03/28/2006

She decided to take a legal action against him.

Active – passive

Takek an active role in sth. 起积极作用

Activate 激活

<Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon>

Military action

Civil law 民法, civil case 民事案件

Civil rights 公民权 civil engineering 土木工程

Man of action 实干家

I want a piece of the action.  I wanna be a part of the action.

Action stations 各就各位

Actions speak louder than words.行动胜于语言

Drinking alcohol releases the animal in man

Alcoholic 酗酒的人

Workaholic 工作狂

Animal instincts 兽性  <Basic instincts>本能

The animal kingdom 动物界

Animal husbandry 畜牧

Farm animal 家畜

Trap animals 诱捕动物 <Entrapment>偷天陷阱

Animal desire, sex desire, libido 肉欲

Youth is full of animal spirits.精力旺盛

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

End of yh01-03, to be continued…

Bill gates quote:

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.

I don’t think there’s anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a binary fashion.

03/29/2006

She is expecting a baby. 她怀孕了. She is expecting.

Pregnant, having a baby, be in family way

Don’t be such a baby. Stop acting like a baby.

Baby sitter 保姆

The rich get richer and the poor get babies.

Birth control, family planning计划生育

The beauty of this machine is its simplicity.

That’s the beauty of it, it goes with everything. 优点

Beauty contest 选美比赛

Beauty salon 美容院

Beauty is but skin-deep.红颜易变

Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume.

Beauty lies in lover’s eyes.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. but…it is better to be good than to be ugly.

One stone kill two birds /kill two birds with on stone

End of yh02-1.to be continued….

03/30/2006

A useful bird 益鸟

A pernicious bird 害鸟

A bird of passage 侯鸟

The bird of wonder (phoenix) 不死鸟

Get a bird’s eye view 鸟瞰

Bird in the hand 有把握的事

Bird in the bush 没把握的事

I am bushed 我特别累了

Beat around the bush 拐弯抹角

Give somebody the bird /give somebody the finger 骂人的话

That job is for the birds 毫无价值/无聊

The birds and the bees.两性基本常识

Dear God,make me a bird so I can fly far, far far away from here.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 到手的才可靠

Birds of the some feather flock together.物以类聚

Strange bird 奇怪的家伙

Build up the body 增强体质

The mind governs the body 精神支配肉欲

Body shape/body figure 体型

Body building 健美

Body and soul全心全意

Hard body /person of good figure 身材不错

Keep body and soul together 维持生命

Make the both ends meet 保持收支平衡

You’ve got the body and I’ve got the brains(you’re good-looking, I’m smart)

Over my dead body 除非我死了

End of yh02-03, to be continue…

4/2/2006

Bellboy/pageboy/busboy 服务员

Boyish 孩子气的

Cowboy 牛仔

Business is business 公事公办

Let’s get to the point. 言归正转

 Go out of business 倒闭

 How is it going?/how is everything?/what’s up?/what’s happening?/how have you been?

情况如何

Run the business 经营生意

Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事业既会考验人，也会造就人。

Business is the salt of life.事业是人生之盐，不可缺少。

Sleeping car 卧铺车厢

Dining car 餐车

Car jack劫车

Hijack劫机

Perpetrator 犯罪者

Check yourself before you wreck yourself

Catcher in the rye 麦田守望者

The beat generation 跨掉的一代

Leave everything to chance 听天由命

This idea stands a good chance of realization. 可能(可能性很大)

Chance meeting 邂逅

Chance child 私生子

Take a chance 碰碰运气

Slim chance 可能性很小

Fat chance=no way

Chinaman’s chance 机会渺茫

Chance of a lifetime /once in a blue moon 千载难逢

Not a chance 全无机会

Naughty child 淘气的孩子 / Willful child 任性的孩子

A well-behaved child 彬彬有礼的孩子

The only child/sole child 独生子

To be continue…chyh03-02

4/4/2006

Chance dispenses life with unequal justice.人生际遇，难得平等。

Childish幼稚的

Childlike 天真的

Childhood 童年

Childless 无子女的

Child about-to-be-born临产婴儿

It’s a snap. No sweat child’s play太容易了