there is not a heart but has its moments of longing,yearning for something better,nobler and holier than it knows before.
---H.W.Beecher
2007年7月12日10:49:07
A:
A:John 说这次赛跑你拿了冠军,他第二
B: 恩,很叩人心弦!
A: 她说你们的成绩很接近,是么
B:什么!我可比他快多了!
A: 你知道么,Bryan开始在食堂打工了
B:天哪,难道他都不需要休息的么
A:是啊,他得顾及自己的学业,还有助教的工作
B:他可真是名副其实的工作狂
ok,have you got it?
today's coming...
a knight in shining armor
穿着闪亮盔甲的骑士,比喻英雄人物
A:Harris has become a knight in shining armor at school.
B:how's that?
A:he was seen giving that notorious Big Mike a good lesson for bullying a youngster.
B:wow,then he surely deserves the admiration.
a labor of love
处于爱某人或某物而作出的某种行为
A:i can't believe your Mom spent all this time putting together a care package for you a and mailing it
B: yes,but it was a labor of love
a month of Sundays
一个星期只有一个sunday,那么一个月的sunday不就是30多个星期么。由此,a month of sundays比喻非常长久的时间,尤其指长时间的等待。
A:have you got the apartment you applied for at the start of the semester?
B: haven't yet.they said i'm still on the waiting list.i have been waiting for a month of sundays already.it's going to drive me crazy.
a pawn in the game
pawn原指“象棋中的兵,卒”,引申为“小人物”,所以 a pawn in the game 意思是没有实权的人
A: Don told me you were elected to the student council
B: yes,that is true
A: you should be able to make a lot of great change around here ,then
B: no ,i'm afraid my position is mostly for show.i have no power.i'm just a pawn in the game.
Q:"a red letter day" could you guess the meaning?
see U next
posted on 2007-07-12 10:43
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