Topic: English Humor英语幽默 New vocabulary：cashier收银员 Host: Jeremiah (韦博上海南方中心外教)
Part1: A young singer arrived for a gig（n.演出） in a small town. His teacher said, "Do your very best. The audience may not look like much, but people around here have suddenly become rich growing tomatoes." 一个年轻的歌手抵达一个小镇演出，他的老师对他说：“发挥你的最佳水平！这里的观众虽然不是太多，但是这里的人因为种番茄成为了爆发户。
"Tomatoes?" shouted the singer. "Forget it. I'm going back to London. Tomatoes cost an arm and a leg（v.昂贵） there - no one can afford to sling them around." “番茄？”这个歌手喊道，“算了吧，我要回伦敦了， 伦敦的番茄很贵的，那儿没人敢扔番茄。”
Part 2: ---"You can't trust anyone these days." complained a rich lady in the cocktail（n.鸡尾酒） bar to her friend “这年头你不能相信任何人。” 鸡尾酒吧里面，一个富有的女士向她的朋友抱怨道。
---"What do you mean?" her friend asked. “这是什么意思？”他的朋友问。
---"Well, only today, my husband had to sack his cashier(n.收银员)." The rich lady answered. “今天，我的丈夫把他的收银员开除了。”这位富有的女士回答。
---"What did he do?" “那人做了什么？”
---"He took a hundred dollars from the till（n.现金出纳机）." “他从现金出纳机里拿了一百元。”
---"How did your husband find out?" “你丈夫是怎么发现的？”
---"Thanks to me. He was two hundred dollars short and I told him I'd only taken a hundred." “多亏了我啊，他发现少了200元，而我告诉他我只拿了一百。”
Let‘s go through some words and phrases:
gig = performance 演出 an arm and a leg = very expensive 十分昂贵 to sling = to throw 扔，投掷 Cashier = man or woman who works at the cash register 收银员 Till = cash register 现金出纳机
Daddy dearest needs some attention on 19 June, so why not watch one (or all) of these 12 fatherhood-themed films together.
爸爸也是渴望得到你的关注的，6月19号，父亲节，和老爸一起看场电影！
In honour of Father's Day – on 19 June – Amazon is beginning a special promotion on certain films, including Invictus and Kelly's Heroes. These seem to me only vaguely connected with the theme of fatherhood. Here, on the other hand, is a list of 12 Father's Day films, a dad's dozen that you can experience on DVD or at the cinema with your dad, on Sunday week.
Finding Nemo (2003, dirs Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich) Marlin, voiced by Albert Brooks in this classic animation, is a widower clownfish who becomes a neurotically over-protective dad. His smothering attitude so infuriates his little son, Nemo, that the little fish swims defiantly away and is captured by divers. The father must then go on an epic journey to rescue the son.
Hamlet (1948, dir Laurence Olivier) Olivier's movie version of Shakespeare's great tragedy turns, like any production, on the hero's agonised memory of his father's greatness. Freudians find in his antipathy to Claudius a rage-filled acknowledgement that his step-father has done something that all males subconsciously wish to do: kill their fathers and marry their mothers. And speaking of Freudian angst …
Back to the Future (1985, dir Robert Zemeckis) … Zemeckis's classic comedy is about as freaky as it gets. Marty McFly, played by Michael J Fox, travels back in time to the 1950s, where he comes face to face with his nerdy dad, played by Crispin Glover, and has to engineer this poor sap's successful wooing of his mum, who turns out to be super-hot and more than a little enamoured of him.
The Tree of Life (2011, dir Terrence Malick) Malick's latest movie is not yet out in the UK in cinemas or DVD, but why not take your dad on a Eurostar trip to Paris, where it is now on release? Brad Pitt plays O'Brien, the 1950s Texas dad whose disciplinarian violence, and complex self-doubt, encourage his sons to think of fear and love as the same emotion. Maybe not a very feelgood Father's Day film.
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980, dir Irwin Kershner) In this episode, Darth Vader becomes obsessed with finding his young enemy Luke Skywalker, who, as he battles the forces of darkness, has at least gained some help and instruction from the quasi-paternal mentors in his life: Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi. But sadly, just as you can choose your friends but not your relatives, you can choose your father figures but not your actual father.
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006, dir Gabriele Muccino) This is a real tear-jerker, and not a very cool film to like, but it's still very heartfelt. Will Smith plays Chris Gardner, a struggling salesman and single dad, on the very brink of homelessness and poverty, who battles to get a job and be a real dad to his little boy.
Bicycle Thieves (1948, dir Vittorio De Sica) You must have a heart of stone not to be moved by this classic neorealist story of a poor man and his young son, as they search the streets of Rome to find his stolen bicycle, which he needs for his job – putting up movie posters. As their odyssey continues, the audience becomes aware of something that perhaps eludes the desperate man: his real treasure is not the bike, but his boy.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, dir Robert Mulligan) Gregory Peck gives a performance of granite decency and integrity as Atticus Finch, the widower and Alabama lawyer who defends a black man against a wrongful charge of rape. This is one of the most highly charged depictions of fatherhood in Hollywood history.
Kramer vs Kramer (1979, dir Robert Benton) Many consider this Dustin Hoffman's finest hour; others consider it an exercise in male self-pity. Hoffman plays the divorced dad who must care for his son on his own, and must then battle for custody in the divorce courts. One must have a heart of stone to remain dry-eyed for the scene in which he has to explain to his son the judge's verdict.
The Son's Room (2001, dir Nanni Moretti) Commenters on this blog are sick of me going on about this film, so I will only say that it's a deeply moving study of a psychotherapist and easygoing paterfamilias, played by Moretti, and how he and his family respond to a terrible calamity.
Late Spring (1949, dir Yasujiro Ozu) Father's Day discussions tend to centre on a father's relationship with his son – here is something about a father and daughter. Chishu Ryu plays an elderly widower who is cared for by his beautiful, shy daughter, played by Setsuku Hara. He is concerned that she should get married, but she is not particularly keen to leave him. He resorts to subterfuge to marry her off: is this a kind of betrayal?
Paper Moon (1973, dir Peter Bogdanovich) This is another daddy-daughter movie and the one film that stars a real-life father and child team. Ryan and Tatum O'Neal play Moses and Addie, a con team who travel around the US during the Great Depression preying on the vulnerable and credulous.
1. Doing business over meals is a ritual that has existed for centuries. Taking clients to breakfast, lunch or dinner has long been an effective way to build relationships, make the sale or seal the deal.
In the English language, blue implies speed in “a blue streak”（一闪而过的东西，形容很快的人或物）and loyalty in being “true blue.” Actual automobile values are found in a “blue book,” and a blue ribbon represents the award of excellence.
Blue may refer to the feeling of sadness, as in “he was feeling blue.” This is because blue was related to rain, or storms, and in Greek mythology, the god Zeus would make rain when he was sad (crying), and a storm when he was angry.
The phrase “feeling blue” is also linked to a custom among many old deepwater sailing ships — if the ship lost the captain or any of the officers during its voyage, she would fly blue flags and have a blue band painted along her entire hull（n.船体）when returning to home port.
The modern English word blue comes from the Middle English, bleu or blwe, which came from an Old French word bleu of Germanic origin — Frankish or possibly Old High German blao, “shining.”
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在英语中，用蓝色表示速度为“a blue streak”，表示忠诚为“true blue”。汽车实际价值的查询是在“蓝皮书”中，蓝丝带则代表优秀。
蓝色也可指代心情沮丧，如“he was feeling blue（他心情不好）”。因为蓝色与雨或暴风雨有关，在希腊神话中，宙斯在伤心时会降雨，生气时会有暴风雨。
Getting along with your work colleagues could actually help you live longer, new research has shown.
新研究显示，和同事和睦相处有助于延长你的寿命。
A study of 820 men and women showed those with good peer-to-peer relationships had a lower risk of mortality than those did not chime withtheir co-workers.
这项涵盖了820名男性和女性的研究显示，那些和同事关系好的人比和同事合不来的人死亡率要低。
The link between a positive workmate relationship and the risk of mortality was most notable among those aged between 38 and 43.
与同事建立积极关系和死亡风险之间的联系在38到43岁人群当中最为显著。
However, positive support from managers or others in senior positions was shown to have no effect on mortality.
不过，研究显示，从经理或上级那里得到正面支持对死亡风险没有影响。
The study, published by the American Psychology Association, found that 'peer social support, which could represent how well a participant is socially integrated in his or her employment context, is a potentpredictor of the risk of all causes of mortality.'
Factors contributing to positive working relationships included helping others to solve problems and friendliness.
帮助他人解决问题，以及友好对待他人，这些因素都有助于和同事建立积极的工作关系。
The research was conducted over 20 years, between 1988 and 2008, at the University of Tel Aviv, in Israel.
该研究是1988年到2008年在以色列的特拉维夫大学进行的，时间跨度长达20年。
The case studies were chosen from some of the country's largest finance, insurance, public utilities, health care and manufacturing firms working on average 8.8 hours a day.
A work spouse is a co-worker, usually of the opposite sex, with whom one shares a special relationship, having bonds similar to those of a marriage; such as, confidences, loyalties, shared experiences, and a degree of honesty or openness. The work spouse is a potentially key relationship when one's actual spouse or boy/girlfriend is not able to be there.
Work spouse（工作配偶）指与自己有亲密合作关系的异性同事，两人之间互有的信任、忠诚、共同的经历以及某种程度的坦诚等都与婚姻关系中的夫妻类似。在现实生活中的配偶或男/女朋友不能在身边时，工作配偶就会成为主要的依靠对象。
The relationship is characterized by many sources as having the immediate intimacy of marriage without the sex or commitment, or platonic, close, opposite-sex couplings, with no romantic strings attached.
今日话题：Going to the gym 去健身房 精选新词: sluggish 懒散的 当班主播：Michael & Colin (韦博上海虹口四川北路中心)
I'm going over to the gym. I want to do some running. 我要去健身房。我想跑步去。
Why don't you run outside? 你为什么不在外面跑呢？
Are you kidding? Do you know how cold it is today? 你在开玩笑吧？你知道现在外面有多冷吗？
Yeah, I suppose. I guess it isn't healthy to run in this weather. 是的，我想是。在这种天气下跑步不太有益健康。
No, it's not. Not at all. I'd probably freeze my lungs(n.肺）. 不，一点都不。我很可能将我的肺都冻坏了。
Wait for me a minute. I'll go over to the gym too. 等一下。我也要去健身房。
You? 你？
Yes, why not? Just let me get my gym clothes（n.健身衣） together. 是的，为什么不呢？我去拿一下我的健身衣。
I didn't know you could exercise. 我不知道你还能运动呢。
What do you mean by that? Everyone can exercise! 你什么意思？每个人都能运动锻炼！
Yeah, I know. But you? I always thought you were only good at lifting beer bottles to your mouth. 是，我知道。但是你？我总认为你只擅长拿起啤酒，把嘴里灌呢。
No, not at all. I was on the swimming team in high school. And I'd like to do some weight training (n.举重训练). They have decent equipment at that gym. 才不是。我在高中时是游泳队的。我想做一些举重训练。在健身房里有不错的健身器材。
You're going to lift weights? Hah! 你想举重吗？哈！
Are you laughing at me? 你在嘲笑我吗？
I'm sorry. I just can't imagine you lifting weights. 很抱歉。我就是无法想象你举重的样子。
Maybe not. But I want to start. I need to get in shape.I feel these past couple months that my energy is low. 或许是。但是我想开始练起来。我要保持健美。过去的几个月中，我的情绪很低落。
It's true. If a person doesn't exercise, they get sluggish (adj.懒散的). That's why I keep running. Even in the winter. 是的。如果一个人不锻炼，就会变得懒散。这就是为什么我要坚持锻炼。即使在冬天。
Well, then maybe I need to change my character, don't I?I don't want to become a fat slob (n.胖人). 可能我需要改变一下我的性格了，不是吗？我不想变成一个大胖子。
今日话题：Going to the gym 去健身房 精选新词: sluggish 懒散的 当班主播：Michael & Colin (韦博上海虹口四川北路中心)
I''m going over to the gym. I want to do some running. 我要去健身房。我想跑步去。
Why don''t you run outside? 你为什么不在外面跑呢？
Are you kidding? Do you know how cold it is today? 你在开玩笑吧？你知道现在外面有多冷吗？
Yeah, I suppose. I guess it isn''t healthy to run in this weather. 是的，我想是。在这种天气下跑步不太有益健康。
No, it''s not. Not at all. I''d probably freeze my lungs(n.肺）. 不，一点都不。我很可能将我的肺都冻坏了。
Wait for me a minute. I''ll go over to the gym too. 等一下。我也要去健身房。
You? 你？
Yes, why not? Just let me get my gym clothes（n.健身衣） together. 是的，为什么不呢？我去拿一下我的健身衣。
I didn''t know you could exercise. 我不知道你还能运动呢。
What do you mean by that? Everyone can exercise! 你什么意思？每个人都能运动锻炼！
Yeah, I know. But you? I always thought you were only good at lifting beer bottles to your mouth. 是，我知道。但是你？我总认为你只擅长拿起啤酒，把嘴里灌呢。
No, not at all. I was on the swimming team in high school. And I''d like to do some weight training (n.举重训练). They have decent equipment at that gym. 才不是。我在高中时是游泳队的。我想做一些举重训练。在健身房里有不错的健身器材。
You''re going to lift weights? Hah! 你想举重吗？哈！
Are you laughing at me? 你在嘲笑我吗？
I''m sorry. I just can''t imagine you lifting weights. 很抱歉。我就是无法想象你举重的样子。
Maybe not. But I want to start. I need to get in shape.I feel these past couple months that my energy is low. 或许是。但是我想开始练起来。我要保持健美。过去的几个月中，我的情绪很低落。
It''s true. If a person doesn''t exercise, they get sluggish (adj.懒散的). That''s why I keep running. Even in the winter. 是的。如果一个人不锻炼，就会变得懒散。这就是为什么我要坚持锻炼。即使在冬天。
Well, then maybe I need to change my character, don''t I?I don''t want to become a fat slob (n.胖人). 可能我需要改变一下我的性格了，不是吗？我不想变成一个大胖子。
There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them. One picture was of a calm（adj.无风的，平静的） lake. The lake was a perfect mirror（n.镜子） for peaceful towering(adj.高耸的) mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy(adj.轻柔的,松软的) white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged(adj.高低不平的，崎岖的) and bare. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled(v.翻滚) a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all.
But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack（n.裂缝） in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest — in perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?
“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst（n.在中间，在中部） of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”
Students all over the world have to work for their education. A college education in the United States is expensive. The costs are so high that most families begin to save for their children’s education when their children are babies. Even so, many young people cannot afford to pay the expenses of fulltime college work. They do not have enough money to pay for school costs. Tuition for attending the university, books for classes, and living expenses are high. There are other expenses such as chemistry and biology laboratory fees and special student activity fees for such things as parking permits and football tickets. The cost of college education increases every year. However, classrooms are still crowded with students. Some American students have scholarships or other support, but many do not.
Students from other countries have money problems to overcome, too. Because students in most international programs need to have a sponsor (a person, organization, or local government that pays for them), they work hard to earn scholarships or special loans. International students understand the value of going to school in another country. They also know that it is difficult. Yet just as Americans choose to attend American universities in spite of the difficulty, it is usually possible for students from abroad to work on university campuses to pay for some of the cost of their education. Some people believe that students value their education more if they work for it.
Millions of workers confide in their colleagues rather than their partners, a study has revealed. It found that, with two thirds of Britons feeling like they spend most of their lives at work, colleagues are turning to each other for a shoulder to cry on. The report found more than a fifth of employees have recently confided in a colleague, while a similar number said they would turn to a workmate first.
It also emerged that workmates know at least five secrets about each other that their partners are unaware of. In fact, 22 per cent of people say they feel closer to their colleagues than their other half, while almost a quarter say they get on better with co-workers on a day-to-day basis than they do with their spouses. Sixty per cent of the 3,000 Britons polled by the ink-cartridge firm stinkyink.com believe that, as a result of spending so much time at work, it’s inevitable that you forge strong relationships with your colleagues.
Half say they are sometimes so tired after a day at work that they rarely get time to talk to their nearest and dearest. Surprisingly, one third of people said they turn to colleagues if they are having problems in their relationship. And one in 20 said they confide in work mates 'very frequently' about personal matters. It's no wonder then that 30 per cent of those polled said they regard the majority of their colleagues as true friends.
We’re now all in the grip of “FOMO addiction” — the fear of missing out on something or someone more interesting, exciting or better than what we’re currently doing.
我们现在都是“社交控”（FOMO：fear of missing out），在忙于眼前事是时候，总是害怕会错过更有趣或者更好的人和事。
Teens and adults text while driving, they interrupt one call to take another, even when they don’t know who’s on the other line. They check their Twitter stream while on a date, because something more interesting or entertaining just might be happening.
It’s not “interruption,” it’s connection. But it’s not really “connection” either. It’s the potential for simply a different connection. It may be better, it may be worse — we just don’t know until we check.
1. As cool as a cucumber 指人在困难的情况下非常冷静，泰然自若。 Everyone was busy trying to get things ready, but Tom just sat there, cool as a cucumber. 大家都在忙着做准备，只有他泰然自若地坐在那里。
2. A couch potato 沙发土豆，特指整天窝在沙发里看电视的人。 He turned into a couch potato since he quit his job, which made his parents worry. 他辞职之后就成天窝在沙发上看电视，这让他的父母十分担心。
3. Know somebody’s onions 在某一方面很内行。 He has spent years studying Arabic archaeology, so he really knows his onions. 他研究阿拉伯考古已经很多年了，他在这方面知识很渊博。
Excuse me there seems to be a problem with my soup. 不好意思，我的汤看上去有点问题。
What seems to be the problem? 什么问题？
As you can see there is a thick black hair in my soup and it is obviously （adv.很明显）not mine. 正如你所见，在我的汤里有根黑头发，这显然不是我自己的。
I’m terribly sorry sir. Could I offer you something else perhaps? 非常抱歉，先生。我能给你些其它东西吗？
Yes, I would like another soup please. 是的，我想再来份汤。
I’m so sorry, sir. But that was the last order of soup for today. Would you care to try our fresh Mediterranean salad, it’s our specialty（n.特色菜）? 我很抱歉先生，但这是今天最后一份汤。你想试试我们的地中海沙拉吗？这是我们的特色菜。
Sure that sounds good. 可以，听上去不错。
I’ll get that for you right away and I do apologize for the inconvenience（n.不方便）. For your trouble I would like to offer you dessert（n.甜点） on the house. 给您带来的不便，我真诚道歉。为这小麻烦，我会免费为你提供甜点。
That sounds great. Thank you. 太好了，谢谢！
I’ll be back in just a moment with your salad. 我会马上为您端色拉过来。
Thank you. 谢谢！
Let’s go over some phrases now. 让我们一起来回顾一下有用的短语吧！ There seems to be a problem with… 看起来…..有个问题。 I’m terribly sorry. 我非常抱歉。 I would like …. 我想要……. That sounds good. 听起来这（主意）不错。 I apologize for the inconvenience. 给您带来的不便，我真诚道歉。 I’ll be back in just a moment. / in a minute. 我很快就回来
Here are seven lies people will likely tell you when you decide to pursue your dreams and the reasons why they are dreadfully mistaken. 这里有七条没脑筋的建议以及它们产生的原因。当你要追逐你梦想的时候，这些谎言一定是你经常会听到的。别信！ 1. You can follow your dreams someday, but right now you need to buckle down（v.稳住） and be responsible.Someday? When is ”someday”? “Someday” is not a day at all. It’s a foggy generalization（n.模糊的概念） of a time that will likely never come. Today is the only day guaranteed to you. Today is the only day you can begin to make a difference in your life. And pursuing your dreams is what life is all about. So don’t be irresponsible（adj.不负责任的）. Don’t wait until “someday.” Make today the first day of the rest of your new life. 谎言一：“你可以以后再去追逐你的梦想，但是现在你必须铆足劲并且负责任。”以后？以后是什么时候？“以后”根本就不是一天。
Here are seven lies people will likely tell you when you decide to pursue your dreams and the reasons why they are dreadfully mistaken. 这里有七条没脑筋的建议以及它们产生的原因。当你要追逐你梦想的时候，这些谎言一定是你经常会听到的。别信！
1. You can follow your dreams someday, but right now you need to buckle down（v.稳住） and be responsible.Someday? When is ”someday”? “Someday” is not a day at all. It’s a foggy generalization（n.模糊的概念） of a time that will likely never come. Today is the only day guaranteed to you. Today is the only day you can begin to make a difference in your life. And pursuing your dreams is what life is all about. So don’t be irresponsible（adj.不负责任的）. Don’t wait until “someday.” Make today the first day of the rest of your new life.
2. It’s safer to stay at your day job. Sure, I suppose. But you know what’s even safer than that? Going home, locking yourself in your bedroom, and never, ever coming out. And just like that, you will have flushed（v.冲刷） your entire life and your dreams down the toilet. Remember, safer doesn’t always mean better.
3. That’s impossible! It’s only impossible if you never do anything about it. The reason certain things seem impossible is simply because nobody has achieved them yet. But this doesn’t mean that with your help these things won’t become possible in the future. If you truly dedicate yourself to an end result, almost anything is possible. You just have to want it bad enough.
4. Only a lucky few “make it.”（只有少数的幸运儿才能成功）。That’s because those lucky few got off their rear ends and did something about it! They had the drive（n.驱动力）, determination, and willpower（n.意志力） that you have right now. You can be one of them. It’s up to you（由你决定）, and only you.
5. You might fail. And failing is bad. Failures are simply stepping stones to success. No matter how it turns out, it always ends up just the way it should be. Either you succeed or you learn something: win–win（双赢）. The biggest mistake you can make is doing nothing because you’re too scared to make a mistake. If you can’t handle failure, then you can’t handle success either.
6. You don’t have access to the right resources.It’s not about having the right resources; it’s about exploiting（v.开发） the resources you do have access to. Stevie Wonder couldn’t see, so he exploited his sense of hearing into a passion for music, and he now has twenty-five Grammy Awards（n.格莱美奖） to prove it. Get it?
7. That sounds like a lot of hard work.You’re darn right it does! But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth it. I think success in life hinges on（v.取决于） one key point: finding hard work you love doing. As long as you remain true to yourself and follow your own interests, values, and dreams, you can find success through passion. Perhaps most importantly, you won’t wake up a few years from now working in a career field you despise, wondering, How the heck am I going to do this for the next thirty years? So if you catch yourself working hard and loving every minute of it, don’t stop. You’re onto something big. Because hard work ain’t hard when you concentrate on your passions and dreams.
Disregard（v.漠视） these misguided（adj.误导的） bits of nonsense and you’ll be well on your way to fulfilling（v.实现） your dreams. Now get out there and make a splash！
A third wheel is a person or thing that serves no useful purpose, or an unwanted third party accompanying two people on a date. Such a person is as useful as a third wheel on a bicycle.
Third wheel指不发挥任何作用的人和事物，或是在两人约会时陪伴在旁的一个多余的人，即我们所说的“电灯泡”。之所以叫third wheel是因为这样的人就跟自行车上放第三个轮子一样，一无是处。
For example:
Larry and Jenny asked me to go out for dinner yesterday, but I said no, because I didn’t want to be a third wheel.
上周我新买了条裙子，第一次穿的时候，一个朋友说她我很喜欢那条裙子，并说： It did wonders for your figure.
这裙子很塑型。
刚听到这句话，我简直心花怒放。但是仔细回味一下，我发现其实这句话不过是一个left handed compliment（假恭维），因为这句话的undertone（潜台词）是“我身材不好，需要衣服帮忙塑型”。Left handed compliment就是那种明褒暗损的恭维话，也称为back handed compliment，这种恭维话听起来好听，不过等你回味过来的时候，其实会觉得它的打击并不亚于a slap in the face（公然侮辱）。
左撇子跟一般人的用手习惯不同，而人们往往会戴着有色眼镜看另类的事物，因此在英语中，left这个词往往有负面的含义，而right则与之相反。例如，当你的观点不是all right（完全正确）的时候，你会被left out或者left alone（忽视）；当你的观点far from right（错得很离谱）的时候，你就会被left out in the cold（被冷落、遭受排斥）。你最信任的朋友在英语中就是你的right hand man（得力助手），如果他跳舞很笨拙，你就可以形容他having two left feet（笨手笨脚）。
From the first day of classes in the fall to the last day of classes in the spring, summer can seem like an oasis. Your summer months can be both enjoyable and a productive way to contribute to your college goals.
1. Head home and get a great job.You can stay with friends or family, possibly save money on food and rent, and still earn some extra cash. Remember, too, that a "great" job can mean lots of different things: good pay, good for your resume, good for the skills you can bring back to campus in the fall.
2. Stay at school and get a great job.Job openings on or near campus may be much better than your options back at home. Why not stay on campus, relax a little, and earn some extra money?
3. Volunteer.You can volunteer in your home city, the city where your school is, or somewhere you've never been. You can volunteer in your home country or somewhere halfway across the globe. You can volunteer for a political campaign, for a religious organization, or for a social-justice based non-profit. The options are limitless!
4. Do research or take extra classes in your field.Did you really connect with a professor during the academic year? See if he or she needs any research assistants over the summer. Want to research your own theories? Apply for grant money to stay on campus. Think you might want to change your major? Take an extra class or two to see if it's really what you want to do.
5. Travel the world.On top of being a fantastic journey, it can also connect to your academic course of study. If you want to major in International Relations, Spanish Literature, or Chinese, for example, summer travel can be both enjoyable and academic in nature (no matter what your parents might think!).
Constant Communication•••Information Overload•••Societal Demands•••These are all aspects in many of our lives today and we are losing control and power over our life because of them.
Over the last few months, I have been trying to disconnect（ v.切断） more and reconnect（adj.再连接） with life. I have been going to all extremes（v.走极端） to eliminate（v.消除） that which has interfered（v.干预） with my productivity（n.生产效能）, my health, and my time. I had lost the balance in my life and this called for radical change.
I write this today to express my concern that all of us are not properly balancing our lives. We are more connected today than just a year ago, yet we are 10 times more disconnected from our immediate surroundings and condition. Losing this balance is unnecessary and must be reversed before irreversible（adj.不可更改的，不可扭转的）effects are seen.
The following are just five of the small actions you can take to start balancing your life…
要获得和谐自然的生活，其实很简单。下面五条，可以让你重获新生：
1. Get rid of your smart phone（n.智能手机）. Sure, some look cool and can do a lot, but do you really need to be playing Pocket God for 30 minutes/day. You once lived without it. Try it again. When I walk down the street, I see more and more people looking down…at their PDA（n.掌上电脑）. Out of the 100’s of out-in-the-world tweet’s（n.微博） I read daily from home, a small fraction（n.一点，一丁点） of them actually entertain me. Stop wasting your precious time outdoors and reconnect with nature.
2. Write something (ANYTHING) on paper for 10 minutes. I hate wasting paper so what I have done is cut full sheets down and jot（v.匆匆记下） notes or thoughts on them. It is so nice to reconnect with my thoughts instead of mindlessly（adv.没有思维德地，不动脑子地） typing. It doesn’t matter what you write either. i.e. love letter（n.情书）, birthday card, thank you note(n.感谢信).
3. Go to a park, close your eyes and just breathe. I don’t do this enough. However, when I do it is extremely relaxing and helps me reconnect with my body and nature.
4. Do something other than check your email when you wake. This is another that I am trying to work on. Grab a glass of OJ, step outside and watch the sunrise. Just try not to feed your internet addiction (n上瘾) . while the morning sleep is still in your eyes.
5. Take 10 minutes/day and just listen. It doesn’t matter where you are. Just be aware of how chaotic（adj.混沌的,混乱的，一团糟的） the world is around you. Listen to how much is going on that doesn’t need to be. It may open your mind to the unnecessary noise, literally（adv.逐字地，字面地）and figuratively（adv.形象地）, around you.
Simple BYE can make us cry, simple JOKE can make us laugh, and...simple CARE can make us fall in love. 一句小小的"再见"就可以把我们弄哭 , 一个小小的"玩笑"就可以将我们逗笑 , 而一点小小的"关心"就能令我们坠入爱河。
In life,we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unreachable dream and an unforgettable love. 人的一生，都有一些说不出的秘密，挽不回的遗憾，触不到的梦想，忘不了的爱。
秒杀三字短句】1)别傻了！Don't be silly!2)别闹了！Keep it down! 3)别装了！Stop pretending! 4)你说呢？ So what？ 5)随便你！It's up to you! 6)得了吧！ Come on！7)何必呢？ What for？ 8)不骗你。Not joking/kidding. 9)懂了吗？ Get it？ 10)别惹我！ Don’t bother me.
The question as to why doughnuts（n.多拿滋，面包甜甜圈） have holes has been raised by dozens of bakers(n.面包师) over the years, but most agree that the answer to this sticky(adj.棘手的) question lies in the fact that the interior of these fried cakes would not cook fully without a hole in the center. In short(简而言之) the consistency(n.粘稠度) of a doughnut lacking a hole would be, quite simply, doughy. Many credit Dutch settlers to America with introducing the non-holed "oily cakes," to this continent, and with their subsequent popularity.
Another riveting(adj.有吸引力的,引人入胜的) theory as to the origin of the bulls eye(牛眼般的, 靶心) in the doughnut holds that a sea captain named Hanson Gregory, while manning his post one stormy night, found it impossible both to steer(v.掌控) his vessel(n.船,舰) and to eat his fried cake. Out of sheer frustration, and probably out of hunger, he impaled(n.刺穿,戳破) his cake over one of the spokes(n.陀轮把柄) of the ship's wheel, thereby creating a finger hold with which to grip the cake. Quite pleased with his ingenuity(n.独创力), Mr. Gregory ordered the galley's (n.船或飞机上的厨房) cook to fry the cakes in that manner henceforth.
Many credit(n.相信, 认为) Dutch settlers to America with introducing the non-holed olykoeks, or "oily cakes," to this continent, and with their subsequent popularity.
许多人相信是荷兰的拓荒者们从美洲大陆中引进没有洞的油炸饼的，并且在后来促使了煎饼的流行。
There is no disputing the fact that the fried cake became the rage(风靡一时) in New York and in New England, and that before long, it became the specialty of coffee shops. Fried cakes came into their own in 1673, when a self-made New York marketing guru(n.大师), Anna Joralemon, made their purchase at the market possible.
The woman kept transform around the man wasn't boast skill, can become a woman never replace of man is the most worth showing off. ----- 身边的女人不停变换不是男人值得吹嘘的本事，能成为一个女人身边永不更换的男人才是最值得炫耀的。
In life we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unreachable dream and an unforgettable love. ------ 人的一生，都有一些说不出的秘密，挽不回的遗憾，触不到的梦想，忘不了的爱。
1.He thrived on the adulation of his henchmen. 他是靠下属的奉承而发迹的。
2.History abounds with great men worthy of adulation and emulation . 历史上有很多值得称赞和效法的伟人。
3.The midfielder has received the sort of adulation normally reserved for popstars during his time in Japan for the World Cup finals. 世界杯期间，这位英国的中场球员在日本受到了超级巨星般的礼遇。
Did you happen to catch any of the Royal Wedding the other day? 皇室婚礼那天你有关注吗？
Yeah, it was lovely. I thought it was a sweet ceremony and the abbey looked really nice all decked out in flowers and all. 是的，真是一场温馨的婚礼，威斯敏斯特大教堂被鲜花点缀得美极了。
Yeah… I thought so, too. They looked like they were in love. I wish them all the best. 是的，我也这么觉得。新人们看起来很相爱，祝愿他们能够白头偕老。
Me too, my favorite bit was the singing of the choir. It was heavenly. I wish I had that at my wedding. 我也是。我最喜欢的部分是唱诗班的歌唱，听起来真像是天籁之音。我希望我结婚的时候也有这个部分。
You know what my favorite bit was… … the Aston Martin driving up the Mall. That made me most proud to British. A classy little car. Lovely body and that. The flyover by the RAF was good, too. 你知道我最喜欢的部分是•••新人们阿斯顿•马丁车缓缓开向教堂。看到了让我充满了对国家的自豪感。一辆十分经典的轿车，英国皇家空军编队低空飞行的表演也十分精彩。
Is that all you can think about? Didn’t you like her dress? 还有其他的吗？你不觉得王妃的婚纱很美吗？
Yes, very nice… designed by Sarah Burton, wasn’t it? From Alexander McQueen’s fashion house, isn’t she? 是的，很美，是由Sarah Burton设计的，不是吗？她是来自Alexander McQueen’s fashion house，不是吗？
It was a superb dress. Nothing frilly. Simple and elegant and an exquisite fabric, too. 这的确是一件特别棒的婚纱，没有镶边折边。简约，优雅，材质精美。
Best not to mention that to my wife or I’ll have to fork out an arm and a leg for one and have a second marriage. 我最好别跟我太太提起这件事。否则我又要花费一大笔，重新举行一次婚礼了。
You’re a skin flint, you are. 你真是小气得一毛不拔。
Nope, just believe in everlasting love. There’s no need for all that extravagance on one day. If you are so in love, you don’t even need to get married. Having each other, that’s enough. 才不是。我只是相信永恒的爱。没有必要那么奢侈挥霍。只要你人处于爱河，结不结婚都不是最重要的。拥有彼此，就足够了。
Glad I’m not married to you. 真高兴我没跟你这样的人结婚。
Glad I’m not married to you either. I’d be skint before the first day of our wedded bliss. 恩，我也真高兴没跟你这样的人结婚。否则在婚礼的第一天我就成穷光蛋了。
Let’s go over some phrases now. 让我们一起来回顾一下有用的短语吧！
Ceremony仪式,典礼 Abbey 修道院 Choir(教堂的)唱诗班;圣乐团 It was heavenly 像天堂般的，这里指犹如天籁之音 The Aston Martin driving up the Mall他们乘坐的阿斯顿•马丁车缓缓开向教堂 A classy little car. Lovely body and that 此处指车地造型很吸引人（经典的小车型，迷人的线条感。） Flyover 飞行编队低空飞行 RAF=Royal Air Force 英国皇家空军 Superb 华丽的，奢华的 Fork out （被强迫）支付或付出 A skin flint 原意指僵硬，硬化。英语中指某人一毛不拔，等同于中文的铁公鸡 Wedded Bliss 指结婚（后） Extravagance奢侈
1. 订房间 I'd like to book a room for three night, please. 我要预订一个房间，住三个晚上。 2. 订车票 I'd like a ticket to Brighton. How much is that? 我要预订一张到布莱顿的车票，请问票价是多少？ 3. 点餐 Could I see the menu, please? 我能看一下菜单吗？ 4. 购物 How much do I have to pay for it? 请问这个多少钱？ 5. 问路 Excuse me, do you know how to get to Hyde Park? 不好意思，请问一下，去海德公园的路怎么走？
Topic：Go On Vacation 好好度个假 Host: Ben (Jingan Center, Shanghai)
Hello my name is Ben. I am from American and I am a teacher at the Jing’an Web center. Today we are going to talk about something we all like to do, go on vacation.
Ben: Hey Dave! Long time no see. You look good. 本：嘿，戴夫。好久不见，你看上去不错。
Dave: Hey Ben! I just got back from vacation in Hawaii. That’s why I look so tan. 戴夫：好啊，本。我刚从夏威夷度假回来。这就是为什么我晒得如此之黑。
Ben: That’s great. Tell me all about it. Where did you stay? What did you do? 本：真棒！告诉我吧。你住哪里？你做了什么呀？
Dave: I stayed at a hostel to save money because I am not a higher roller. I also ate a lot of spam sandwiches(牛肉三明治) and shaved ice(刨冰) because they are dirt cheap. 戴夫：我住在一个小旅馆里，因为我不是很会挥霍的人。我也吃了很多的牛肉三明治和刨冰，因为它们非常便宜。
Ben: I am thinking about going to Hawaii myself. Should I go by myself or as part of a tour group? Are there any tourists traps I should avoid? 本：我也想着自己去趟夏威夷。我应该自己去，还是跟团去？ 有没有什么旅游陷阱我需要避免的？
Dave: I went by myself so I could save money and also so I could catch some waves. The best advice I can give you is not to buy anything in Waikiki because everything there is way(adv.非常) overpriced(adj.过高标价的). 戴夫：我是自己去的，这样我就能省钱，而且我还可以冲浪。我能给你的最好的建议就是你不要买怀基基海滩上的任何东西，因为标价高得离谱。
Ben: Thanks for the advice. What was the best part of your holiday and what was the worst? 本：谢谢你的建议。你假期中最好的和最糟糕的部分是什么？
Dave: The worst part was the jet lag and the best part was all the beautiful girls in bikinis. 戴夫：最糟糕的部分是时差，最好的事情么，就是这么多穿着比基尼的漂亮女孩子了。
Let’s go over some phrases now. 让我们一起来回顾一下有用的短语吧！ A high roller = someone who likes to spend a lot of money 比较挥霍的人 dirt cheap = very inexpensive 廉价的，非常便宜的 tourist trap = a place where local people try to take advantage of tourists 旅游陷阱 catch some waves = go surfing 冲浪，滑水 jet lag = the feeling people get when they visit a place that is many time zones away from where they live时差