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The budget for our vacation is $1,000.
我们度假的预算有美金1000元。Ayb中国英语学习网
Do you like to hike in the mountains?
你喜欢去山上健行吗？Ayb中国英语学习网 |
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I am tuckered out from walking.
我走得筋疲力尽。tuckered out筋疲力尽的Ayb中国英语学习网
今天我们继续谈谈澳大利亚的英语。 先从短语“tuckered
out”（筋疲力尽的）讲起。Tucker在这里指“装食物的袋子”，是澳洲的剪羊毛工随季节变化找工作时必备的家什，这层含义取自18世纪tuck的俚语用法“大吃一餐”，如：After
that long walk we did not need any encouragement to tuck in.
经过长途跋涉，我们无须别人说声“请”便大吃起来。现在，tucker也可指“食物”，请看一句澳大利亚口语：The cooker's got your tucker
waiting. 厨师已准备好饭菜只等你吃了。
到19世纪中期，tucker开始用来形容“狗或马饥肠辘辘时干瘪的肚子”，由此引申为人或动物“憔悴”或“瘦骨嶙峋”的模样，而tuckered out（极度疲惫）就源于此。
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Lawyer's answer Ayb中国英语学习网
A housewife, an accountant and a lawyer were asked "How much is 2+2?"
The housewife replies: "Four!".
The accountant says: "I think it's either 3 or 4. Let me run those figures through my calculator one more time."
The lawyer pulls the drapes, dims the lights and asks in a hushed voice, "How much do you want it to be?"
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律师的回答
有人问一个家庭主妇，一个会计与一个律师同一个问题“2加2等于几？”
“4。”家庭主妇立刻回答。
“我认为不是3就是4，让我拿计算器再算一遍。”会计回答。
律师拉上窗帘，弄暗灯光，然后低声问道，“你想让它等于几。”
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A field of mustard in bloom announces the arrival of the long-awaited summer. With skies aglow till 11 p.m., sun-loving Danes revel in the extra daylight with garden parties, picnics, and the fiery Midsummer Eve celebration.Ayb中国英语学习网
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用心感受(Look Around You!)
 Many years ago, a special teacher in high school had a husband whom unexpectedly died of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her insight with a classroom of students.
Late in the afternoon as the sunlight came streaming in through the classroom window and the class was nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down.
With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, "Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought that is unrelated to class, but which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves... and none of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is God's way of telling us that we must make the most out of every single day."
As her eyes began to water, she went on, "So I would like all of you to make a promise to me: starting today, on your way home or on your way to school, find something beautiful to notice."
"It doesn't have to be something you see--it could be a scent--perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground. Please, look for these things, and cherish them."
"Although it may sound trite to some, these things are the "stuff" of life. The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted. We must make it important to notice them, for at any time ... it can all be taken away."
The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and silently filed out of the room. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had noticed for the entire semester.
Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all overlook.Ayb中国英语学习网
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打动我心 Just a little bit
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Just A Little Bit 歌词
just a little bit stronger
just a little bit wiser
just a little less needy
and maybe i'd get there
just a little bit pretty
just a little more aware
just a little bit thinner
and maybe i'd get there
clearly, clearly i remember
hiking up my skirt
and asking for your time
clearly, clearly i remember
nervous if ever confronted
and questioning myself
oh perhaps, perhaps if i got better
perhaps if i challenged myself
perhaps if i was...
just a little bit stronger
just a little bit wiser
just a little less needy
and maybe i'd get there
just a little bit pretty
just a little more aware
just a little bit thinner
and maybe i'd get there
clearly, clearly i remember
pulling up my shirt
and staring blank ahead
clearly, clearly i remember
days of useless crying
and almost feeling dead
oh perhaps, perhaps if i was smaller
perhaps i could control myself
perhaps if i was...
just a little bit stronger
just a little bit wiser
just a little less needy
and maybe i'd get there
just a little bit pretty
just a little more aware
just a little bit thinner
and maybe i'd get there
just a little bit stronger
just a little bit wiser
just a little less needy
and maybe i'd get there
just a little bit pretty
just a little more aware
just a little bit thinner
and maybe i'd get there
oooahhhh oooahhhh oooahhhh oooahhhh
just a little bit pretty
just a little more aware
just a little bit thinner
and maybe i'd get there
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 凭借着天生那份罕见的音乐天赋，Maria Mena在自己的音乐创作中即唱又写还演奏,充分展现着其卓越的音乐才华,让人难以置信的是Maria Mena年仅18岁而已。生活中的经历是Maria Mena音乐创作来源，她的音乐歌唱的是那起伏不定的青春情感。Maria Mena的音乐明晰透彻，毫无娇柔之态。"我不想隐藏什么，我希望自己能很坦诚直率地对自己。而且我写自己想听的歌，那些勾起某些情感的歌”
Maria Mena在专辑White Turns Blue（取自Maria Mena一位亲密的朋友写的诗名）里很好地诠释了她的音乐。这张专辑带出了她的12首歌曲，从轻快的流行乐曲，到弥漫暖意的民歌，都述说了Maria Mena心灵各个不同的角落。“音乐是一种情感”，她说，“和感觉有关，无论是快乐的，还是伤心的。我总是不知道怎么用言语向我的朋友和家人表达我的感受，然后我就希望写歌，用我的音乐来表达我的感受。不知道你有没这样的感受：当你哪天的心情很糟糕，或者感觉坏透了，然后你开始尽情地歌唱，过后你会觉得很舒服：一切都会好起来。”White Turns Blue 就是这样一张专辑，充盈着情感的诉说。
在单曲You're The Only One里,Maria 捕捉了过去的一段让人兴奋和快乐的恋曲，大胆地刻画了青春爱情里的一些琐事，和一些笨拙的时刻。听着她那缭乱却迷人的调子，我们似乎可以感受到爱恋中的她象小孩子般捉弄嘲笑他的男朋友的同时夹杂的羞涩和疑惑。 这样的充满后现代式的现代情歌，感觉是那么的真实。恋爱中的男孩女孩都会有这种亲切的感受吧。“当我完成You're The Only One，”，Maria说，“我希望这首单曲能登上第一位”。为了实现这个目标，Maria去冰岛为她的单曲拍摄mtv。
另外，单曲“Blame It On Me，”用了另一种新的旋律歌唱了青春年少的反叛。Maria承认“作为一个孩子，我的确非常叛逆，这首歌写的是我爸爸眼中看我”。Mraia 的爸爸是个职业鼓手，对maria音乐事业的发展起了很大的帮助。在Maria 11 岁的时候，他和maria坐公车的路上听到maria哼的曲调，问她是否从mtv上学的。当他知道这是maria自己写的旋律时，maria的爸爸惊喜万分。兴致之际，他们决定演奏这段调子--“My Lullaby”。这首maira 11岁写的曲子抒发了marai对她的父母婚姻的失败和离异的伤心的心情。My Lullaby 在挪威引起了轰动，人们从来也没听过一个孩子这样坦荡地描述自己父母婚姻的离异的感受，整个歌曲萦绕着悲伤的调子，质朴的嗓音吟唱着哀伤的歌词。（因为父母的离异，maria和她纽约的祖父一起生活，她在florida也有个家。）
2002年，maria录制了她的第一张专辑：Another Phase。“整张专辑里唱的都是我对初中生活的不适应，感觉自己无所适从，但我欣然地接受这些。喜欢another phase，觉得自己有点特别的，总会有古怪的念头，难以捉摸。你必须了解自己，得对真实的自己思考。”对于自己的初次成功，maria有点脸红了：“我非常高兴大家开始认识我和喜欢我，我有很多的歌迷，她们很多都象我一样的年轻。我和她们交流，从中我也得到很多乐趣。”
然而，对于maria来说在乐坛上她还需要成长，毕竟现在的她还是个18岁的孩子。“纵然我知道自己还是一个很普通的人，自己依然去上学。但生活似乎已经在逼赶着我向前。你会发现自己的生活已经不那么样子了。当他们突然在电视上看见我，发现自己身边的朋友突然间出现在电视上，成为一个明星——身边的人和朋友不知道应该用什么态度来对待我。我并没有责怪任何一个人，我要花很多时间去找回自己，我依然象其他女孩子一样，对身边的一些事情感到那么的不确定和恐慌。只是我还必须很好的适应公众眼光。”
无论如何，我们关注的是maria的音乐。“你尝试过哼刚刚才写出来的曲子么？我就是这样做。我为我的歌曲收集词和句子，然后把他们组合在一起。我和我的制片人Avrovd Splvang一起工作，我在他面前哼调子，然后他在旁边和弦配乐，只要我想唱出来的我都能在我的音乐里加入其中的元素，无论是jazz，soul，或者是R&B，都可以用流行音乐的形式演唱。音乐类型的限制会逐渐被打破，音乐会因此而更普遍地被接受，这不需要解释为什么，让这种改变顺其发展好了，就这样期待音乐以后带来的是什么样的惊喜吧。
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