前代表中文OCR识别准确率最高水平的是清华文通公司出品的TH－OCR NT for Windows。
SCSI：Small Computer System Interface,小型计算机系统接口，它是为解决众多的外部设备与计算机之间的连接问题而出现的。
OEM：Original Equipment Manufacturer,原始设备制造商。
Microsoft OEM: 微软OEM产品。它是指预安装在微机上的软件操作系统，包括Windows98、Windows NT、WorkStation、Windows3.X、MS－DOS。
MIS：Management Information System,管理信息系统。它广泛地应用于各行各业，国内最有名的管理信息系统有“王特MIS”、“雅奇MIS”、“Quick MIS”。
PNP：Plug and Play，即插即用，它是Window98的一个重要技术特性。所谓即插即用是指将符合PNP标准的PC插卡等外围设备安装到电脑时，操作系统自动设定系统结构的技术。这就是说，当用户安装新的硬件时，不必再设置任何跳线器开关，也不必用软件配置中断请求(IRQ)、内存地址或直接存储器存取(DMA)通道，Windows98会向应用程序通知硬件设备的新变化，并会自动协调IRQ、内存地址和DMA通道之间的冲突。
OLE：Object Linking and Embedding,对象连接与嵌入，简称OLE技术。OLE不仅是桌面应用程序集成，而且还定义和实现了一种允许应用程序作为软件“对象”(数据集合和操作数据的函数)彼此进行“连接”的机制，这种连接机制和协议称为部件对象模型(Component Object Model),简称COM。OLE可以用来创建复合文档，复合文档包含了创建于不同源应用程序，有着不同类型的数据，因此它可以把文字、声音、图像、表格等组合在一起。
MIDI：Musical Instrument Digital Interface,乐器数字接口。它是多媒体的基本术语之一，MIDI文件是用电子乐器如：电子琴、吉它、萨克斯等演奏并录制下来的，它能在大多数的多媒体计算机声音卡上播放，即使不去创建自己的MIDI文件，也可以使用现有的MIDI文件，作为多媒体演示的背景音乐。MIDI文件储存的只是对声音的描述，依靠声音卡的合成器(FM或者波形表)来产生人们想听的真实声音。
MPEG：是Motion Picture Experts Group的缩写，意即“运动图像专家组”，它是多媒体计算机中的一种活动图像及其伴音的压缩编码标准，即人们通常所说的MPEG标准。它包括三部分：MPEG音频、MPEG视频、和MPEG系统。
电脑游戏术语集锦
电脑游戏发展至今日，已有数十年之历史。业已形成自己的一套术语系统。我们将一些常用游戏术语做一系统整理，并附英汉对照。以方便玩家查阅：#
3D Accelerator：3D加速器。一种专门提升PC的3D运算功能硬件，但其不能提升计算机整体的显示效果。A
ACT （Action Game）：动作类游戏。这类游戏提供玩者一个训练手眼协调及反应力的环境及功能，通常要求玩者所控制的主角（人或物）根据周遭情况变化做出一定的动作，如移动、跳跃、攻击、躲避、防守等，来达到游戏所要求的目标。此类游戏讲究逼真的形体动作、火爆的打斗效果、良好的操作手感及复杂的攻击组合等等。AI （Artificial Intelligence）：人工智能。就是指计算机模仿真实世界的行为方式与人类思维与游戏的方式的运算能力。那是一整套极为复杂的运算系统与运算规则。
Alpha： Alpha测试。就是指在游戏制作者控制的环境下进行的游戏测试工作，所以一般来说a测试是在公司内部进行的。
AVG （Adventure Game）：冒险类游戏。这类游戏在一固定的剧情或故事下，提供玩者一个可解谜的环境及场景，玩者必须随着故事的安排进行解谜。游戏的目的是借游戏主角在故事中所冒险积累的经验来解开制作者所设定的谜题或疑点。通常这类游戏常被用来设计成侦探类型的解谜游戏。
B
Beta：Beta测试。就是指不在制作者控制的环境下进行的游戏测试工作，所以一般来说Beta测试则是交由选定的测试者单独来进行测试。Boss：大头目，也称“老板”。在游戏中出现的较为巨大有力与难缠的敌方对手。一般这类敌人在整个游戏过程中只会出现一次，而常出现在关底，而不像小怪物在游戏中可以重复登场。
Bug：程序漏洞，俗称“臭虫”。指那些因游戏设计者与测试者的疏漏而剩留在游戏中的程序错误，严重的话将影响整个作品的质量。
C
Cheat：游戏秘技。游戏设计者暗藏在作品中的特殊技巧，使用后可带给玩者特殊的能力与效果。最先是程序者为快速测试作品而设计的内部秘技，现在几乎已是每个游戏均有秘技。Clock Speed： 游戏执行速度。即游戏在计算机中被运行的速度，常以Megahertz（MHz）计量。
Code：密码。1）同Cheat条；2）同Source Code条。
D
Doom-like： 三维射击类游戏。即第一人称射击类游戏。游戏画面即为玩者的视野范围。现在此类游戏多称作Quake-like。E
E3（Electronic Entertainment Expo）：美国E3大展。 当前世界上最为盛大的电脑游戏与电视游戏的商贸展示会，基本于每年五月举行。Easter Egg：复活节彩蛋。 程序中隐藏着的一段意外的内容，常为制作者设计的搞笑内容，经常是关于制作者自己的介绍与调侃。
ECTS（European Computer Trade Show）：欧洲计算机商贸展示会。被称为欧洲的E3大展，每年三月和九月于伦敦举行。
Electronic Game：电子游戏。即电脑游戏、电视游戏以及街机和手掌型游戏机的总称。
Engine：游戏引擎。 即一套游戏的主程序。
Experience Point：经验点数。常出现在角色扮演游戏中，以数值计量人物的成长，经验点数达到一定数值后常常会升级，这时人物就会变得更强大。
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FTG（Fighting Game）：格斗类游戏。从动作类游戏脱胎分化出来，就是指两个角色一对一决斗的游戏形式。现在此类游戏又分化出2D格斗类游戏与3D格斗类游戏。First Person：第一人称视角。就是指屏幕上不直接出现主角，而是表现为主角的视野范围。
Flight Sim：飞行模拟类游戏。是模拟类游戏下的一个门类，让玩家感受到操纵飞机以及飞翔于蓝天上的乐趣。
FMV （Full-motion Video）：全动态影像。即游戏的片头、过场和片尾的动态画面。
Forward Scrolling：向前卷轴。即背景不断向玩者趋近的卷轴模式，常出现在第一人称射击或模拟类游戏。
Frame：帧，镜头。即显示画面的动态计量单位。
FPS（Frames Per Second）：每秒显示帧数。美国的标准NTSC的电视节目的每秒显示帧数为30。不少电脑游戏的显示帧数都超过了这个数字。
Free Guy：额外的命。在游戏中，你有可能会获得的额外的命，比如收集一定数量的某种宝物。
G
Game Over：游戏结束。这是游戏中最常见的话语，通常是表示游戏者失败，而不是通关爆机。Gameplay：游戏可玩性。即游戏的玩法，是决定一个游戏有多好玩的重要因素。
Genre：游戏类型。即为不同游戏玩法的游戏作一归类，比如角色扮演类、冒险类、动作类、模拟类等。
GPU （Graphics Processing Unit）： 图形处理器。辅助CPU处理图形运算。
Graphics Accelerator：图形加速器。专门的提升显示速度和效果的硬件。
Graphic Adventure：图形冒险类游戏。是冒险类游戏下的一个门类， 相对与文字冒险类游戏。
GUI（Graphical User Interface）：图形用户界面。 即计算机与用户的交互界面。
H
Hidden Level：隐藏关卡。指游戏中隐藏的部分，自行发现。即不玩到这部分也能够通关，但玩到后可能会使清洁起变化。High-Res：高解析度。 即精细的画面显示模式，但游戏的运行速度可能会因此有所下降。
Hint：攻略提示。简单的攻关提示，帮助玩家解决游戏中出现的特别棘手的难题。
HP（Hit Point）：生命力。即人物或作战单位的生命数值。一般HP为0即表示死亡，甚至Game Over。
HUD（Heads Up Display）：飞行仪表盘。飞行模拟游戏中的常见词，常提供玩家诸如弹药状况、速度、目标跟踪等作战信息。
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Interactive Movie：交互式电影。即结合游戏要素与电影要素的一类计算机互动作品，常常包含大量的FMV（全动态影像）。Interface：游戏界面。即玩者操作游戏的方式。它决定游戏的上手难度与可玩性。
J
Joypad：游戏手柄。模拟电视游戏的手柄，通常外接在声卡上。Joystick：游戏操纵杆。常用来玩飞行、赛车等模拟类游戏的外接操纵杆。
L
Level：关卡。即游戏一个连续的完整的舞台、场景。有时也称作Stage。Low-Res：低解析度。即粗糙的画面显示模式，但运行速度可稍微提高。
M
Motion Capture：动态捕捉。将物体在3D环境中运动的过程数字化的过程。Motion Tracker：动作跟踪器。动态捕捉时使用到的设备。
Moves：出招。即格斗游戏中人物的出招技巧。
MP（Magic Point）：魔法力。即人物的魔法数值，一旦使用完即不能再使用魔法招式。
MUD（Multi-user Dungeon）：多用户地牢，俗称“泥巴”。在互联网络上的一种允许多人参与的实时游戏，一般类似RPG的玩法，但目前多为文字模式。
Multimedia：多媒体。主要指融合多种表现手法的电脑作品。比如FMV（全动态影像），电脑游戏、交互作品等。
N
Network Games：网络游戏。指容许多人通过某种网络协议连线后便能进行集体游戏的游戏种类。NPC（Non Player Character）：非玩者人物。在角色扮演游戏中，玩者会在游戏过程中遭逢到的所有不受控制的人物。这些人物或会提示重要情报线索，或是无关紧要的人物。
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Password：过关密码。在游戏一开始处输入后便能直接进入后面的关卡。Pirate：盗版游戏。即国内到处泛滥令游戏制作公司头痛不已的盗版游戏。
Pixel：像素。屏幕显示的最小基本单位。
Platformer：游戏平台。游戏运行的平台，包括Win95、DOS或者UNIX等。
Player Killing：玩者杀手。指在MUD中，专以攻击玩者人物，而不是非玩者人物的一类玩家。
Polygon：多角形。运用在2D屏幕中表现3D环境的多角形单位。
Prototype：原型制作。游戏作品的原型制作也就是指以最快的速度制作出游戏的原型，一个可以执行的程序原型。从这些基础程序与基础图形，制作者可以看到从电脑中表现出来的与原来设想的有多大差距，经过调整磨合后就进入了正式动工了。
Puzzle：谜题。在冒险类游戏中，考验玩者智力的谜题。
PZL（Puzzle Game）：解谜类游戏。一类专以不断解谜为主要内容的游戏种类。
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Quake-like：三维射击类游戏。即第一人称射击类游戏。见Doom-like条。R
Round：回合。格斗类游戏中的一个较量的回合。RPG（Role Playing Game）：角色扮演类游戏。这类游戏提供玩者一个可供冒险的世界（Fantasy World）或者一个反映真实的世界（Real World），这世界包含了各种角色、建筑、商店、迷宫及各种险峻的地形。玩者所扮演的主角便在这世界中通过旅行、交谈、交易、打斗、成长、探险及解谜来揭开一系列的故事情节线索，最终走向胜利的彼岸。玩者依靠自身的胆识、智慧和机敏获得一次又一次的成功，使自己扮演的主角不断发展壮大，从而得到巨大的精神满足。
RTS（Realtime Strategy Game）： 即时战略类游戏。对应回合制战略游戏，一切都是实时发生，要求玩者具备较好的敏捷与宏观指挥能力。
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Scaling：缩放比例。有些游戏提供画面的缩放比例的调整。Second Person：第二人称视角。即追尾视角，紧随游戏主角的背影。
Shareware Software：共享软件作品。
Side-Scrolling：横向卷轴。即游戏画面的前景与背景从左向右移动的卷轴模式，常用于2D射击游戏中。
SLG（Simulation Game）：模拟类游戏。这类游戏提供玩者一个可以做逻辑思考及策略、战略运用的环境，且让玩者有自由支配、管理或统御游戏中的人、事物。
IBM笔试英文词汇集合
reversed，颠倒的，翻转的
clockwise，顺时针
counterclockwise，逆时针
exchange ,交换
catercorner,对角线
diagonal,对角线
perimeter,周长
rectangle,长方形, 矩形
square, 正方形
volume, 体积
remainder,余数
prime,质数
odd,奇数
even,偶数
periphery,外围MyJandy补充的：
diameter 直径
radius 半径
fraction 分数
subtract 减法
cube 立方
dimension 维，尺寸，度 -
最搞笑的英语短信 Funniest Text Msgs.
2007-09-14 21:53:44
最搞笑的英语短信 Funniest Text Msgs.
● Good looks catch the eyes but Good Personality catches the heart. You are blessed with both! FLATTERED?
Don’t Be! It was sent to me. I just wanted you to read it.
漂亮的脸蛋能吸引眼球但是好的人品能吸引人心。你很幸运的同时拥有这两方面！被恭维了？
少来了！这个短消息是送给我的。我只不过想让你看看罢了。
● Good morning...... Have u done two of the most important things when you wake up today?
1) Pray-so that u may live...2)Take a bath-so that others may live too!
早上好...你今早醒来的时候有没有做这两件最重要的事呢？
1）祈祷- 好让你可以活下去..2）洗澡-好让别人也可以活下去！
● Can u pronounce good English? Read along: woof, roof, loof, shoof, shoof, woof, loof, poof, woof, woof, hoof, loof, roof, shoof,
Test results: U r a good dog. Now stop barking.
你的英语发音很标准？读下去： woof, roof, loof, shoof, shoof, woof, loof, poof, woof, woof, hoof, loof, roof, shoof,
测试结果：你是一条好狗。现在可以停下别叫了。
● If u hide, I’ll seek 4 u. If u r lost, I’ll search 4 you. If u’ll leave, I’ll wait 4 u. If days take u away
But, if u stop sending msgs, I’ll kill you.
如果你躲起来，我会去找你。如果你不见了，我会寻觅你。如果你离开了，我会等你。如果日子会把你带走，我会为你战斗。
但是，如果你停止发短信息，我会宰了你。
● Once god came up 2 me & granted me a wish. I asked 4 world peace. That’s impossible, he said.
Then I asked him 2 give u brains. He said: “Let me try world peace”.
有一次上帝来到我面前答应了我一个愿望。我说我要世界和平。“那是不可能的”他说。
然后我请让你变聪明。他说：“你还是让我试试让世界和平吧。”
● 1 day u’ll B surprised
U & Me holding on, U & Me...just U & Me sitting in a MENTAL & ME CHECKING U.
一天你会很惊讶的发现我出现在你身边。你我一起欢笑，一起哭泣，一起梦想，依偎在一起，一起...
只不过是你我一起坐在精神病院里并且我在检查你。
● This msg. will refresh your brain in 5 seconds. 5...4...3...2...1...
>Error: No Brain Detected!!!
这条消息将会让你的头脑清醒5秒。5..4..3..2..1..
>错误提示：未侦测到大脑！！！ -
客户交谈英语
2007-07-07 23:34:48
1． 1见面
1）Excuse me, but are you Mr. Clinton?
请问你是克林顿先生吗？
问话前加入Excuse me 以示礼貌.
在Excuse me t I’m sorry 之后加上but 是很常用的,可将其作用理解为缓冲与衔接.
2）Yes, I’m Duane Clinton from los angeles.
对,我是杜恩`克林顿,从洛杉机来.
3）How do you, do, Mr.Clinton?
克林顿先生,您好.
How do you do?你好.
How do you do?是初次见面时颇为传统与正式的说法,英国人较多使用.
因为How do you do?含义是”幸会,幸会”,所以对方说”How do you do？”时,只能以”How do you do？”作为回应,不能说”fine, thank you.”.
随意的场合应避免使用过于客套或正式的说法.在情形允许的情况下,可选择简洁与轻松的用语.例如：Hi, Ruth.Ruth.,你好.
4)Let me do the interpretation for you.
让我帮你翻译.
口译interpreataion; 笔译用translation.
5）It’s an honor(for me)to meet you.
很荣幸认识你.
An honor for me, indeed.我才是很荣幸呢.（此处的me不妨重读）.
（I’m）pleased to meet you （很高兴认识你）.
（I’m）delighted to meet you.
（I’m）glad to meet you.
（I’m）great to meet you.
（I’m）nice to meet you.
一见面时用不定式,而会面结束时则用现在分词或不定式的完成时：Nice meeting you/
Nice to have met you.认识了你真好.
Nice to meet you, Glad to meet you, Pleased to meet you广泛适用于各种场合下的初次见面.
如果对方说Pleased to meet you.对这句话回应Me,too. 也可以,是十分安全和礼貌的.
6)We warmly welcome you here.
忠心欢迎您的到来.
7)Thank you so much.
非常感谢.
此处的So不防重读.
此句中的”到来”不必译为your coming here或 your arrival.意思明确时,简洁为佳.
8)We’ve long looked forward to meeting you.
我们早已期待与您会面.
此处的”to”为介词,介词必须带宾语,所以其后为名词,代词或动名词.此例为动名词meeting.使用名词的例子：
I’m looking forward to the press conference.(我期待着新闻发布会.)
Your passport,please.
请出示你的护照.
9)Could you please show me your passport?
不要忘记加上please,否则就太粗鲁.
10)May I take a look at the content of your suitcase?
能检查一下您提的箱里的东西吗？
Content作名词时,意思是”内容”；作形容词意思是”满足的”.例如：
He is content with his present life.(他对自己的生活现状很满意.)
11)How was the journey?
一路上好吗？
Pretty good, thank you.（不错,谢谢.）
Did you have a nice journey?
pretty作副词时,意思是”还算,”“可以吧”,与fairly, moderately同义.
Journey较多用于长时间,长距离：
the great journey through life 漫漫人生路.
Trip 较通用
Travel可用作不可数名词；作可数名词时为复数形式,不可以说a travel.
Tour 常指一连串的目的地
Flight 飞行旅途
Voyage乘船旅途
Excursion 指结伴作短途旅行
12)Long time no see.
很久没见到你了.
Yeah, we’ve missed you a lot.（对阿,我们非常想你啊.）
I haven’t seen you for quite some time.
It’s been a long time since we net last.
Long tmei no see 这一说法为美国人所惯用,其超乎常规的简洁源自美国人固有的活泼.
13)Great to see you again.
又见到你了.
14)How’ve you been?
别来无恙？
Fine, thanks. And you ?(很好,谢谢.你怎么样？)
How’ve you been doing?
How’ve you been? 与how are you？同义,但前者侧重询问对方自上次见面或联络之后的情况,面蝗者则泛指一般情况或专指见面当时的情况.例如：
How’ve you been lately?(近来怎样啊？)
How are you today?(今天怎么样啊？)
与How are you 相同的说法有：How are you doing?
Real 在口语中可做副词,相当于really.
15)Do you speak Chinese?
你会说中文吗？
这里的do you 最好不要换成can you,因为Do you 并不暗含说话者的要求,也不假设对方是否会或是否愿意.
16)What’s it in English?
这用英文怎么讲?
What’s the English for this?
How do you say it in English?
What do you call it in English?
17)It’s nice and warm here.
这里天气很暖和.
Isn’t it? ( 就是.)
说什么东西好时,在直接表达意思的形容词前边加上nice and,可以增强哲学与满意的语气,而琅琅上口.
18)I seem to have met you somewhere before.
好像在哪儿见过你.
如果是讲述发生的过去的事情,seem后面的不定式应该用完成形态.
可以用it来做形式主语,再把主语从句放到seem的后面.这句话可能表达为：It seems that I have met you somewhere before.
Seem 后面可以直接带表语.例如：
It seems ok.(看来可以).
19)I’d like you to meet her.
我想介绍你认识她.
Let me introduce you to her.
表达”第一次见面认识”,应该用meet,不能主”nice to know you.”.如果用know来表达,就应该在know的前边加上come to, 例如：
I came to know him ten years ago. (我十年前认识他.)
20)Allow me to introduce…
请允许我介绍一下……
I’d like to introduce to you…
I wish to introduce to you…
21)What about introducing everybody first?
先介绍一下大家吧.
What about之后加动名词或名词是一种方便的用法,表示征询对方的意见：What about a cup of tea?喝杯茶,如何？同时,它也可以表示该怎么处理：What about the delays in delivery?交付延迟该怎么办？
How about 的意思和用法与 What about 相同.
介词永远要带宾语,而宾语必须是名词民生质的,因此句中的介词about的后面带动名词.
22)This is Mr.Qian, supervisor of the Customer servive Department.
这是钱先生客户服务部主管.
句中的Mr.Qian 和supervisor of the customer service deparment是同位语.使用同位语可以使说话简洁.如果这句话不用同位语,就可能会说成”This is…He is…”,岂不累赘？
Supervisor 主管,监管人
23)Do you know him?
你认不认识他？
24)Did you ever meet him before?
你以前见过他吗？
No, never.(不,我从未见过他.)
Yes, I did. (见过.)
25)Could I have your name, please?
你叫什么名字？
如果说成”What’s your name?,就太没礼貌了.
26)How shall I address you?
怎样称呼您？
Just call me Adam.(就叫我Adam吧.)
What would you like me to call you?
Address为正式用词；call较为随意.
用address时,应how作提问；用call时,应以what作提问.因为call可同时带有直接宾语与间接宾语,而address则不能.How在疑问句中做状语；what在疑问句做间接宾语.参看它们在非疑问句中使用的例子：
I address her as Miss wang.(我称呼她”王小姐”.)
“as Miss wang”在句中做状语.
She calls him Tommy.(她叫他”汤米”.)
“Tommy”在句做直接宾语.
27)Could you speak a bit more slowly? I don’t quite catch you.
能否讲慢一点点？我不大听得明白.
28)Are you working to speak slowly?
你是刻意讲这么慢吗？
Are you deliberately speaking slowly?
Work to do sth: 刻意做某事
Deliberately 刻意地
29)This is my name card.
这是我的名片.
名片: name / business card.
30)I’m in charge here.
我是这里的负责人.
31)Is this your family name or your given name?
这是您的姓,还是您的名？
姓：family name, surname, last name
名：given name, first name
决不可直呼对方的姓,应在姓之前加上Mr.,Mrs.(已婚女子),Miss.(未婚女子),Ms.(婚否未知的女子,)或职称,如：Professor Russell罗素教授
熟悉,亲近或随意的关系中可直呼对方的名,如：
Hi, Tom. (汤姆,你好.)
32)How do you spell your name?
你的姓名怎样写？
主动式与被动式可表达同样的意思,但被动式由于模糊了执行者而显得更为客观,例如：
How do you cook this dish?(这怎么做这道菜？)
How shall I pronounce this?(我怎样读这个呢？)
However you like. (随你便啦.)
33)I beg your pardon? Could you please repeat that?
抱歉,能重复一下吗？
Would you mind saying that again?
未听清楚对方时,可说”I beg your pardon? “,”Pardon?” ,”Excuse me?”, “I’m sorry?” ,”Sorry?”用升调.
在请对方做事时,可用下例几类说法(按委婉程度由低至高排列)：
A. Can you…?
Will you….?
Will you please..?
B. Could you….?
Would you…?
C. Could you please…?
Would you please…?
D. I wonder if you could…
I was wondering you could…
I wonder if you would…
I was wondering if you would…
此外亦可用Would you mind…?(后接动名词)
34)This way, please.
请这边走.
Which way?(走哪一边？)
35)Please follow me.
请跟我来.
36)come on in ,please.
请进来吧.
这里的on 和in都是副词,on是继续,in是进入.
37)please take a seat.
请坐.
Please be seated.
Please sit down.
Seat可以做名词和及物动词.
38)Would you like something to drink?
要不要喝点什么？
不定式可以具有名词,形容词或副词性质,因此可以相应地作主语/宾语,定语或状语.不定式to drink在这句话里是作后置定语,修饰something.
39)We’ve heard a lot about you.
久仰,久仰.
We’ve long cherished a deep respect for you.
40)May I help you with the luggage?
我帮你拿行李吧.
41)Allow me.
让我来吧.
42)I have nothing but some personal belongings.
我只带了一些个人用品.
个人用品：personal belongings / personal effects
43)I need a favor from you .
我需要您帮一个忙.
What is it ?(什么事？)
Yes?
44)At your service.
愿为您效劳.
That’s very kind of you.(你真好.)
You’re very kind.
Thanks you.(谢谢)
My pleasure.
With pleasure.
I’m more than wiling to be of any help to you.
45)Where are you from?
您从哪里来？
Where do you come from?
如果加上副词originally,就是指原籍,祖籍.例如：
I’m originally from Guangzhou.(我的故乡是广州.)
46) Could you let us know more about you?
能否让我们多了解一下你?
Would you tell us more about yourself?
47) What do you want to know about me?
你想了解我什么？
48) There isn’t much to say about me.
关于我没有多少可讲的.
意思为”关于”的其它词或词组有：concerning, as to ,regarding,和with regard to 等等,其中with regard to 应避免用于口语中,否则会因为过于老派和累赘而显得做作.
49) Might I know about your job title?
能问一下您的职务吗？
Job title:职务,职位名称,如：accountant, CEO, teacher, administrative assistant, manager等.
Job function:从事的职业,如：accounting, education, administration, human resources,等.
用虚拟形式的情态助动词比用其原形多一些礼貌.
50)I’m the deputy general manager of the Intertrans Ltd
我是Intertrans.公司的副总经理.
Deputy是指整个机构或企业的”二把手”.若是子部门的副职则用assistant,如：assistant manager 副经理.
董事长chairman/chairperson, 总裁president,总经理general manager/chief executive officer(CEO),总监director, 助理assistant,文员clerk,技师technician,销售员salesman/salesperson/sales representative,采购员purchaser,采购员及销售员merchadiser.
51)We admire your expertise.
我们很仰慕你的专业水平.
Expertise 专家的特别知识和技术
52) Is this your fires visit to China?
这是您第一次来中国吗？
Is this the first time you’ve ever been to China?
53)Are the entry formalities done?
入境手续办好了没有？
Formality 手续,客套
We exchanged a few formalities.(我们客套了一套.)
54)Far from that.
哪里,哪里
Not quite.
That’s a bit of an exaggeration,
当然不要太谦虚,便与事实相符时,说一说这样的话也无妨.
55)It’s not worth mentioning.
不值一提.
“值得做”是Be worth doing.注意要用动名词,不能使用不定式.
56)Thank you for your compliment.
谢谢你的夸奖.
I’m so much flattered.(你太过奖啦.)
加上So much自然显得大方真诚又活泼.
Compliment赞美
57)please register with the front-desk clerk.
请到前台工作人员那里登记.
Register登记,注册.
58)We are so glad to host your visit.
我很乐意接待你们的来访.
Host主持,操办,可作动词也可作名词,作名词时是指主持人,东家.
59)We’ve reserved for you a single room at the Garden hotel.
我们在花园酒店为您订好了一个单人房间.
Reserve 保留,预定
Single单人,唯一,未婚
60)It’s been most thoughtful of you.
你想得真周到.
Thoughtful体贴的,沉思的.
61)Thank you for everything you’ve done for me.
麻烦你了.
Sorry to have troubled you so much.
62)I have no idea either, but I will ask people about it.
我也不知道,不过我会问问别人.
63)thank you in advance.
先谢谢你了.
In advance 事先
In advance of 在……之前(ahead of)
64)What else can I do for you?
还有其它什么事情需要我为你效劳？
65)If there’s anything I can do for you, don’t hesitate to let me know.
如果有什么地方能为您效劳,尽管告诉我.
Hesitate犹豫.
66)I’m afraid I have to trouble you again.
恐怕又得麻烦你.
在不需要过分表现自己的果断的时候,不妨多使I’m afraid…,这更多的时候表现的是自己的信心和修养.
67)No trouble at all.
一点也不麻烦.
At all可以用在否定句,疑问句,和由if/whether 引导的从句里,例如：
Do you want it at all?(究竟你想不想要？)
I’m not sure if I understand it at all.(我不知道我到底懂还是不懂.)
68)Don’t bother to do that.
不用麻烦啦.
Bother打扰,费劲.可以作及物和不及物动词：
I’ve bothered you so much.（我已经麻烦你这么多了.）
69)thank you.
谢谢你.
Thank you so much.
Tanks you very much.
Many thanks.
Thanks.
That’s very kind of you.
I really appreciate it .
Thanks用在熟人之间的小事上；相比之下,thanks you更正式,更礼貌.
如果对方说thanks you ,可以同样用thanks you,来回答,并且重讯you,意思就是用”应该我谢谢你才对”.
70)Don’t mention it.
不用谢.
You’re very welcome.
Not at all.
Mention提起.
71)That’s what I’m here for.
这是我应该做的.
72)Hope you’ll have a nice stay here.
希望你在这里过得愉快.
1． 2行程安排
1)May I propose an itinerary?
我建议一下行程,如何？
itinerary旅行计划,旅行路线.
2)please gather in the lobby at 2:30 pm.
请于下午2：30在前厅集合.
3）so, see you then.
那就到时见
Till then
4)Due to the forecast typhoon, the scheduled visit on Tuesday is put off for one day.
星期二参观活动由于预报的台风而推迟一天.
有关天气描述：
a) 阴晴——sunny 阳光充足,clear 晴朗,rainy 有雨,overcast 阴,cloudy 多云,misty 有雾
b) 冷暖——hot 炎热,warm 温暖,mild适中,cool清凉,cold 冷,chilly寒冷,freezing 极冷
c) 湿度——wet 湿漉漉,damp 潮湿（物品）,humid潮湿(空气),moist 微湿,dry干燥
d) 风力——breeze 微风,light wind, moderate wind, strong wind,storn暴风雨,typhoon台风,gale超强风,tornado 龙卷风,cyclone 飓风
e) 下雨——drizzle 毛毛雨,light rain, shower 阵雨,heavy rain, downour 倾盆大雨
put off等于postpone
forecast 的原形,过去式,过去分词的形式是相同的,它在本句中是过去分词,作为ty-phoon的定语.及物动词的过去分词作定语时,表示被修饰者是这一动作的接受者,此例中forecast typhoon 等于the typhoon that is forecast.
5）First of all, we’ll visit …and then…after that …finally…
我们首先参观……然后……之后……最后……
6）We’ll take the superhighway.
我们走高速路
高速公路：美国人用superhighway,英国人用expressway
7）You’ll be accompanied by her.
由他陪同你
accompany 陪伴
8) He wants to talk to you in person.
他想与您面谈
in person 面对面地,亲自
9)He will be paying a courtesy call on you
他要礼节性的拜访您
coutest 礼节,礼貌
will be doing是将来进行时,它比一般将来时will do 更强调的是动作的确定性、必然性.
10）where is it located?
它的地点在哪里？
Where is it ?
有关地点的描述：
a) 近：near, nearby adjacent, in the vicinity, close
b) 远：far, distant, remote
near 可作定语,也可以作状语,可以指时间,也可以指空间,可以作形容词,副词,动词；nearby只能指空间,不能指时间,而且只能作定语,如果作状语,可用near by;
adjacent 可以指邻近,也可以指相连；vicinity是名词,是一个很正式的词.
11）Have you ever been there before?
你以前到过这里吗？
Have been there与have gone there的区别是：前者己经返回；后者尚未返回.
12）How far is it from here?
距离有多远？
From是介词,必须带有宾语,而宾语必须是名词性质的,但here/there是副词,怎么可以作宾语呢？这是特例.In here/there也可以视为相同的用法.
13) about one and a half hour’s drive.
车程大约一个半小时.
14）it’s just around the corner.
就在拐角处.
Around与round的区别是：round可以作n , adj ,动词
而around不可以；在作介词,副词时,两者是相同的,但美国人使用around,英国人使用round.
15）We’d better avoid the rush hour.
我们最好避过交通高峰期.Rush 交通最繁忙的时间
Rush season商标需求的旺季,the Christmas rush 圣诞节前的购物狂潮
16）on our way back, we will stop for a while at their office.
回来的途中,我们会在他们的办事处停留一下,
17）here we are
到了
18)May I take a few pictures of it?
我可以折几张照片吗？
19）yes, of course.
当然可以.
Sure , of course 是使用非常多的.Sure以美国人最常使用.
当然不行/不是,可以用of course not 来表达.
20)Do you think we are to tightly scheduled?
这样的日程是否过于紧张了？
Schedule 可作名词和动词使用.
21)Will this inconvenience you?
这样不会给您带来不便吧？
Will this cause inconveniences to you ?
Inconvenience 可作名词和动词使用,意为”麻烦,引起不便” .
22）The meeting starts tomorrow at 3:00pm
会议在明天下午3：00开始.
对己确定的日程安排,可用一般现在时代替将来时.
23）There will be nearly one hundred people attending the meeting.
有近100人要参加会议
24）We’ll make preparations accordingly.
我们会作相应的准备.
25) We will be waiting for you here
到时我会在这里等你
26）Let’s not make a decision till then.
到时再定吧
27）What’s on tomorrow’s agenda?
明天的议题是什么
28) What do you think?
你觉得怎样好？
29）We would appreciate it if you could arrange for our meeting with the manufacturers.
如果能安排我们与制造商面谈就好了
句中的情态动词使用了would 和could ,带有虚拟的意味表示说话者不愿强加要求给对方,对方并没有义务去照做.
1.3 发言
1) First of all, I wish to express my warmest welcome to our distinguished guests.
首先,我要向各位来宾表示热烈的欢迎.
distinguished杰出的,著名的2)I wish to take this opportunity to extend my congratulations to everyone here.
我想借此机会向在座的各位致以衷心的祝愿.
3）I shall speak briefly on a few points.
我简单地谈几点.
4）In the first place…secondly…finally…
首先…其次…最后
First … second … last
有人在发言中提到最后一点时,往往会说last but not least …,意思是”最后一点,但也是同样重要的一点……”,这虽然有点陈词滥调,但有时也还是有用的.
5）I’d be most happy to answer your questions , if any.
如果你们要提问的话,我很乐意回答.
6）I’d like to end my talk by saying…
我想用一句话来结束我的发言.
7) Before anything else, I’ll give you a brief account of its current status.
首先,我简要描述一下它的目前状态.
9）This is a good question.
这问题问得好.
10）That’s a long story.
这说来话长.
11）To make a long story short…
长话短说
12）That’s all
我讲完了
13）Thanks for your attention.
谢谢各位听我讲话.
1.4话别
1）When is your scheduled departure?
你计划什么时候走？
Where are you leaving for home?
2)Shall we have a farewell party?
我们要不要来个告别晚会？
3）Please forgive us if there is anything we’ve failed to do well for you.
照顾不周,请多包涵.
4)When are we going to see you next time?
下次什么时候再见到你？
5）this has paved the way for our future cooperation
这为我们将来合作铺平了道路
6)our cooperation has been fruitful.
我们的合作是卓有成效的.
7）our success would have been impossible without your generous help.
如果没有你们的大力帮助,我们也不会取得这样的成绩.
本句是虚拟语气的用法.如果不是,可以用without介词词组或were it not for或if 引导的从句表达,如：
where it not for the money he lent me I could’ve been starved to death
如果不是他借钱给我,我可能就饿死了.
8）This is a gift for you.
这是送给你的礼物
9）please take it as a small token of my respect to you.
不成敬意,请笑纳.
10）we’re indebted to you for the enormous help you’ve given us.
你帮了大忙,很感激你.
11）hope to see you again very soon.
期望很快再见到你.
12）this has been a most rewarding trip.
此行收获很大.
13) I do hope so.
我的确希望如此.
14）We’ll be missing you.
我想我会想你的.
15）keep in touch
保持联络
16）Please keep us advised of any progress that’s been made.
请让我们知道事情的进展
17）Why don’t we take a picture together?
我们来个合影吧.
18）Please remember me to your family.
请代问家人好
19）I will
我一定会的
20）We will reciprocate your hospitality
我们会以同样的方式回报你们热情好客
21) Hope you’ll come again.
欢迎你再来.
22）you are welcome here any time
随时欢迎你.
23）See you again.
后会有期
24）Have a nice journey.
旅途愉快
25)Take care
保重
2. 谈工作
2.1产品
1)We’d like to look into your product in great detail.
我们想了解产品的细节.
2）We’re one of the main producers of china rare in the south of china.
我们是中国南方主要的瓷器生产商之一.
3）Our company was established in 1990.
我们公司建立于1990年.
4）We take pride in our product.
我们对我们的产品感到自豪.
5）it stands no inferior to the world’s first-rate products of it’s kind
可以媲美世界一流产品
Inferior 较低劣的,下级的
Superior 优越的,上级的
Stand no inferior to 媲美,be on a par with, be as good as
有时可以把否定从谓语转移到宾语,表语或其它成份上.
It stands no inferior = it does not stand inferior.
例如：
it goes no further than that 仅此而己
it’s no good thinking about that all day long.
成天想那个没什么好处.
Stands no inferior 也可以说成does not stand inferior. 将否定从谓语的助动词上转移到其它成份上,是很常见的,例如：I don’t have the mood to see a film = I have no mood to see a film我没有心情看电影
6) Our buyers include…
我们的买家包括…
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Celebration of the
Dragon Boat FestivalTomorrow is Dragon Boat Festival, may all the people have a happy day, and at the same time, may students who attend the college entrance exam get good scores and achievements.
Then I will introduce some information about this traditional festival in China.
Officially on falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Double Fifth Day. While many stories regarding its origin abound, the most popular and widely accepted version regards Qu Yuan, a minister during the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC)
Legend of the Dragon Boat Festival's Origin
At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, the area we now know as China had fallen into a state of fragmentation and conflict. While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several centuries, several other states, originally feudal domains, tried to carve out their own kingdoms. The state of Qin would eventually emerge the victor and unify all of China under one rule for the first time in history. Qu Yuan served as minister to the Zhou Emperor. A wise and articulate man, he was loved by the common people. He did much to fight against the rampant corruption that plagued the court-- thereby earning the envy and fear of other officials. Therefore, when he urged the emperor to avoid conflict with the Qin Kingdom, the officials pressured the Emperor to have him removed from service. In exile, he traveled, taught and wrote for several years. Hearing that the Zhou had been defeated by the Qin, he fell into despair and threw himself into the Milou River. His last poem reads:
Many a heavy sigh I have in my despair,
As he was so loved by the people, fishermen rushed out in long boats, beating drums to scare the fish away, and throwing zong zi into the water to feed braver fish so that they would not eat Qu Yuan's body.
Grieving that I was born in such an unlucky time.
I yoked a team of jade dragons to a phoenix chariot,
And waited for the wind to come,
to sour up on my journeyThe Modern Dragon Boat Festival
Starting from that time to this day, people commemorate Qu Yuan through Dragon Boat Races, eating zong zi, and several other activities, on the anniversary of his death: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
Dragon Boat races are the most exciting part of the festival, drawing crowds of spectators. Dragon Boats are generally brightly painted and decorated canoes. Ranging anywhere from 40 to 100 feet in length, their heads are shaped like open-mouthed dragons, while the sterns end with a scaly tail. Depending on the length, up to 80 rowers can power the boat. A drummer and flag-catcher stand at the front of the boat. Before a dragon boat enters competition, it must be "brought to life" by painting the eyes in a sacred ceremony. Races can have any number of boats competing, with the winner being the first team to grab a flag at the end of the course. Annual races take place all over China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and other overseas Chinese communities.
Zong Zi
The traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival, Zong zi is a glutinous rice ball, with a filling, wrapped in corn leaves. The fillings can be egg, beans, dates, fruits, sweet potato, walnuts, mushrooms, meat, or a combination of them. They are generally steamed.
Talisman and Charms
Another aspect of the Double Fifth Day is the timing: at the beginning of summer, when diseases are likely to strike, people also wear talisman to fend off evil spirits. They may hang the picture of Zhong Kui, guardian against evil spirits, on the door of their homes, as well. Adults may drink Xiong Huang Wine, and children carry fragrant silk pouches, all of which can prevent evil. It is said that if you can balance a raw egg on its end at exactly noon on Double Fifth Day, the rest of the year will be lucky.
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