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A: This soup is absolutely delicious!
这汤美味极了！
B: That's because I used homemade beef broth.
那是因为我用了自己熬的牛肉汤头。 |
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I got the news through the grapevine.
我是从小道消息听说那件事的。
要是你问一个人，你说的那个消息是从那儿听来的，他可能会说：through the
grapevine。Grape是葡萄，grapevine就是葡萄藤。Through the
grapevine的意思实际上就和中文里说的：通过小道消息来的一样。也就是说，这个消息是经过人们口头传播传到他这儿来的，他也不知道到底是从谁那儿开始的。早在一百多年前，当美国南北战争正在进行的时刻，士兵们把那些非官方渠道来的消息，也就是秘密地在他们中间传播的消息称为grapevine。下面这个例子就是一个士兵正在把一个消息告诉他的要好朋友：What
do you think of the news that our regiment is being transferred to California.
It's not announced officially yet, but this morning I got it through the
grapevine.你对我们部队调到加利福尼亚州去的消息是怎么想的。这个消息还没有正式宣布，我是今天早上通过小道消息听来的。
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Whose Son Is the Greatest
The mothers of four priests got together and were discussing their sons. "My son is a monsignor," said the first proud woman. "When he enters a room, people say, 'Hello, Monsignor'."
The second mother went on, "My son is a bishop. When he enters a room, people say, 'Hello, Your Excellency'."
"My son is a cardinal." continued the next one. "When he enters a room, people say, 'Hello, Your Eminence'.
" The fourth mother thought for a moment. "My son is six-foot-ten and weighs 300 pounds, " she said. "When he enters a room, people say, 'Oh, my God'!"
Notes:
(1) priest n.基督教的教士 ；牧师
(2) monsignor n.阁下（对某些天主教教士的尊称）
(3) bishop n.主教（主管一城市或一教区之教务）
(4) Your Excellency 阁下（对主教的尊称）
(5) cardinal n.（天主教的）红衣主教（有权选举教皇）
(6) Your Eminence 对红衣主教的尊称
中文：
谁的儿子最伟大
四位牧师的母亲聚到一起谈论她们的儿子。“我的儿子是个教士，”第一位母亲自豪地说道，“他进入房间，人们都说，‘您好，阁下’。”
第二为母亲说：“我的儿子是位主教。他进入房间，人们都称，‘您好，大人’。”
“我的儿子是位红衣主教，”第三位母亲接着说，“他走进房间，人们都说，‘您好，尊敬的主教大人’。”
第四位母亲略思片刻。“我的儿子身高六英尺十，体重三百磅，”她说，“他要是走入房间，人们都说‘哦，我的上帝’！” |
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A sticky September snow coats the Icefields Parkway in Alberta's Jasper National Park. The majestic highway, designed to showcase the national parks through which it passes, stretches along the Continental Divide and skirts the massive Columbia Icefield, a reservoir of ice that covers 130 square miles (337 square kilometers) and is a 1000 feet (305 meters) deep.
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The Cherokee Legend of Creation
Many, many moons ago, in the beginning of time, the Earth was all water. There was no land. All the animals and the winged-ones lived up in the sky on the clouds. They were waiting for the land to dry, but it would not dry.
They would send one animal but he would come back unable to find dry land. Finally they sent the water beetle.
The water beetle dove into the water, grabbed a handful of mud at the bottom, brought it up and placed it on top of the water. It started to dry, started to build land. He brought more and more, and still they waited for it to dry.
Finally, they sent grandfather buzzard down and the land was almost dry. The buzzard flew close to the land and every time he would flap his mighty wings he would form a mountain and a valley. That's why the Cherokee land has mountains and valleys in it today. All the animals came down and settled on the Earth.
After they settled, they realized they had no light. So they called to Grandfather and asked would he give them light, and he did.
He brought to them the sun. He put the sun down right by the ground, and it was too hot for the animals. So they pushed and pushed, till finally they got it far enough out that it would not burn all the time and they would have night.
Grandfather told them, "Now that I have done this for you, I ask that all the four-legged, and all the animals and all the plants stay awake for seven days and for seven nights." This is why today, when a warrior goes to cross his manhood, he fasts and sweats for seven days.
All the animals and all the plants fell asleep except for some. The owl stayed awake, and that's why he has vision to hunt at night. The plants, the fir, the cedar, the pine and a few others stayed awake for seven nights and for seven days. That's why only these, among all the plants, are allowed to stay green all year round. The other plants fell asleep and must therefore sleep part of every year. |
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爱你不言放弃:（NO）White flag
继“No angle”之后，英国创作才女Dido于2003年发行第二张个人专辑“Life for Rent”（《漂泊的心》），“White flag”是该专辑中颇受歌迷青睐的主打力作。清新、舒畅、温柔彻骨，这都是Dido一直以来电子融合流行民谣式的典型风格，较之上张专辑，《Life for Rent》 最大的特点就是“较多的伤感成分”，“White flag”正是这种“韧性伤感”的集中体现。
“爱你不言放弃”是Dido写给曾和她论及婚嫁却又分手的未婚夫的，歌中充满了对恋人的不舍和抱歉，和“奶茶”那首《后来》颇有异曲同工之妙—— 我知道你认为我不应该依然爱你，我也懂得一切重来只能带来伤害和毁灭，我更明白一旦你开口说“结束”那会是真的结束…… 我只想告诉你，我答应不会再打扰你的生活，不会再奢想回到从前，我会保持缄默让你觉得我已离开，只是，我永远不会投降，不会在我门前打上白旗，我爱你，直到永远……
White flag by Dido
 I know you think that I shouldn't still love you
I'll tell you that
But if I didn't say it
Well, I'd still have felt it
Where's the sense in that?
I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder
Or return to where we were
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
I know I left too much mess
And destruction to come back again
And I caused nothing but trouble
I understand if you can't talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of "It's over"
Then I'm sure that that makes sense
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
And when we meet
 As I'm sure we will
All that was then
Will be there still
I'll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I've moved on
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
Words and phrases
1. white flag : 直译为“白旗”，歌中意为surrender（投降）。在战争中，“白旗”可用来指“停战”、“停火”或“战败方投降”的信号。据记载，世界范围内，第一次拿白旗作为投降信号始于中国东汉（A.D 25-220）。可参看例句：
A white flag is used as a token of surrender.（白旗被用来作为投降的信号。）
He had to show the white flag at the end of the debate.（辩论到最后他只好认输。）
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