It's always the attention to detail and the little grace notes that really make something sing.注重細(xì)節(jié)必成大器。
grace notes 裝飾音,花音

make something sing=make something stand out.
It's the XX that makes... 強(qiáng)調(diào)XX
好惹,這是今天學(xué)的句子。本篇文章主要針對英語的讀寫所設(shè)置的。
時事評論與寫作后期,如果我讀外文雜志例如經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人,紐約時報(bào),有很經(jīng)典的句子或短語,我會及時更在上面的。
關(guān)于這次的標(biāo)題我想說的是,之前背accumulate學(xué)到的一句話,高中課文里也背過,出自荀子的勸學(xué)。英文是這樣的,很簡單。“Accumulate from small step and you can get to the top.”
廢話就不多說了。下面開始介紹單詞短語。
purchase temporary pose購買短暫的休息--這是在訓(xùn)斥一些交了學(xué)費(fèi)卻在課堂上睡覺的人。他們逃避工作,又不認(rèn)真對待學(xué)習(xí)。不就是拿錢換取短暫的休息嗎。
be trifled with被嘲笑
surface可!以!作!動!詞!暴露,顯露,公開(其實(shí)寫作中的一個竅門就是運(yùn)用一些鮮為人知的還可以作其它詞性的詞)
aching joys苦痛的快樂
rags-to-riches白手起家
blind date相親
monogamy一夫一妻制
go viral一下就火了
chauvinism沙文主義,大男子主義
bump into撞上
Patriarchal父權(quán)的
Maternal母權(quán)的
He has paid the debt of nature. 隱晦的說人去世。
Every time he comes to New York, he wants to paint the town red.每次來紐約,他都要痛飲一番。
* be afraid of 擔(dān)心 (he is afraid of waking up his wife.淺層含義是擔(dān)心他的妻子沒睡好覺)
* be afraid to 害怕 (he is afraid to wake up his wife.怕他妻子發(fā)火。
Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不見心不煩
Man Road, as the iron, the more strides we now. 雄關(guān)漫道真如鐵,而今邁步從頭越。
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.不入虎穴焉得虎子。
It is Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark.沒有了靈魂。
Rob peter to pay paul.拆東墻補(bǔ)西墻。