go to bed with the chickens
字面词义：与鸡一同上床。
真正含义：睡的非常早。
每日一句：My brother always goes to bed with the chickens.He gets up very early in the morning.
viper毒蛇 reptile爬行动物
tadpole蝌蚪 两栖动物amphibian
give someone the air
字面词义：给人空气。
真正含义：与某人绝交，或指把情人甩了。
◆ 每日一句：We had been the best friends for many years when suddenly she gave me the air.
green thumb
字面词义：绿拇指。
真正含义：做园艺的技能；种花的才能。
◆ 每日一句：Lily has a beautiful garden,because she has a green thumb.
Immediately the Israeli armored opened fire , killing four Lebanese policemen and injuring the fifth who later died of his wounds.
armored a. 披甲的,装甲的
Israeli：以色列的（Israel），Lebanese：黎巴嫩的（Lebanon）.
译文：刹那间，以色列装甲部开了火，打死了四名黎巴嫩警察，另有一名警察受伤，后来也因伤势过重而死去。（定语后置）
They tried to stamp out the revolt which spread all the more furiously throughout the country.
stamp out:踏灭,扑灭,消灭,镇压,杜绝
revolt [ri'vəult]
all the more:更加，越发。
译文：他们试图扑灭反抗，结果反抗越演越烈，遍及全国。
There are probably no questions we can think up that can’t be answered, sooner or later,including even the matter of consciouness.
that引导的定语从句that can’t be answered修饰questions, we can think up也是questions的定语从句，其中省略了作宾语的关系代词that。两个否定常构成肯定（如：There is no rule that has no exception.任何规则都有例外。）但翻译时保留否定的语气，比肯定更强有力。再如：One can’t succeed without perseverance .人无毅力不能成功。
可译为：恐怕没有什么问题是我们想得到，却终归回答不了的，甚至包括意识问题。
posted @ 2008-03-21 18:22
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