字典学习3

换个section学学先，呵呵

今天我们来看看literature。Literature is a category of writing that includes such works as novels, poems, and plays.

1. Aesop's fables

Aesop，伊索，约六世纪古希腊寓言作家,相传原为奴隶,善讲故事,讽刺权贵。

2.Aladdin's Lamp

阿拉丁神灯，一千零一夜，Arabian Nights。


The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (Persian: هزار و یک شب‎ Hazār-o Yak Šab, Arabic: كتاب ألف ليلة و ليلة‎ Kitāb 'Alf Layla wa-Layla; also known as The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, One Thousand and One Nights, 1001 Arabian Nights, Arabian Nights, The Nightly Entertainments or simply The Nights) is a medieval Persian literary epic which tells the story of Scheherazade (Persian: شهرزاد Šahrzād), a Sassanid Queen, who must relate a series of stories to her malevolent husband, King Shahryar (شهريار Šahryār), to delay her execution. The stories are told over a period of one thousand and one nights, and every night she ends the story with a suspenseful situation, forcing the King to keep her alive for another day. The individual stories were created over many centuries, by many people and in many styles, and many have become famous in their own right. Notable examples include Aladdin, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor.

3.Alcott, Louisa May

这是美国19世纪的一个很popular的作家，Little Women，小妇人的作者

4.Ali Baba

阿里巴巴，又一个一千零一夜里的人物，知道芝麻开门英文怎么说么？“Open, Sesame.” easy吧，呵呵~~

5.Alice in Wonderland

艾丽丝梦游仙境，也被迪斯尼拍成电影的吧

作者Lewis Carroll，他的两本书Alice's Adventures in Wonderland和Through the Looking-Glass都是写Alice的。

作者的简介：Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)，English logician, mathematician, and novelist, best-known for his classic fantasy novels ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (1865) and its sequel THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE (1871).
　　Carroll used the surrealistic settings of his fantasy world to question the commonly accepted ways of thinking. Unlike other children's books of the time, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland did not try to teach a moral message. Carroll also wrote poetry which have remained open to all explanations of meaning.

本书的评价：Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most celebrated children's books of all time. Since its publication in 1865 most editions of the beloved tale have featured the work of a single artist. Chronicle Books is proud to present this Classic Illustrated Edition with a unique vision: Lewis Carroll's original story of little Alice's tumble down a rabbit hole is brought to life by a wondrous collection of vintage illustrations gathered from the late 19th & early 20th century editions of the book. This oversize edition of the complete text of Carroll's classic contains examples of illustrations from 29 artists.

精彩语录：
--"I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir," said Alice, "because I'm not myself, you see."
--"I don't see," said the Caterpillar.
--"I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly," Alice replied very politely, "for I can't understand it myself top begin with; and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing."
--"It isn't," said the Caterpillar.


6.Andersen, Hans Christian

这就是安徒生的大名啦，呵呵~~The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Princess and The Pea...

另：大多数的英语（或者是德语、法语）资料使用“Hans Christian Andersen”这个叫法，但是在丹麦和斯堪的纳维亚半岛，安徒生的名字为“H.C. Andersen”。在丹麦，一个人的姓名只用首字大写字母表示是个被接受的惯例，正如美国人姓名的中间单词用单词的首字大写字母代替。这是没有什么一般准则的，但是要知道各自的正确用法。因此，在丹麦，人名的规范形式为：“H.C. Andersen”、“H.C. Ørsted ”、“N. F. S. Grundtvig”，而不是“Søren Kierkegaard”、“Tor Nørretranders”、“Lars von Trier”。

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9.Better late than never.
亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。或者说迟到比不到好，呵呵，我们大学里说的是，迟到不如不到，所以就不去上课了~~今天去听了一节本科生的课，the life beyond the Earth，发现美国的孩子上课好认真哦。迟到来的一个白发mm坐我边上，左手写字，右手拿勺子吃东西，太bt了——据说米国很多孩子都左手写字的还特快，今天算见识了……
另外，The Slackers乐队出的第一张专辑，也叫Better late than never——
Better Late Than Never is the debut full-length album by the ska/reggae band The Slackers, originally released in 1996 (see 1996 in music) on Moon Ska Records. It was later remastered and re-released with three additional tracks from the original recording sessions on March 19, 2002 (see 2002 in music) on Special Potato Records.
The album was a notable debut for the band, paving the way for their eventual signing to Hell-Cat Records. It was also a significant departure from the Two Tone and garage rock influences of the band's early days, instead opting for a sound akin to the traditional ska acts of 1960s Jamaica. The album was produced by noted ska/reggae producer Victor Rice, who later collaborated with members of the band on projects by the Stubborn All-Stars and the Version City Rockers.

10.Better safe than sorry.
safe比sorry好，也就是小心为秒！呵呵，有备无患？做人要谨慎，呵呵~~变体：Better to be safe than sorry.

11.The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
个头越大，摔得越重！捧得越高，摔得越惨！Do not be discouraged by the size of your problem or the fame of your competitor. (the saying is traced to a boxer preparing to fight an opponent much larger than he was.) 也是自己给自己打气吧，不做评价……

12.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
二鸟在林，不如一鸟在手，呵呵，据说来自伊索寓言。The proverb "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" is a metaphoric expression meaning that it is better to settle for what you have rather than risk losing everything by attempting to gain more.

This popular proverb is applied to a variety of situations in everyday life because it warns against the effects of greed. Another proverb similar in meaning is the saying, "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence", which means that what you do not have tends to look better than what you do have.

13.Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。呵呵，很早很早以前我最喜欢说的一句话了，英语居然是这么说的，:P
Birds of a feather中的“of a feather”也是一种很老的说法，意为“of a kind”或“of the same species”，因为鸟毛的颜色和形状是区分鸟群种类最明显的证据。莎士比亚大师在他1607年的剧作《雅典的狄蒙》中使用了feather的这种用法：I am not of that Feather, to shake off My Friend when he must need me.（我不是那种在朋友需要我时甩开他的人。）Birds of a feather虽然是中性词，不过在当代英语中指代“一丘之貉”的时候要多一些。来看下面的例句：You and I are birds of a feather.（你和我都是同一类人。）That loser Pam ran into my ex-boyfriend Charlie. Birds of a feather flock together, I guess.（那个失败者帕姆投奔到我的前男友查理那里去了，我看他们都是一丘之貉。）

14. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
这是来自圣经的Golden Rule哦，说一个人要别人如何待他，他也应该要求自己一样待别人。似乎和中文的己所不欲，勿施于人有点类似，不过描述的是相互对立的两个方面，意思差不多~~
The ethic of reciprocity or "The Golden Rule" is a fundamental moral principle found in virtually all major religions and cultures, which simply means "treat others as you would like to be treated.
圣经里还有很多类似意思的话：
* "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD."
* "This is the sum of duty; do naught onto others what you would not have them do unto you."
* "What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others."
* "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man."
* "Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you."

15.A dog is a man's best friend.
A dog is more faithful than most other animals—and more faithful than many people.不要给小孩子就灌输这样的观念嘛，:P
best，最高级哦，sigh，可怜的人类！
关于狗的电影很多啦，有一部就叫man's best friend——Man's Best Friend is a 1993 fictional horror movie in which a genetically-engineered dog turns from man's best friend into man's worst nightmare as he attacks everything that moves. This movie is also known to be shown on the cult film Friday. Being watched by John Witherspoon's character, the scene shown is of the mail man being chased by the genetically-engineered dog.讲述的是杰瑞特博士想通过ＤＮＡ的基因遗传改造，将狗主角麦斯变成更聪明、更灵活的护卫犬。可事与愿违，麦斯变得更具有攻击性，甚至变成更难对付的杀手……
其他一些关于dog的谚语：
几个含有“dog”的英语成语或表达：
Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日(或风水轮流转)。
Love me, love my dog. 爱我，就得爱我的狗。爱屋及乌。
dog eat dog人之间残酷无情的竞争(注意eat为原形)
work like a dog 拼命工作
(as) sick as a dog 病得很厉害
……

16.Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
在鸡蛋还未孵化的时候，不要计算有多少只鸡。鸡蛋一天未孵化，一天都不知道它会不会孵化出来——对事情不要太早下定论，不要高兴得太早。
其它意思相近的句子还有：Don't make assumptions. (别下定论) / Anything could happen. (任何事都会发生) / Don't jump the gun. (别太早预测事情、太早行动)。

17.Don't cry over spilt milk.
不要做无益的后悔。很多人就是在后悔后悔后悔中度过这一生的……
要善于总结，但是不要总在懊悔过去，好好对待你的现在，不要让你的将来cry over你的现在，呵呵~~

18.Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
为了惩罚你的脸，把你的鼻子给割掉。呵呵，不会有人做这样的事情吧？不要和自己过不去。但是又有多少人是以这种方式来处理事情的呢，换个角度或者立场来看待一下问题，也许你会觉得很可笑，也许你会有新的发现……
Cutting off the nose to spite the face is an expression used to describe a needlessly spiteful or self-destructive overreaction to a problem. "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face" is a warning not to act out of pique or pursue revenge in such a way as to damage yourself more than the object of your anger.

The phrase is believed to have originated from a (probably fictional) event that was said to have taken place in AD 867: Viking pirates from Sjaelland and Uppsala landed in Scotland and raided the monastery of Coldingham. When news of the raid reached Aebbe the Younger, the Mother Superior, she gathered her nuns together and urged them to disfigure themselves, that they might be unappealing to the Vikings. In this way, they hoped to protect their chastity. St. Aebbe accomplished this by cutting off her nose and upper lip. The nuns proceeded to do the same. The Viking raiders were so disgusted by the scene that they burned the entire building to the ground.
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字典学习

从一个离开美国的国人那里得到一本书，《A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy》，89年出版的，虽然是旧了点，但是看看还是能学到挺多东西的。

This dictionary is divided into twenty-one sections, each devoted to what you should know about a subject such as arts, mathematics, or world geography by the time you finish sixth grade.虽然是六年级就应该知道的知识，但对于英语是第二外语的，还是有很多新东西的，就重新做一次小学生吧。

今天开始从头把字典里的一些东西的学习记录在这里，呵呵。

字典分21个sections，第一个是Proverbs，谚语。

1.Actions speak louder than words.
It is safer to rely on what people do rather than what they say.
第一个就是“行胜于言”呀，看着真亲切呀，不禁想起礼堂前面的日晷……

2.All for one and one for all.
The proverb itself comes from the book the three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas.
我为人人，人人为我。没想到这个p2p的口号原来这么有来历呀，居然出自大仲马，呵呵~~不过三个火枪手，没看过呢。

3.All's well that ends well.
In any effort, what matters is a good outcome.
这句话还真不好懂，也没有别的注解。wiki里居然有条目——
All's Well That Ends Well is a comedy by William Shakespeare, and is often considered one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or comedy. It was probably written in later middle part of Shakespeare's career, between 1601 and 1608. It is one of Shakespeare's least performed plays. The play is based on a tale (3.9) of Boccacio's Decameron.
居然还是Shakespeare的一个作品名称，ft
另外，张国荣周星驰的《家有喜事》的英文名也叫《All's Well, Ends Well》，不太明白……

4.an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
有个同学的msn的签名就是这个，呵呵。高中的时候一点不吃苹果的，一年大概只吃1-2个苹果吧，记得那时候，同宿舍的jh真是幸福，经常吃苹果的，还有家里带来的好菜，都被我们吃，呵呵~~

5.April showers bring May flowers.
Unpleasant things may bring about good things, just as rainy days cause flowers to bloom later on.
四月雨带来五月花。感情世界各地四月都多雨呀。也说明看事物要多面，呵呵

6.Beauty is only skin deep.
美国人有这么一种说法：skin-deep，Deep就是深浅的深，skin-deep从字面来解释就是：像皮肤那样深，实际上也就是中文里说的“肤浅”。所以这句话的意思就是，美貌只是表面现象，换句话也就是说，外表的美貌并不能说明这个人的本质。:)

7.Beggar can't be choosers.
People who have very little can't be fussy about what they get.
做乞丐的，是不能对所获得的有什么挑剔的，或者翻译得传神些，要饭就不能嫌馊，:)。水浒里有说：饥不择食，寒不择衣，慌不择路，贫不择妻。

8.The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go awry.
NO matter how carefully you plan, something may still go wrong.
这句话不知道中文应该怎么说确切。知道的告诉我一声。

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八国联军烧圆明园？2006社会语文运用十大错公布(zz)

八国联军烧圆明园？2006社会语文运用十大错公布
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2007年01月17日 09:51

　　素有“语林啄木鸟”之称的《咬文嚼字》杂志社，今天公布了2006年社会语文运用的十大差错。这十大差错是:

　　1.电视字幕的常见别字是：象。如：“威力就象一颗原子弹一样。”“象”应为“像”。“象”曾是“像”的简化字，1986年重新公布《简化字总表》时，“像”字恢复使用。在形象上相同或有某些共同点时用“像”。

　　2.干支纪年的常见错误是：丙戍年。如：“千姿百态的狗，成了丙戍年贺卡的主角。”“丙戍”应为“丙戌”。戌，音xū，地支的第十一位，对应的属相为狗。戍，音shù，义为防守，与地支无关。

　　3.社会热词的常见错误是：神州六号。如：“神州六号是中华腾飞的象征。”中国宇航员乘坐的飞船取名为“神舟”而不是“神州”。“神州”是中国的代称。

　　4.出版物中容易混淆的字是：即/既。如：“即来之，则安之。”“即来之”应为“既来之”。“即”，音jí，有未然义；既，音jì，有已然义。两字音近而义殊。

　　5.街头招牌中常见的繁体字错误是：美發。如:“美容美發中心”。滥用繁体字不合用字规范；即使用繁体字，“美髮”也不能写作“美發”。“發”，音fā，是“出發”的“發”；“髮”，音fà，是“头髮”的“髮”。两字均简化为“发”，但音、义并不相同。

　　6.常用文体中容易混淆的词是：启示/启事。如：“招聘启示”“征稿启示”。“启示”应为“启事”。“启事”义为公开说明某事，是一种公告性的文体；“启示”义为启发提示，与文体无关。

　　7.商品名称中常见的错误是：哈蜜瓜。如：“哈蜜瓜是甜瓜的一个变种。”“哈蜜”应为“哈密”。哈密瓜因新疆地名哈密而得名。

　　8.标点符号常见的错误是：信封上误用括号。如：“王伟先生(收)”。括号是用来标明注释性文字的，“收”字并非注释。

　　9.容易张冠李戴的引文是：“食色，性也。”如：“孔子说‘食色，性也’，至今仍被奉为至理。”“食色，性也”一语出自《孟子·告子上》，它是告子而不是孔子说的。

　　10.文史知识常见的错误是：八国联军火烧圆明园。如：“八国联军火烧圆明园是野蛮人的行径。”圆明园是于1860年被英法联军抢掠并烧毁的。1900年八国联军入侵北京，肆意践踏中国主权，其时圆明园已是废园。(来源：新民晚报；记者：李菁)

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烹饪技巧点滴

1、羊肉去膻味：将萝卜块和羊肉一起下锅，

半小时后取出萝卜块；放几块橘子皮更佳；每公斤羊肉放绿豆5克，煮沸10分钟后，将水和绿豆一起倒出；放半包山楂片；将带壳的核桃两三个洗净打孔放入；1公斤羊肉加咖喱粉10克；1公斤羊肉加剖开的甘蔗200克；1公斤水烧开，加羊肉1公斤、醋50克，煮沸后捞出，再重新加水加调料。

2、煮牛肉：为了使牛肉炖得快、炖得烂，加一小撮茶叶（约为泡一壶茶的量，用纱布包好）同煮，肉很快就烂且味道鲜美。

3、煮骨头汤时加一小匙醋，可使骨头中的磷、钙溶解于汤中，并可保存汤中的维生素。

4、煮牛肉和其他韧、硬肉类以及野味禽类时，加点醋可使其软化。

5、煮肉汤或排骨汤时，放入几块新鲜橘皮，不仅味道鲜美，还可减少油腻感。

6、煮咸肉：用十几个钻有许多小孔的核桃同煮，可消除臭味。

7、将绿豆在铁锅中炒10分钟再煮能很快煮烂，但注意不要炒焦。

8、煮蛋时水里加点醋可防蛋壳裂开，事先加点盐也可。

9、煮海带时加几滴醋易烂；放点菠菜也行。

10、煮火腿之前，将火腿皮上涂些白糖，容易煮烂，味道更鲜美。

11、煮水饺时，在水里放一颗大葱或在水开后加点盐，再放饺子，饺子味道鲜美不粘连；在和面时，每500克面粉加拌一个鸡蛋，饺子皮挺刮不粘连。

12、煮水饺时，在锅中加少许食盐，锅开时水也不外溢。

13、煮面条时加一小汤匙食油，面条不会粘连，并可防止面汤起泡沫、溢出锅外。

14、煮面条时，在锅中加少许食盐，煮出的面条不易烂糊。

15、熬粥或煮豆时不要放碱，否则会破坏米、豆中的营养物质。

16、用开水煮新笋容易熟，且松脆可口；要使笋煮后不缩小，可加几片薄荷叶或盐。


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