Unit One
Real English
1. Crash
Examples
A: I’m so tired. I
think I’m going to have to crash in a minute.
B: No problem, you’ve
been up since 5am, you must be exhausted!
A: I’m going to Edinburgh next weekend.
B: Oh cool, that’s
nice. Where are you going to crash?
A: I think I’ll just
crash at my sister’s.
2. Buzz
Examples
A: When are you going
to arrive?
B: Not sure exactly,
I'll give you a buzz when I come out of the station.
A: We really should
meet up soon!
B: Yes, give me a
buzz when you're next in town and we'll go for a drink.
3. Yummy
Examples
A: We ate out at that
Thai restaurant last night.
B: Oh how was that?
A: I had Thai green
curry, it was yummy!
A: Have you tried
Jim's birthday cake?
B: Yes, it’s so
yummy!
4. In
Examples
A: I like her shoes,
but those jeans are awful.
B: What? High-waist
jeans are so in right now.
A: Brian’s new
haircut is great, isn’t it?
B: Yes, pink hair is
really in at the moment.
5. Get Real
Example
A: When did Geoffrey
say the deadline was for this research?
B: Er… Tuesday
afternoon.
A: Tuesday? Geoff
needs to get real!
回顾2009系列：环境气候
绿领工人
green-collar worker
碳减排 carbon
emission reduction
碳浓度 carbon
intensity
绿色信贷 Green
Credit
碳税 carbon
tax
碳足迹 carbon
footprint
全球变暖 global
warming
大功率电器
high-power electrical appliance
一次性筷子
disposable chopstick
污水治理 sewage
treatment
可再生能源 renewable
energy
绿色“生物燃料” biofuel
地热
ground-source heat
自然保护区 nature
reserve
生态旅游
ecotourism
再生水 recycled
water
无车日 car-free
day
世界环境日 World
Environment Day
白色污染 white
pollution (by using and littering of non-degradable white plastics)
可降解一次性塑料袋 throwaway
bio-degradable plastic bags
垃圾填埋场 refuse
landfill
水土流失 water and
soil erosion
水资源保护区 water
resource conservation zone
绿化面积
afforested areas; greening space
环保产品
environment-friendly products
环境恶化
environmental degradation
空气污染浓度 air
pollution concentration
清洁能源 clean
energy
无铅汽油 lead-free
gasoline
小排量汽车
small-displacement (engine) vehicles
温室效应
greenhouse effect
Unit
Two
Real English
1. With It
Examples
A: Sorry, I’m a
little tired. I’ve just flown from London to Beijing.
B: No wonder you’re
not with it today.
A: I’m not really
with it at the moment, I think it’s these cold drugs I’m taking.
B: No problem, just
go and get some rest.
2. Get the Hump
Examples
A: Do you know where
Mike is? I want to ask him something.
B: Mike? He’s still
in his room in a bad mood. He’s had the hump all morning.
A: I really don’t
think that dress suits you.
B: What? It’s my
favourite!
A: Oh, sorry. Don’t
get the hump. I just think you look better in purple.
Yang Li: So, you
can use this phrase in different ways: he's got the hump.
3. Taking it too far
Example
A: You know Mary is
obsessed with recycling?
B: Yeah, I know.
A: Well, she told me
that she’s going to tell people off who are using plastic cups at work.
B: No way, that’s
taking it too far. She can’t do that.
4. To Get the Wrong End of the Stick
Example
A: So why didn't you
meet us on Saturday then?
B: I'm sorry about
that – I got the wrong end of the stick – I thought you were meeting next
Saturday.
5. Chip on Your Shoulder
Example:
A: How's your English coming along? Are you getting much practice
with the native speakers at work?
B: Well I try to speak a lot but one colleague in particular is
awful. He keeps on telling me my English isn't very good. I didn't think I was
that bad!
A: Don't worry. I think he's got a chip on his shoulder because
his Chinese isn't as good as your English!
回顾2009系列：交通运输
轻轨列车 light rail train
隧桥 tunnel-bridge
舟山连岛工程 Zhoushan
Island-Land Project
高速铁路
high-speed rail
动车 bullet train
公交专用车道 bus lane
长安街“整修”
face-lift
（机动车）单双号限行
odd-and-even license plate rule
低噪音地铁 low-noise
subway
电子不停车收费
Electronic Toll Collection
早高峰 morning
peak
晚高峰 evening
peak
交通拥堵 traffic
jam
零容忍 zero tolerance
交通高峰期 rush hour
公共交通线路网 public
transport network
尾号限行 traffic
restrictions based on the last digit of license plate numbers
交通管制 traffic
control
无车日 car-free day
实名购票 ID-based ticket booking system
Unit Three
教育
研究生入学考试 national
post-graduate entrance examination
保研 postgraduate recommendation
初试qualifying examination / preliminary exam
复试secondary examination
笔试 written examination
口试 oral examination
面试 interview
公费研究生 government-supported graduate student
自费研究生 self-supporting graduate student
在职研究生 on-the-job postgraduate student
高考移民 NCEE migrant
公务员考试 civil service exam
考碗族 gold-rice-bowl seeker
校长推荐制 nominations from
their headmasters
助学贷款 student loans
高等教育机构 higher
learning institution
高考college
(or university) entrance examination
职业教育
vocational education
成人教育 adult
education
义务教育
compulsory education
网络教育
webucation
义务教师
obligatory tutor
助教
tutor/teaching assistant/assistant instructor
讲师 lecturer
电子教科书 digital
textbook
硕博连读
successive postgraduate and doctoral programs of study
代课教师
substitute teacher
正式在编教师 regular
teacher
教育公平 equal
access to education
学杂费 tuition
and incidental fees
最高科技奖 top
science and technology award
绩效工资 merit pay
Word power
1.
sit pretty 生活优裕，吃喝不愁
eg. Mike really is sitting pretty with his
new job.
2.
beat around the bush 旁敲侧击，拐弯抹角地说话
eg. Don’t beat around the bush, tell us the
truth.
3.
no respecter of persons 一视同仁
eg. Old age is no respecter of persons; it
strikes beggars and billionaires alike.
4.
draw/ pull in one’s horns 退缩，低调或收敛
eg. When he saw that I had the support of the
majority, he drew in his horns and admitted he might have made a mistake.
5.
catch flies 打瞌睡
eg. You’d better not catch flies on the job.
6.
olive branch 橄榄枝/和解
eg. Jill was the first to hold out the olive
branch after our argument.
7.
put your foot in your mouth 有意无意做错事，说错话
eg. I certainly put my foot in my mouth at
the party last night when I asked Mister Brown to say hello to his wife for me.
Somehow I’d forgotten that his wife died 6 months ago.
8.
rapport 和睦的关系
eg. Germany has been trying to develop
a rapport with neighboring countries.
9.
year-end promotion 年末促销
eg. Sales surged over the weekend in Beijing as shoppers
swarmed the city’s major stores for year-end promotions.
10.
blow one’s own trumpet 自吹自擂
eg. He says he prefers to work behind the
scenes rather than to blow his own trumpet.
Unit Four
房地产
房地产市场 real
estate market/property market
房地产市场过热
overheated property sector
房价 property
price/housing price
普通购房者 private
homebuyer
房产中介 real
estate agent
首付 down payment
分期付款 payment by
installment
月供 monthly
installment payment
廉租房 low-rent housing
经济适用房
affordable housing
闲置地产 vacant property
现房 complete
apartment
期房 forward
delivery housing
商品房
commercial residential building
政策性住房
policy-related house
按揭购房 buy a house on mortgage
二手房
second-hand house
物业税 property tax
购房契税 property deed tax
印花税 property stamp duty
囤地 land reserves
楼层建筑面积 floor space
塔楼 tower
building
一期/二期
first/second stage
板楼 slab-type
apartment building
容积率capacity
rate
停车位 parking
space
住房公积金贷款 housing
provident fund/ housing accumulation fund
房产证 property
ownership certificate
炒房者 real
estate speculator
观望态度
wait-and-watch attitude
房屋空置率 housing
vacancy rate
增值地价
added-value fees
投机性房产交易
speculative property transactions
房地产泡沫 property
bubble
商业地产
commercial property
住宅地产
residential property
售后回租（即租回已出售的财产）leaseback
土地使用证 land use
certificate
商住综合楼
commercial/residential complex
地段等级 location
classification
重点开发区 key zones
for development
旧区改造
reconstruction of old area
折旧费
depreciation allowances
维修费
allowances for repairs and maintenance
抵押贷款欠额 unpaid
mortgage balance
便利设施 amenities
分租合住的经济公寓 tenement
社区community
钉子户 nail household
Word Power
1.get a bang
out of 得到无比快乐
eg. We always get a bang out of eating dinner
at the Green’s house.
2.trump card
王牌
eg. Jack showed his trump card at the last
minute.
3.yearly
onset of puberty 早熟
eg. The number of children experiencing the
early onset of puberty has doubled over the past 10 years.
4.leave no
stone unturned 不遗余力，千方百计去达到目的
eg. I shall leave no stone unturned to
protect myself to put as good a face on this matter as I can.
5. play by ear 做一件事不是事先有计划，而是走着瞧，临时决定
eg. I haven’t had a chance to prepare any
notes, so all I can do is start talking and play it by ear.
6.bury the
hatchet 化解争端
eg. It has been over a year since the
incident and I think it is time we bury the hatchet.
7.pay
through the nose 付出比真正的价值高得多的钱，或者说付出的钱实在太多而感到心痛
eg. My brother borrowed the money to open his
restaurant 5 years ago when the interest rate was so high, so he’s been paying
through the nose ever since.
8.with
flying colors 出色的完成某件事
eg. He passed the exam with flying colors.
9.trade-in 贴换
eg. Recently, the US government passed legislation
providing vouchers valued from $3500-4500 when you trade-in an old vehicle and
purchase a new, fuel-efficient one.
10.
monkey’s allowance 非人的待遇，挨打受骂挣钱少的待遇
eg. I soon found my treatment in the factory
was going to be the monkey’s allowance.
Unit Five
回顾2009系列：国庆阅兵
阅兵村 drill
camps
游行乐队 marching
bands
阅兵式 military
review
群众欢庆游行 mass
pageant
科学发展观
Scientific Outlook on Development
和谐社会A
Harmonious society
全副武装的国庆阅兵大典
full-dress National Day Military parade
方阵 phalanx
特种兵部队special
forces
精密雷达sophisticated
radar
无人机unmanned
aerial vehicles(UAV)
卫星通讯设备satellite
communication devices
战斗机梯队fighter-bomber
echelon
军乐队military
brass band
游行彩车 parade
float
Word Power
1.
soft underbelly 软肋
eg. You need to find the soft underbelly of
your opponents, and then beat them.
2.
Nine day’s wonder 曾一时轰动后来又销声匿迹的事物或人
Eg. The satellite that landed in their garden
made the family a bit of nine day’s wonder, but no one remember their names
now.
3.
water off a duck’s back 毫无作用，耳旁风
eg. I keep telling my friend it’s foolish to
gamble all of his money, but it’s like water off a duck’s back.
4.
rush-to-get-pregnant 闪婚
eg. More and more female employees choose to
be in “the rush-to-get-pregnant tribe”.
5.
on an even kneel 平稳地
eg. My main priority is to keep my life on an
even kneel for the sake of my 2 boys.
6.
surveillance camera 视频监控
eg. Surveillance camera at primary and middle
schools in Beijing
will soon be integrated into the city’s overall security monitoring platform.
7.
food poisoning 食物中毒
eg. More than 200 students had symptoms of
food poisoning after drinking school breakfast milk in Shannxi.
8.
wishy-washy 优柔寡断
eg. One mistake a lot of people make is being
too wishy-washy.
9.
on the blink 不断闪（某物出毛病了）
eg. If a machine is on the blink, it is out
of order.
10.
plague prevention 疫情防控
eg. China Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention already had delivered 10000 plague prevention leaflets to the quake
zone.
Unit Six
回顾2009系列：创业板/股市
创业板及股市相关词汇：
证监会 China
Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
创业板/二板 Growth enterprises board(GEB)/second board
中国创业板 China's
Nasdaq-like growth enterprises board
主板市场 main
board
股指期货 stock index futures
市盈率 PE ratio
新兴企业 start-up company
融资
fund-raising
股票、股权 share,
equity, stock
债券 bond,
debenture, debts
可流通股份
negotiable share
可转换债券
convertible bond
国库券/政府债券
treasury/government bond
企业债券 corporate
bond
清算/结算clearing
and settlement
商品/金融衍生产品
commodity/financial derivatives
看跌/看涨期权 put /
call option
红利/股 dividend
个人投资者/散户
retail/private investor
机构投资者
institutional investor
基金公司 fund
management company
庄家，股票操纵者 market
maker
股票操盘手 stock
operator
熊市/牛市 bear/bull
markets
最赚钱的股票；蓝筹股 blue chip
交易所，证券交易所 bourse
股份回购 share repurchase; share buy-back
调整
correction
从上市证券表中除名 delist
贴现 discount
贴现率 discount
rate
（押款金额以外的）财产价值，证券，股票 equity
起伏 fluctuate
欺骗，欺诈 fraud
内幕交易 insider
trading
老鼠仓 rat trading
（香港）恒生指数 Hang Seng
Index
日经股票平均指数 Nikkei
Stock Average
占有的财产，股票 holdings
净资产值 Net Asset
Value ( NAV )
新上市股票 new
issue; Initial Public Offering ( IPO)
（价格等）暴跌 nosedive
纽约股票交易综合指数 NYSE’s
composite index
纽约股票交易所 New York
Stock Exchange ( NYSE ); Big Board
契约，债券
obligation
拖欠的
outstanding
票面价值 par value
骤然跌落 plummet
集合基金 pool
有价证券 portfolio
优先股票 preferred
stock
收入；收益 proceeds
（股票价格等）止跌，上扬 rally
反弹 rebound
偿还，补偿 recoup
恢复 recovery
红筹股 red-chip
share
偿还 refund
回弹，复原力
resilience
股市抛售 sell-off
支撑 shore up
有偿还能力的 solvent
投机 speculate
关于“选择”的常用语
1.
You have a lot to choose from.
2.
Do I have any choice?
3.
What choice do I have?
4.
Would you pick 2 out of 3?
5.
Do I have any say in this matter?
6.
Never give her too large a choice.
7.
Take your choice.
Word Power
1.
drag-racing driver 飚车司机
eg. Drag-racing drivers deserve to be
punished for putting the innocent at risk.
2.
keep one’s powder dry 做好准备
eg. The commander told his soldiers to keep
their powder dry.
3.
survival of the fittest 适者生存
eg. The growth of a large business is merely
a survival of the fittest.
4.
milk round 校园招聘
eg. We enjoy visiting the campus as part of
our milk round, to meet many students, lecturers and staff.
5.
lady killer 师奶杀手（讨女人喜欢的男人）
eg. Keith is a right lady killer and he has a
new girlfriend every week.
6.
brown-nose 马屁精
eg. Bill is the biggest brown-nose in our
office.
7.
Klutz 笨手笨脚的人
Eg. I felt like such a klutz.
8.
corporate bribery 单位行贿
eg. The tycoon (巨头) stood
trial (受审) for
illegal business dealing, insider trading (内幕交易) and
corporate bribery.
9.
material girl 拜金女
eg. Ma Nuo has won plaudits (眼球) for her
stylish appearance, but is equally derided (受奚落) for her
material girl image.
10.
throw down the gauntlet 挑起争论，提出竞赛
eg. Once Bill threw down the gauntlet, I had
to fight.
Unit Seven
回顾2009系列：健康
相关词汇
猪流感 swine flu
输入型病例 imported
case
疑似病例 suspected
case
确诊病例 confirmed
case
流感“二代”病例 domestic
flu case
重症病例 case of
serious conditions
居家隔离 home
quarantine
流感集中爆发 flu
outbreak
高发季节
high-occurrence season
本土疫苗 homegrown
vaccine
后天免疫 acquired
immunity
敏感群体 sensitive
groups
不良反应 adverse
reaction
医疗改革 medical
reform
基本药物 essential
medicine
社区卫生站
grassroots clinics
高利润药品
high-margin pharmacies
疫苗接种 vaccine
jab
流感疫苗 flu
vaccine
感染病例数 flu
caseload
抗病毒药物
anti-viral medications
减轻流感症状 ease flu
symptoms
呼吸道疾病
respiratory disease
潜伏期
incubation period
人与人之间的传播/感染
human-to-human transmission/spread/infection
出现发烧/发热症状 develop a
fever
预防措施
precautionary measures
避免与……接触 avoid
contacts with
加强检测 step up
surveillance
流感恐慌 flu
jitters
制止病毒的扩散 stem the
spread of the virus
Word power:
1. up in
arms 进行武装斗争，或者非常愤怒，准备打假
eg. All us
students are up in arms at the news the school is raising our tuition 10%.
2. pencil you
in/ into 很认真地把你的要求记录下来
eg. A:
Hey, want to join the party tomorrow?
B: I will pencil you into my schedule.
3. green
light 表某计划获得批准，可以进行
eg. My
boss liked my idea to open a branch office in Los Angeles and gave me the green light to go
ahead.
4. make
someone’s day 使别人的那一天开心的很
eg. Go
ahead, punk, make my day. (动手吧，废物，给我一个快活的机会)
5. casting
couch 肉体交易
eg. The
young actress used the casting couch to get a role in the film.
6 .
accountability system 问责制
Eg. The
new regulation outlines departmental duties, an anti-smuggling assessment and
accountability system.
7.rattle
away 喋喋不休
eg. The
two old men sat there and rattled away at one another.
8. jinx 扫把星
eg. I am
convinced there is a jinx on this car. （这车闹鬼了）
9. congestion
fee 交通拥堵费
eg. London has charged a
congestion fee for vehicles entering the inner city since 2003.
10. bite one’s
tongue 保持缄默（尤指特想说话的场合）
eg. When
my son told me he wanted to quit the university to become an artist , I had to
bite my tongue and accept his decision.
Unit Eight
回顾2009系列：应对经济危机
经济危机 economic
crisis/ financial crisis/ financial turmoil/financial meltdown
经济不景气
recession/ bleeding economy/ depression/sluggish economy
萧条期 slump
失业 lose
one’s job/ be unemployed/ be redundant
失业加剧 job
losses mount/ unemployment climb
失业人数 jobless
number
找工作 seek
employment
找工作者 job
seeker
严峻的就业形势 a tough
job market
欠薪 withhold
wage
减薪 salary
cut
信心下滑
confidence slump
经济复苏 economic
recovery
经济危机的影响 the
crisis' fallout
应对危机 face the
crisis/ meet the crisis/ fight crisis
重建信心
confidence reconstruction
遏制衰退
containing declines
减缓衰退 slow down
declines
安居工程 affordable/comfortable housing project
安置职工 staffing
成本削减
cost-cutting
创造新的就业 generate
new employment
刺激消费 stimulate
consumer spending
恢复 revive/
recovery/ turnaround
积极的财政政策 proactive
fiscal policy
减少裁员 refrain
from laying off employees
减员 cut the
salaried work force
结构调整
structural adjustment
经济刺激方案 stimulus
package/ stimulus plan
就业指导 career
guidance
抗风险能力 anti-risk
capability
扩大内需 propel/
drive/ expand domestic demand
基础设施建设
infrastructure construction
减免税收 tax
relief
例行节约 practice
economy
适度宽松的货币政策
moderately loose monetary policy
削减生产 slash
production
消费券
consumption coupon/vouch
小额贷款 loans of
small amounts
政府紧急援助
government bailout
政府做某事的决心
government’s vow to do sth.
中小型企业 SMEs
Word power
1.
electoral fraud 选举舞弊
eg. A Philippine lawmaker frustrated by
rampant electoral fraud has proposed legislation to get the names of the dead
off voter rolls. 2.assistance dog 协助狗
eg. Three types of assistance dogs from Japan
will show how they help disabled people.
3.ecological
compensation 生态补偿
eg. China will promote ecological
compensation and draft regulations in the sector.
4.Dutch act
自杀
Eg. People believe he did the Dutch act.
5anonymous online
comments 匿名跟帖
eg. China will push to end anonymous
online comments, according to Wang Chen, director of the State Council
Information office.
6.compete
for the post 竞聘上岗
eg. I heard that 3 top-level candidates will
compete for the post.
7.err on
the side of…than 宁可… 也不
eg. They may be wise to err on the side of
caution than risks.
8.mobile
payment 移动支付
eg. In a country with over 700 m mobile phone users, exploring the
mobile payment market may appear lucrative.
9.traffic
warden 交通协管员
eg. Traffic wardens are responsible for
enforcing the law relating to the illegal parking.
10.water-intensive
industry 耗水产业
eg. Water-intensive industrial sectors, such
as thermal power, textiles, paper, iron and steel, have the most potential for
water conservation.
Unit Nine
回顾2009系列：农业与农村
加大农业生产投入 increased input in agricultural production
农业发展补贴基金 agricultural development subsidy fund
农村家电补贴政策 subsidy program for rural families to
purchase electrical appliances
家电下乡 Home appliances going to the countryside
农民企业家 Farmer-turned-entrepreneur
城乡差距 rural-urban divide
刺激农村消费，提高农村生活水平 stimulate rural consumption and raise rural
living standards
“三农”问题 Issues of agriculture, farmer and rural area
农村税费改革 Rural Tax and Fee Reform
农民人均年纯收入per capita annual net income of farmers
稳定农作物生产 stabilize grain production
加快农村基础设施建设 step up rural infrastructure construction
推进城镇化建设 push forward the urbanization
社会主义新农村 Socialist New Countryside
贫困线 poverty line
贫富差距 wealth gap
政府扶贫投入 government input in poverty relief
农村最低生活保障制度 rural subsistence allowances system
小额信贷项目 micro-credit program
Word power
1.
barrier-free
elevator 无障碍电梯
eg. Not
all barrier-free elevators were functional in trial opening of the SH World
Expo.
2.
put all
his eggs in one basket 孤注一掷
eg. He
decided to apply to several business schools. He didn’t want to pull all his
eggs in one basket.
3.
rough
patch 低迷期
eg.
Juventus is going through a rough patch right now.
4.
flight
backlog 积压航班
eg. A
massive flight backlog was growing and scientists feared that history could
repeat itself with yet another volcanic eruption in Iceland.
5.
dry goods 纺织品
eg. Have
you ever had any experience in the wholesale dry goods business?
6.
Long-haul
flights 长途航班
Eg. Air France is
expected to operate 100% of its long-haul flights and nearly all of its
European flights.
7.
stifling
gameplan 抑制战术
eg. Inter Milan expected a perfect stifling gameplan to claim a
comprehensive win over Barcelona.
8. nuclear
disarmament 核裁军
eg. As a
world nuclear power, china has made unremitting efforts toward global nuclear disarmament.
9.book fair 书市
eg. The
2010 Spring Book Fair in Ditan
Park attracted only a
modest group of visitors on its opening day. With nippy weather and a decline
in public interest blamed.
10cold turkey 突然彻底摆脱某种习惯或停止某种活动
eg. Lydia
tried to smoke only one cigarette a week, but she ended up going back to her
old habits. She decided to try out going cold turkey.
Unit Ten
2009年十大网络流行语英文版
Top 10 Internet catchphrases of 2009
1. 不差钱
Money is not a problem.
2. 哥抽的不是烟，是寂寞！
What brother is smoking is not a cigarette,
but loneliness!
3. 贾君鹏, 你妈妈喊你回家吃饭！
Jia Junpeng, your mother wants you to go home
to have some food.
4. 人生就像茶几，上面摆满了杯具。
Life is like a tea table, with bitter cups
placed all over it.
5. 不要迷恋哥，哥只是个传说。
Don't be obsessed with brother. He is only a
legend.
6. 人情债，我肉偿了！
My debts of gratitude have been repaid with
my body!
7. 你有什么不开心的？说出来让大家开心一下。
What makes you unhappy? Tell us to make
us happy.
8. 你out了！
You are left behind the times.
9. 雷锋做好事不留名，但把每一件事情都记到日记里。
Lei Feng does good without seeking
recognition, but he records everything in his diary.
10.这事儿不能说太细。
It cannot be explained in detail.
英语点津2009年度十大新闻热词
躲猫猫
hide-and-seek
甲型H1N1流感 H1N1 flu
二板/创业板 second
board; growth enterprise board (GEB)
创业板“市盈率” PE ratio
新兴企业 start-up
company
阅兵式 military
review
阅兵式 military
review
群众欢庆游行 mass
pageant
国庆“禁飞” ban on
flying activities
重庆“打黑” gang
crackdown
钓鱼执法
entrapment
微博
micro-blogging; mini blog
视频博客 vlog
博客 blog
播客 podcast
校长推荐
nomination from headmaster
减排 carbon
emission reduction
碳税 carbon
tax
碳浓度 carbon
intensity
碳足迹 carbon
footprint
Word power:
1.
hot seat 可能会产生麻烦或让人感到难堪的局面
eg. If you lie
to your girlfriend, you will be in the hot seat.
2.
second-guess 预测
eg. The papers
have all been trying to second-guess each other about the President’s next
move.
3.
free loader 吃白食的人
eg. I told him
to stop being a freeloader and get out and find another job.
4.
through fire and water 不怕任何困难，准备赴汤蹈火，接受任何考验的决心
eg. Jim
worships Mary; he would go through fire and water for her.
5.
nose dive 急剧下降，暴跌
eg. Today the stock
market took a nose dive and dropped more than 200 points.
6.
land reserves 囤地
eg. The
Ministry of Land and Resources has charged added-value fees for land reserves.
7.
get under sb’s skin 令人极度烦恼，浑身不自主
eg. It really
got under my skin when he said women were bad drivers.
8.
pendulum clan 钟摆族
eg. Mary
white-collar workers commute every week between 2 cities, earning themselves
the moniker, “pendulum clan”.
9.
zero in on 集中注意
eg. Many of
the major daily newspaper have not really zeroed in on the problem.
10. cross-dressing male 伪娘
eg. The Chinese
public is abuzz about a recent cross-dressing male contestant on the Super Boy
reality show.
Unit 11
英语点津2009年度十大新词
1. 论坛“马甲”
sockpuppet
2. 为生活减速
downshifting
3. 手机幻听 ringxiety
4. 家中度假
staycation
5. 性短信 sexting
6. 非主流少年 Scene kid
7. 快闪族 flash mob
8. 鸡仔文学 chick lit
9. 啃老族 NEET ＋ 草莓族
Strawberry Generation
10. 碳足迹 carbon
footprint
说“软话”
1.I can see my part in this.
2.I haven’t thought of it that way before.
3.I could be wrong.
4.Let’s agree to disagree on that.
5.This isn’t just your problem; it’s our
problem.
6.Wait, can I take that back?
7.This is important to me. Please listen.
8.I overreacted.
9.I see you’re in a tough position.
10.
I realize it’s not your fault.
11.
That came out all wrong.
12.
I see how I contributed to the problem.
13.
What are we really fighting about?
14.
How can I make things better?
15.
I’m feeling unappreciated. (
16.
We’re getting off the subject.
17.
I know I need to listen more.
18.
You’ve convinced me.
19.
Let’s take a break for a few minutes.
Word power:
1.lose one’s shirt 某个人失去了他所有的一切
eg. Be careful
of salesman who call on the phone and offer to sell you land on the beach down
in Florida. You
can lose your shirt because the chances are the lands is under water at high
tide.
2.reservation ticket 预约券
eg. A SH Expo
official said every Expo ticket holder can get one reservation ticket at the
entrance to the Expo
Garden from Expo staff.
3.get one’s 2nd wind
eg. I often
feel sleepy after supper and then I get my 2nd wind later in the
evening.
4.Wall of fame 名人堂
eg. NY’s Apollo
Theater took on a touch of Hollywood
when it began installing its own Walk of Fame.
5.illegal bank 地下钱庄
eg. Chinese
police and finance authorities broke up 26 illegal banks in Guangdong last month.
6.high tea 下午茶
eg. Do you
like high tea?
7.boot camp for Internet addicts 网瘾训练营
eg. The
teenager died at an illegal boot camp for Internet addicts.
8.body double 全身裸替
eg. It’s increasingly
difficult to find a suitable body double in Showbiz
9.lay sb low 使人消沉
eg. The death
of her father really laid her low.
10.
differential power pricing 差别电价
eg. Some
expert suggested that differential power pricing is a must and asked the
government to put it into action.
unit 12
全国第六次“人口普查”
sixth nationwide population census 第六次全国人口普查
door-to-door
interviews/door-to-door
household survey 入户摸底调查
census enumerators 人口普查员
confidentiality agreements 保密协议
Beijing permanent residency/hukou 北京市常住户口
household register 户口登记簿
temporary residence permit 暂住证
local permanent residence permit 长期居住证
mobile
population
流动人口
aging of population 人口老龄化
rural left-behind population 农村留守人口
urban population 城镇人口
rural population 农村人口
birth rate/natality rate 出生率
births 出生人数
birth peaks 出生高峰
mortality rate 死亡率
general mortality rate 总死亡率
infant mortality rate 婴儿死亡率
mean age at death 平均死亡年龄
average length of life 平均寿命
natural growth 人口自然增长
NPG (negative population growth) 人口负增长
ZPG (zero population growth) 人口零增长
annual growth rate 年增长率
average annual rate of growth 平均年增长率
vital index 出生死亡比例
vital statistics 人口统计
age structure 年龄结构
age group 年龄组
expectation of life 平均预期寿命
rejuvenation of population 人口年轻化
sex ratio 性比率
sampling survey 抽样调查
random sampling 随机抽样
questionaire 调查表
place of birth 出生地
date of birth 出生日期
migration 迁居
emigration 迁出、移居国外
immigration 迁入、移居入境
migrant 移民
internal migration 国内迁移
migration rate 迁移率
乘机旅行必备英文词汇
boarding
check 登机牌
plane
ticket 飞机票
flight,
flying 飞行
bumpy
flight 不平稳的飞行
smooth
flight 平稳的飞行
ramp
扶梯
altitude,
height 高度
air
route, air line 航线
extra flight 加班机
charter
flight 包机
first
class 头等舱
business
class 商务舱
economy
class, tourist class 经济舱
non-stop
flight 连续飞行
climbing,
to gain height 爬升
circling
盘旋
forced
landing 迫降
ceiling
上升限度
cruising
speed 巡航速度
top
speed 最高速度
night
service 夜航
airsick
晕机
direct
flight, straight flight 直飞
landing
着陆
to
rock, to toss, to bump 颠簸
to
taxi along 滑行
to
lose height, to fly low 低空飞行
to
take off, take-off 起飞
to
board a plane, get into a plane 上飞机
to
get off a plane, alight from a plane 下飞机
to
face the wind 迎风
to
fly with the wind 顺风
“办公室政治”相关词汇
Grapevine 像葡萄藤般传播的传闻/小道消息
Brown-nosing/kissing up/sucking up 拍马屁
Back-biting 诽谤
Gossip 闲言碎语
Rumor mongering 散布谣言
Peer-to-peer 同事之间
Cliques 小集团
Kiss a lot of frogs
搞特殊关系
Scandal 公众丑闻
Unit 13
跟杜拉拉学职场用语
杜拉拉职位一览：
秘书 secretary
行政秘书 executive secretary
地区销售总监秘书 secretary to regional sales director
人事行政专员 HR executive
助理人事行政经理 assistant HR(Human Resource) & administrative manager
人事主管 HR supervisor
人事经理 HR manager
公司职务等级：
招聘经理 recruiting manager
高级秘书 senior secretary
销售总监 sales director
总裁 president
小资（此处指”小人物“） small potatoes
中产阶级 middle class
高产阶级 upper class
富人 upper crust
职场相关用语：
简报 catalog
公司奖励旅行 company bonus trip
电话会议 teleconference
标书 bidding plan
公司内部职位竞聘 internal position to be filled by competitive selection
辞职信 letter of resignation
年会 annual meeting
十句职场地道口语
1.What are you up to? 你正在做什么？
2.In the middle of something? 你正在忙吗？
3.Maybe I’m going out on a limb, but I think we still have to invest it.
4. “Please give us your
comments. ”请多提宝贵意见。
5. Probably. It’s still up in the air. 大概吧。不是太确定。
6. That’s OK. 不用了。
7. He’s out for lunch. 他出去吃午餐了.
8. “You’re in the pink !”你的气色真好！
9. Just right place, right time. 只不过是“天时地利”而已。
10. Same here. 我也是。
Unit 14
又是一年“毕业季”
commencement/graduation ceremony 毕业典礼
marshal of graduation ceremony 毕业典礼的司仪
graduation party 毕业晚会
graduation song 毕业歌
graduation photo 毕业照
graduate and leave school 毕业离校
farewell
dinner party
散伙饭
farewell present 饯别礼物
farewell party 欢送会
graduation trip 毕业旅行
graduation appraisal 毕业鉴定
graduation day 毕业日
cap and gown 方帽长袍
academic dress 学士服/毕业礼服
bestow honors and prizes 颁发荣誉证书和奖金
attend graduate school 读研
outstanding graduates 优秀毕业生
diploma 毕业证/文凭
class book 毕业纪念册
a graduation dissertation/thesis 毕业论文
(thesis) oral defense 论文答辩
an abstract of a thesis 论文摘要
graduation project 毕业设计
graduation field work 毕业实习
graduating students/this year's graduates 应届毕业生
assignment of graduates 毕业生分配制度
bachelor's degree 学士学位
master's degree 硕士学位
doctor's degree 博士学位
Bachelor of Arts 文学学士
Bachelor of Laws 法学学士
Bachelor of Engineering 工学学士
Bachelor of Economics 经济学学士
中美战略经济对话关键词
China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue 中美战略经济对话
opening ceremony 开幕式
closing remarks 闭幕辞
high-level dialogue 高层对话
Chinese currency Yuan 人民币汇率问题
currency rate/exchange rate reform 汇率改革
foreign exchange rate mechanism 汇率机制
external pressure 外部压力
rebalance global growth 重新平衡全球发展
currency appreciation 货币升值
currency flotation 浮动汇率
currency manipulator 货币操纵国
climate change/energy 气候变化/能源
alternative energy 可替代能源
clean energy 清洁能源
lower carbon economy 低碳经济
economic cooperation 经济合作
government procurement 政府采购
hi-tech goods 高科技产品
hi-tech export 高科技出口
high-end manufacturing 高端制造业
energy-saving products 节能产品
intellectual property rights/IPR protection 知识产权保护
market access barriers 市场准入障碍
supply chain 供应链
European debt crisis 欧洲债务危机
anti-protectionism in international trade 反对国际贸易保护主义
global economic recovery 全球经济复苏
full market economy status 完全市场经济地位
open trade and investment regimes 开放的贸易和投资体制
outcome 成果
MOU/memorandum of understanding 谅解备忘录
Framework for EcoPartnerships 生态合作框架
credit agreements 贷款协定
reach consensus 达成共识
bear fruit 取得成果
revised agreement 修订协议
outcome statement 成果声明
produce concrete results 取得实效
long-term reforms 长期改革
bilateral forum 双边论坛
bilateral ties 双边关系
mutually-beneficial and win-win cooperation 互惠和共赢的合作
Unit 15
流行男女称谓的英语说法
1. toy boy 小白脸
"Toy boy" has come along in the last 10 or 15 years. It's
British slang, from the 1980s. It refers to an attractive young man being kept
as a lover by another person, by an older person, that's the crucial thing: the
older person is keeping the younger man as that person's "toy boy".
For example:
He is a toy boy because he has been kept as a lover by a rich old woman
for five years.
2. tomboy 假小子
3. girly girl 真女人
Girly girl is a slang term for a girl or woman who chooses to dress and
behave in a traditionally feminine style, such as wearing floral dresses,
blouses and skirts, and talking about relationships and other activities which
are associated with the traditional gender role of a girl.
4. stylish guy 型男
5. pretty boys 花样美男
Many celebrities, especially in the movie industry, are so-called
"pretty boys". They are admired and idolized by the public, and many
young men want to imitate their clothes and fashions, which is one of the
reasons for the "pretty boy" phenomenon in society at large.
6. cross dresser/psuedo girl 伪娘
The Chinese public is abuzz about the recent cross-dressing contestant,
Liu Zhu, on the Super Boy reality show.
7. school babe/school hunk 校花/校草
英语国家18种手势的含义
你在和外国朋友交谈时，有没有发现他们很喜欢用手势语来传递信息呢？这里列举了18种英语国家的人们最常用的手势语，来看看它们都是什么意思吧。
1. cash（付帐）：右手拇指和中指在空中捏在一起或在另一只手上做出写字的样子，这是表示在饭馆要付帐的手势。
2. use your brain/being clever（动脑筋、机敏一点）：用手指点点自己的太阳穴。
3. fool（傻瓜）：用拇指按住鼻尖, 摇动其四指，或十指分开。也常常食指对着太阳穴转动，同时吐出舌头，则表示所谈到的人是个“痴呆”“傻瓜”。
4. lying（撒谎)：讲话时，无意识地将一食指放在鼻子下面或鼻子边时，表示其他人一定会理解为讲话人“讲的不是真话”难以置信。
5. complacent assertion（自以为是）；用食指往上顶鼻子，还可表示“不可一世”(overbearing)。
6. stop talking（别作声）：嘴唇合扰，将食指贴着嘴唇，同时发出“hush”嘘嘘声。
7. insulting and scorning（侮辱和蔑视）；用拇指顶住鼻尖儿，冲着被侮辱者摇动其它四指的手势。
8. agreement（赞同）：向上翘起拇指。
9. congratulation（祝贺）：双手在身前嘴部高度相搓的动作。
10. menace（威胁）：由于生气，挥动一只拳头的动作似乎无处不有。因受挫折而双手握着拳使劲摇动的动作。
11. absolutely not（绝对不行）：掌心向外，两只手臂在胸前交叉，然后再张开至相距一米左右。
12. that's all（完了）：两臂在腰部交叉，然后再向下，向身体两侧伸出。
13. shame（害羞）：双臂伸直，向下交叉，两掌反握，同时脸转向一侧。
14. greeting（打招呼）：英语国家的人在路上打招呼，常常要拿帽子表示致意。现一般已化为抬一下帽子，甚至只是摸一下帽沿。
15. happiness and excitement（高兴、激动）：双手握拳向上举起，前后频频用力摇动。
16. anger and anxiousness（愤怒、急躁）：两手臂在身体两侧张开，双手握拳，怒目而视。也常常头一扬，嘴里咂咂有声，同时还可能眨眨眼睛或者眼珠向上和向一侧转动，也表示愤怒、厌烦、急躁。
17. pity（怜悯、同情）：头摇来摇去，同里嘴里发出咂咂之声，嘴里还说“that’s too bad.”或“sorry
to hear it.”
18. too queer（太古怪了）：在太阳穴处用食指划一圆圈。
Unit 15
上海世博会热门词汇
expo host 世博会主办方
host city 主办城市
The Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination 上海世博协调局
one-day travel card/one-day ticket 一日票
one Axis and four Pavilions 一轴四馆
water bus 水上巴士
ferry across the river 越江渡轮
the opposite bank 对岸
bank side 岸边
dock 码头
shuttle bus 专线车
Park & Ride site P+R停车场
expo-themed souvenir 世博会纪念品
franchised/licensed product 特许商品
Miss Etiquette 礼仪小姐
mobile toilet 移动厕所
passenger flow/human flow 客流
snack bar 快餐柜/小吃店
barrier-free elevator 无障碍电梯
drinking fountain 直饮机/自动饮水机
electronic information screens 电子信息屏
one-day travel card 地铁一日票
multi-day travel card 地铁多日票
multiple-use travel card 地铁多次票
sign language 手语
Braille 盲文
security check 安检
emergency assistance facility 紧急服务设施
Expo village 世博村
Expo dining center 世博餐饮中心
Expo first-aid center 世博急救中心
volunteer 志愿者
designated day 指定日
Peak Day ticket 指定日门票
standard day 平日
standard day ticket 平日门票
designated/peak day special ticket 指定日优惠票
standard day special ticket 平日优惠票
universal ticket system 一票通用制度
reservation service 预约服务
group tickets 团体票
mobile paymeny 移动支付
Shanghai Expo/ The World
Exposition Shanghai China 2010上海世博会
Expo Garden 世博园
pavilion 展馆
China pavilion 中国馆
theme pavilion 主题馆
foreign national
pavilion 外国馆
stand-alone pavilion 独立展馆
corporate joint pavilion
企业联合馆
African Joint Pavilion 非洲联合馆
trial
opening/operation/run 试运行
exhibition hall 展台
booth 展会上隔开的小间
four pavilions along the
central axis 一轴四馆
emblem and mascot 会徽与吉祥物
official mascot 官方吉祥物
Expo centre 世博中心
Expo performance centre 世博演艺中心
Expo media center 世博媒体中心
Expo Shanghai online 网上世博会
Expo axis 世博轴
Expo Avenue/Boulevard 世博大道
Little Mermaid statue 小美人鱼塑像
Oriental
Crown/Crown of the East 东方之冠（中国馆建筑名称）
Unit 16
盘点：与星期有关的英文短语
与Monday有关的：
Black Monday
放假后的开学第一天；执行死刑的星期一；黑色礼拜一（即复活节之后一日，因1360年的当天，天气严寒，爱德华三世的士兵都冻死于巴黎附近）。
Blue Monday 沮丧，闷烦（相对于欢乐的周末而言）
Saint Monday（特指交易所）懒散，工作很少的星期一
Mad Monday 忙乱的星期一
Monday morning feeling, Monday feeling
美国人在周末休假后星期一不想工作的一种心情。
Monday morning quarterback 放马后炮的人
Monday morning quarterbacking 放马后炮
与Friday有关的：
Friday 忠仆，随从（源自《鲁滨逊漂流记》）
Man Friday 男忠仆
Girl Friday 得力助手（尤指女秘书）
Pal Friday 极受信赖的女秘书
Friday face 神色不佳的人
Black Friday
不幸的礼拜五，即有任何灾难发生的礼拜五；复活节前的礼拜五（神职人员于此日着黑装）
Good Friday 耶酥受难节
T.G.I.F ( Thank God it's Friday )——很开心要放假了
与Saturday有关的：
Saturday-to-Monday 周末休假；周末的
Black Saturday 黑色星期六（指工人已预借工资无钱可领的星期六）
Saturday night special 小型廉价手枪
Saturday night massacre
星期六夜晚大屠杀（指尼克松任总统期间白宫在1973年10月20日，周六晚上宣布解除水门事件特别检查官考克斯的职务，并解除拒绝把考克斯解职的司法部长理查森和副部长拉克尔职务。)
与Sunday有关的：
Sunday best, Sunday clothes, Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
高档、漂亮的衣裳；盛装
Sunday run 长距离
Sunday painter 业余画家
Sunday punch （拳击中）最厉害的一击；（对付对手的）杀手锏
Sunday saint 伪善者
Sunday saint and Monday sinner 假道学，伪君子
Sunday letter
（历书上为表示一年之星期日所用的）主日字母
Sunday school（教堂中所设的）主日学校
Sunday school truth众所周知的道理或事实
Month of Sundays很久，遥遥无期
Low Sunday复活节后的第一个星期日
To look two ways to find Sundays斜着眼看
与“星期”名称有关的几个名谚：
He that sings on Friday, shall weep on Sunday; He who laughs on Friday
will weep on Sunday.
乐极生悲
Choose a wife on a Saturday rather than a Sunday.
节日假期，不宜选妻。（意指平时女子穿便服，故能更好地对她进行观察。）
Come day, go day, God send Sunday.
过了一天又一天，上帝快给个星期天。（此乃懒惰者的愿望，亦指懒惰的佣人盼望工作时间快快过去，休息和发工钱的日子快快到来。）