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  2012年5月13日
参加老外的酒会,能不能喝酒不重要,重要的是要能和不同人等聊上一通。不少人以为自己英语不错了,可以“单刀赴会”了。偏偏是这样的人参加这样的聚会,十之八九都会落得个格格不入(out of place)的不良感觉。

这里最大的问题不是英语能力,而是对英语文化的意识(cultural awareness)。能够受邀参加老外办的酒会,通常都应该是工作比较出色的专业人员。问题就出在这“专业人员”上。在英语文化中,人们在介绍自己时,至少备有两顶“帽子”,一顶是与工作相关的,一顶是工作以外的。在非工作场所,如果你只能谈工作,而不能谈点其他的什么,就会被认为乏味(boring)。这一点和我们的文化真的不一样,甚至相反,设想一群博导在一个聚会上大谈 fishing,traveling 或 golfing 什么的像话么?不过老外就是这样。就算你除了工作,真的再也没其他了,你也要有意识地准备一点工作以外的话题。

这样的话题是可以准备好的。老外在 party 上会聊什么呢?他们最常用的两个问句就是 What do you do? 和 What do you do for fu  阅读全文
posted @ 2012-05-13 11:23 肖智利 阅读(44) | 评论 (0)编辑 收藏
  2012年5月12日
(1)等值翻译

a drop in the ocean 沧海一粟

within a stones throw 一步之遥

kill two birds with one stone 一箭双雕

(2)不等值翻译

at sixes and sevens 乱七八糟

on second thoughts 再三考虑

by ones and twos 两两地,零零落落地

Two heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠胜过诸葛亮。

--Can you come down a little?
--Sorry, its one price for all.
你能便宜一点卖吗?
对不起,不二价。

(3)不必译出

One man's meat is another man's poison.人各有所好。

I'll love you three sco  阅读全文
posted @ 2012-05-12 18:30 肖智利 阅读(23) | 评论 (0)编辑 收藏
国民经济、对外经济贸易 NATIONAL ECONOMY, FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE
经济指标 economic indicators
社会总产值 total product of society
国民生产总值 GNP (Gross Domestic Product)
国内生产总值 GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
人均国内生产总值 GDP per capita
工农业总产值 gross output value of industry and agriculture
国民收入 national income
购买力平价法 purchasing power parity
财政收入 state revenue
社会商品零售总额 total volume of retail sales
社会零售物价总指数 general retail price index
百分点 percentage points
"八五"划划   阅读全文
posted @ 2012-05-12 18:29 肖智利 阅读(19) | 评论 (0)编辑 收藏
国家公务员public servants
简政放权streamline administration, institute decentralization
权力下放delegate decision-making power to lower levels
小机构大服务minimum institution, maximum service
败坏社会风气degrade social conduct
不正之风unhealthy tendency
拉关系seek favor
走后门 seek advantages through pull. back-door dealing
乱收费unreasonable service. go-as-you-pay
量入为出pay-as-you-go
乱摊派arbitrary requisition of donations
一切向钱看put money above everything else
打白条give you an IOU
搞形式主义b  阅读全文
posted @ 2012-05-12 18:24 肖智利 阅读(17) | 评论 (0)编辑 收藏
educational history 学历
educational background 教育程度
educational system 学制
academic year 学年
term/ semester 学期
diploma 文凭
tuition 学费
School 学校
fee-paying school 付费学校/私立学校
public school 公立学校
regular school 普通学校
primary/elementary school 小学
high/middle school 中学
university 大学
college 学院
academy 高等专科院校
normal school 师范院校
Curriculum 课程
courses taken 所修的课程
major 主修课
minor 辅修课
specialized course 专业课
compulsory course   阅读全文
posted @ 2012-05-12 18:20 肖智利 阅读(17) | 评论 (0)编辑 收藏
时事政经词汇(1)
1 站在新起点 on a new starting point
2 创新型国家 innovation-oriented country
3 资源节约型社会 resource-conserving society
4 资源型城市转型 transformation of resource-dependent cities
5 区别对待,有保有压 the principle of taking different approaches to different situations and encouraging the growth of some sectors while discouraging the expansion of others
6 “五个统筹” maintain the "five balances" (balancing urban and rural development, development among regions, economic and social development, d  阅读全文
posted @ 2012-05-12 18:19 肖智利 阅读(18) | 评论 (0)编辑 收藏
Chief Accountant总会计师

Chief Architect总建筑师

Chief Designer总设计师

Chief Editor;Editor-in-Chief总编辑

Chief Engineer;Engineer-in-Chief总工程师

Chief of General Affairs总务主任

Chief of the General Staff总参谋长

Commander-in-Chief总司令  阅读全文
posted @ 2012-05-12 18:19 肖智利 阅读(15) | 评论 (0)编辑 收藏
account number 帐目编号
  depositor 存户
  pay-in slip 存款单
  a deposit form 存款单
  a banding machine 自动存取机
  to deposit 存款
  deposit receipt 存款收据
  private deposits 私人存款
  certificate of deposit 存单
  deposit book, passbook 存折
  credit card 信用卡
  principal 本金
  overdraft, overdraw 透支
  to counter sign 双签
  to endorse 背书
  endorser 背书人
  to cash 兑现
  to honor a check 兑付
  to dishonor a check 拒付
  to suspend payment 止付
  ch  阅读全文
posted @ 2012-05-12 18:18 肖智利 阅读(14) | 评论 (0)编辑 收藏
“八荣八耻”
(eight-honor and eight-shame)
以热爱祖国为荣、以危害祖国为耻
honor to those who love the motherland, and shame on those who harm the motherland.
以服务人民为荣、以背离人民为耻
honor to those who serve the people, and shame on those who betray the people.
以崇尚科学为荣、以愚昧无知为耻
honor to those who quest for science, and shame on those who refuse to be educated.
以辛勤劳动为荣、以好逸恶劳为耻
honor to those who are hardworking, and shame on those who indulge in comfort and hate work.
以团结互助为荣、以损人利己为耻 阅读全文
posted @ 2012-05-12 18:18 肖智利 阅读(15) | 评论 (0)编辑 收藏
包君健康 keep you fit all the time
  包装新颖美观 fashionable and attractive packages
  保证质量 quality and quantity assured
  产销历史悠久 have a long history in production and marketing
  驰名中外 popular both at home and abroad
  穿着舒适轻便 comfortable and easy to wear
  工艺精良 sophisticated technologies
  规格齐全a complete range of specifications. complete in specifications
  赶超世界先进水平 catch up with and surpass advanced world level
  花色繁多 a wide 0selection of colours and designs
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posted @ 2012-05-12 18:17 肖智利 阅读(15) | 评论 (0)编辑 收藏