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　　2、Virginia stares up at the colored lights that blink in the the tunnel. She says she doesn't want to be homeless because "you don't feel like you can get enough rest. It's not that spiritual."

　　弗吉尼亚凝视着地道内闪烁的霓虹灯。她说，她不愿无家可归，因为“不能休息好”。

　　3、Virginia likes to collect things, and stores her possessions in a series of shopping carts.

　　弗吉尼亚时常去捡破烂，并将这些“宝贝”储存在自己的购物车里。

　　4、Virginia wakes up after an afternoon nap in the tunnel. "Virginia has been homeless for a long time," says her sister Dolores. "She was a young woman when she started living on the streets. She is a very intelligent young lady. She's been through a lot of hurt. She's been hurt a lot in life."

　　弗吉尼亚刚在地道里睡完午觉。她的姐姐说：“弗吉尼亚无家可归已经很长时间了。她还很年轻时就开始在街头流浪。她是个非常聪明的女人。但她在生活中经历了太多的苦难。”

　　5、Family members have tried to convince Virginia to live with them, but she has declined. "I want her to be safe," Dolores says. "But we all have a choice in life. Nobody can make you do what you don't want to do."

　　弗吉尼亚的家人曾说服她回家生活，但遭到她的拒绝。她的姐姐表示：“我希望她在外要注意安全。我们每个人都有选择自己生活的权利，没有人能强迫你做你不愿意做的事情。”

　　6、Virginia moves her carts one at a time every night to the area just in front of the tunnel. She will move it all back to the inside of the tunnel come morning.

　　每天晚上的某个时候，弗吉尼亚都会将她的购物车推到地道出口的这个地方。天亮之前，她又会推着车子回到地道里。

　　7、Virginia sweeps up the area where she stays and leaves it clean every night.

　　每天晚上，弗吉尼亚总是把自己住的这块地方打扫得干干净净。

　　8、Virginia sits outside the tunnel, where she moved her belongings in 2006 after leaving a group home.

　　坐在地道出口处的弗吉尼亚。2006年，弗吉尼亚便从一处流浪汉聚集地来到这里生活。

市场跟单口语

    1．what’s the size?多大尺寸？

      90x90 (ninety by ninety)九十乘九十。

    2．what’s the cmb? 体积多大？

      0.07m3 (zero point zero seven cube meter) 0.07立方米。

    3．what’s the best/last price? 最低价是多少？

      ￥2.5 (two point five)] 两块五。

    4．how many designs?有几个款式？

      3 designs .三个款式。

    5．how many colors? 有几种颜色？

      3 colors. red, yellow and blue. 3种颜色，红、黄、蓝。

    6．how many pcs one ctn?一箱装多少件？

        12 dozen, 144pcs. 12 12打，144件一箱。

    7．when shall we deliver?什么时候交货？

    8．where shall we deliver? 货送到什么地方？

      where is your warehouse?仓库在哪儿?

    9．30% deposit.付30%的订金。

    10．only one sample here. we can’t give you.这里只有一个样品， 不能给你。

    11．too expensive/much.太贵了。

    12. any discount?有折扣吗？

    13．cheaper?可以便宜一点吗？

    14．show me this!这个拿下来看看。

霍金体验“太空之旅”

　　1、Famous physicist Stephen Hawking has made the first move towards his desire to go into space - being given the opportunity to experience zero gravity.

　　4月26日，英国著名物理学家斯蒂芬·霍金完成了体验太空之旅的夙愿。他在大西洋上空体验了“零重力”飞行并安全返回。


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2、Professor Hawking took a flight on a specially adapted Boeing 727.

　　26日，霍金来到美国佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心，被医护人员搬到一架由波音727客机改装成的“重力一号”飞机上。


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3、The plane carried out eight 'parabolic plunges', carving huge arcs in the sky which created the sense of weightlessness for periods of 25 seconds. People as well as apples were able to float into the air.

　　这是霍金近40年来第一次离开轮椅行动。飞机升至高空后完成8次抛物线式俯冲，乘客能在每次俯冲时经历25秒的失重状态体验。机舱里的霍金和苹果都飘了起来。


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4、After each plunge ended, Professor Hawking was gently helped back down onto a mattress.

　　每次失重状态结束后，霍金都会被工作人员小心翼翼地搬回到大垫子上。

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5、He said afterwards: "It was amazing. ... I could have gone on and on. Space, here I com."

　　事后霍金表示：“这真是太神奇了，我可以飞起来一次又一次。太空，我来了。”

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6、Professor Hawking's desire to go into space could eventually be realised.Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has agreed to "fix it" for him to fly on his Virgin Galactic sub-orbiter, which could begin giving rides to paying passengers as early as 2009.

　　步入太空是霍金的梦想，现在他的这一梦想有望实现。致力于航空探索事业的英国维金公司答应会尽量在2009年前帮助霍金实现太空梦想。

　　（霍金是世界公认的顶级理论物理学家，青年时被诊断出患有“肌肉萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症”，不久后全身瘫痪，只有眼睛、眉毛和嘴边的肌肉能勉强活动。）

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写作秘笈：英文写作的“黄金三定律”

人们进行写作的一般目的是向读者传递信息、介绍情况，或阐述作者对某一主题所持的观点，用英文写作也不例外。为让读者更好地理解所传递的信息，使用英文进行写作时，行文一定要注意做到清晰、准确、简洁这三点，这就是公认的英文写作“黄金三定律”。

定律之一：清晰

文章的清晰体现在读者能够很容易理解作者讲述的内容。为保证所写文章清晰明了，写作时有两点一定要加以注意：

一是越确切具体越好。在这一方面，作者首先应明确了解自己所要传达的信息、读者的范围及特点，然后再选择相关信息，采用某种文体格式传递给读者。也就是说，写作必须要以特定读者为对象，以让读者能够明确接受作者所传递的信息为宗旨。尽量以客观陈述为主，少主观臆测推断；尽量明确无误表达，少模棱两可评论，这是使文章清晰确切的写作准则。

二是组织结构富有逻辑性。文章结构富逻辑性会让读者很轻松地读懂作者要表达的思想内容。文章的这种逻辑性可以通过采用从一般到具体、从“全景”到细节、从问题的定义到分析再到提出解决方案等多种方式来体现。

定律之二：准确

要使文章语义表达准确，首先要尽量不要在学术文章中出现“大概、也许”之类模棱两可的词语，避免出现容易让人困惑和误解的词语和表达法；其次，要尽量避免使用那些有多种含义的词语和表达法。例如：Singapore is a fine country这句话中的fine一词有多种含义，如“好的、细小的、罚款”等。日常生活中这样使用没有问题，但在写作时一定要避免使用这种容易产生歧义的多义词。

定律之三：简洁

直截了当、切中要点是保证文章简洁的最好写作形式。与中文写作相比，英文写作非常强调直奔主题、简单明快的写作风格。例如，在写作一个段落时，常常将概括段落主要内容的主题句（topic sentence）作为段落的首句，以便让读者迅速明确本段要讲述的内容。另外，写作时尽量将每个句子写得简短一些，少用或不用冗长的复合句。切记：短小精练的句子表达的意思才强而有力。

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英文写作绝招

一 开头万能公式：

1．开头万能公式一：
名人名言有人问了，“我没有记住名言，怎么办？尤其是英语名言？”，很好办：编！原理：我们看到的东西很多都是创造出来的，包括我们欣赏的文章也是，所以尽管编，但是一定要听起来很有道理呦！而且没准将来我们就是名人呢！对吧？经典句型：A proverb says, “ You are only young once.” （适用于已记住的名言）It goes without saying that we cannot be young forever. （适用于自编名言）更多经典句型：As everyone knows, No one can deny that…

2。开头万能公式二：
数字统计原理：要想更有说服力，就应该用实际的数字来说明。原则上在议论文当中不应该出现虚假数字的，可是在考试的时候哪管那三七二十一，但编无妨，只要我有东西写就万事大吉了。所以不妨试用下面的句型：According to a recent survey, about 78.9% of the college students wanted to further their study after their graduation.
看起来这个数字文邹邹的，其实都是编造出来的，下面随便几个题目我们都可以这样编造：
Honesty
根据最近的一项统计调查显示，大学生向老师请假的理由当中78%都是假的。
Travel by Bike
根据最近的一项统计调查显示，85%的人在近距离旅行的时候首选的交通工具是自行车。
Youth
根据最近的一项统计调查显示，在某个大学，学生的课余时间的70%都是在休闲娱乐。
Five-day Work Week Better than Six-day Work?
根据最近的一项统计调查显示，98%的人同意每周五天工作日。
更多句型：A recent statistics shows that …




二结尾万能公式：

1．结尾万能公式一：如此结论
说完了，毕竟要归纳一番，相信各位都有这样的经历，领导长篇大论，到最后终于冒出个“总而言之”之类的话，我们马上停止开小差，等待领导说结束语。也就是说，开头很好，也必然要有一个精彩的结尾，让读者眼前一亮，这样，你就可以拿高分了！比如下面的例子：
Obviously（此为过渡短语）, we can draw the conclusion that good manners arise from politeness and respect for others.
如果读者很难“显而见之”，但说无妨，就当读者的眼光太浅罢了！
更多过渡短语：
to sum up, in conclusion, in brief, on account of this, thus
更多句型：
Thus, it can be concluded that…, Therefore, we can find that…

2． 结尾万能公式二：如此建议
如果说“如此结论”是结尾最没用的废话，那么“如此建议”应该是最有价值的废话了，因为这里虽然也是废话，但是却用了一个很经典的虚拟语气的句型。拽！
Obviously, it is high time that we took some measures to solve the problem.
这里的虚拟语气用得很经典，因为考官本来经常考这个句型，而如果我们自己写出来，你说考官会怎么想呢？更多句型：
Accordingly, I recommend that some measures be taken.
Consequently, to solve the problem, some measures should be taken.

写情书必备 与爱情有关的12个句子

Love's Witness　　爱情的见证

　　By every common Wind into the Air　　被每一次平凡的呼吸载入空气；

　　Carelessly uttered, die as soon as born　　随便说说，刚出口即消失，

　　And in one instant give both Hope and Fear　　一瞬间给人希望和恐惧：

　　Breathing all Contraries with the same Wind　　同一气息呼出万般矛盾心肠，

　　According to the Caprice of the Mind　　追随心灵无常的遐想。

　　But Billetdoux are constant Witnesses　　但情书则是恒常的见证，

　　Substantial Records to Eternity　　直至永恒的实体记录；

　　Just Evidences, who the Truth confess　　公道的证物，它道出真诚，

　　On which the Lover safely may rely　　恋人能在其上安心依附；

　　They're serious Thoughts, digested and resolved　　它们是严肃的思想，经过深思熟虑；

　　And last, when Words are into Clouds devolved　　当话语在云外消失，它们还将延续。

成语翻译与成语故事


　　英语中的成语和汉语中的一样，也是十分丰富的，其中不少都有典故。如果能够了解它们背后的故事，对于我们理解和记忆是十分有帮助的。下面几个例子和大家一起分享。

　　1. give a lick and a promise 敷衍搪塞

　　这条成语直译为“先舔一下再做承诺”。它出自一则英国民间传说。至少两个世纪以前有一只猫，它的脸常常脏得很，每当别的猫要它洗脸时它就用舌头很快舔一下，然后保证说下次一定弄干净，但实际只是敷衍了事。后来这个说法就被用来表示“工作马虎、敷衍搪塞”。例如：

　　You didn’t wash your hands; you just gave them a lick and a promise. (你根本没洗手，只不过敷衍了事。)

　　2. bury the hatchet 偃旗息鼓

　　字面意思是“埋下斧子”。北美殖民时期，英国殖民者残忍地屠杀印地安人，其歼灭方式惨无人道。有的被放在柴堆上活活烧死，有的剥下死难者的头皮，谁剥的多，谁的功劳最大。他们有时为了欺骗和麻痹印地安人，也会和某个部落讲和。在和谈仪式上，印地安人会把斧头埋在地下表示休战和解，因为对于印地安人来说，斧头是他们主要的武器，这种方式比任何条款都更有意义和约束力。现在人们就用bury the hatchet来表示消弭干戈，休战和好。

　　They had been enemies for ages, but after a fight they buried the hachet. (他们敌对多年，但一场搏斗后却和解了。)

　　3. by the cut of one's jib 从外表上看

　　这一成语出自十七世纪前后航海事业高速发展的时代。当时海上航行的大多为帆船上常用一个三角形小帆（jib）挂在前桅作为标志。由于各国对三角帆的裁剪方式（cut）不同，船长可依此判定船的国别。然而当时海盗猖獗，他们往往打 着某过活的旗号进行抢劫，上当受骗的也大有人在。例如：

　　I see you are a sailor by the cut of your jib. (我从外表上能看得出来你是个水手。)

　　4. backstairs influence 暗中势力，幕后人物

　　直译为“后楼梯的影响”。过去英国王宫内上楼的楼梯往往有好几处，正常朝觐的人当然从前楼梯上去。可有些秘密来访者为避人耳目则从后楼梯上去。后楼梯本来是供仆人、侍从用的，秘密来访者为了上楼不免拉拢或贿赂一下他们，从而直接觐见，暗中对君主施加影响。如今王室已经没落，但这个成语却渗透到政治和经济生活中。例如：

　　He met the congressmen in secret to exert backstairs influence. (他秘密会见了议员，暗中对他施加影响。)

　　这只是小小的一部分，多了解成语背后的故事对于我们熟悉英语国家的历史文化是十分有益的。

趣味英语 和动物有关的谚语翻译

　　动物比喻（Animal Metaphors）在英汉两种语言中均有广泛的使用，它使语言生气勃勃，形象鲜明。然而，由于文化背景、思维方式的不同，人们对动物比喻的正确理解和翻译存有障碍。从翻译的角度总体说来，动物比喻可以分为两大类：

　　一类是：译语与原语存在对应的关系，使动物形象再现成为可能。根据两种语言在意义、形象或风格上的相似性，翻译时可采用同值、近值互借法，以再现原语形象。例如：

　　1.What a dull speech! He's merely parroting what many others have said.多么单调乏味的讲话！他不过是鹦鹉学舌，重复许多人说过的话而已。

　　2. A wolf in sheep's clothing　披着羊皮的狼

　　3. One swallow does not make a summer.孤燕不成夏。

　　4. He is as sly as a fox. You've got to watch him.他狡猾得像个狐狸。对他你可要当心点儿。

　　5. You stupid ass! How could you do a thing like that?　你这头蠢驴！怎么会干出那种事儿来？

　　6. The children were as busy as bees, making preparations for the festival.孩子们准备过节忙得像蜜蜂一样。

　　另一类是：同一动物形象在原语和译语中的语用意义相去甚远，甚至完全相悖。因此，在翻译过程中就出现了动物形象名称的转换。这种动物形象的转换可以是一种动物形象转换为另一种动物形象。例如：

　　1. Talk horse.吹牛。（horse译为“牛”）

　　2. Ass in a lion's skin.狐假虎威。（ass译为“狐”，lion译为“虎”）

　　3. Black sheep.害群之马。（sheep译为“马”）

　　4. Lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.亡羊补牢。（horse译为“羊”）

　　5. Cast pearls before swine.对牛弹琴。（swine译为“牛”）

　　6. When the cat is away, the mice will play.山中无老虎，猴子称大王。（cat译为“老虎”，mice译为“猴子”）

　　7. As hungry as a bear.饿得像狼。（bear译为“狼”）

　　8. Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.杀鸡取卵。（goose译为“鸡”）

　　9. As timid as a hare.胆小如鼠。（hare充为“鼠”）

　　10.Neither fish, flesh nor fowl.非驴非马。（fish, flesh译为“驴”owl译为“马”）

　　11.Break a fly upon the wheel.杀鸡用牛刀。（fly译为“鸡”）

电闪雷鸣的表达
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今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语都是表达速度非常快的意思。它们都很生动，也很形像。当你给别人讲故事的时候，你往往会想用一些有色彩的词汇来使你的故事更加生动。一百五十多年前，当美国人向西部开发的时候，那些打先锋的拓荒者在荒野生活很单调。他们只好轮流讲故事，用一些夸张的词汇来引别人发笑。

我们今天要讲的两个习惯用语就是来自这个传统。当然，那时用的一些词汇已经流传到今天成为人们常用的习惯用语了。

下面我们来讲第一个习惯用语：Like greased lightning 

Greased就是上了油的。那就是很滑溜的意思；lightning就是闪电。闪电是自然界速度最快的一种现象。别忘了，这里讲的还只是一般的闪电，上了油的闪电当然是幽默性的夸张，但是要是确实存在的话，那它肯定会比一般闪电更加快的。我们现在来举一个例子。这是一个人在跑马厅评论一匹马。

例句1: ——————————————————————————————————————

这个人说：我这辈子没见过比这匹马跑的更快的马了。它从开跑的门出来一直到终点始终像闪电一样跑得飞快。它比以前的记录还要快三秒多。

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我们再来举一个例子。这是一个人在说他下班回家的路上所看到的事。

例句2: Walking home I looked up and got out of the way quick - here came this black cat running like greased lightning and right behind him was this big dog chasing him so closely.

这个人说：当时我正在走回家的路上。我一抬头，看到一只黑猫跑得飞快。就在它后面一只很大的狗正在紧紧地追赶。我看到这情况，马上就闪到一边去了。

对了，要是他不马上躲开的话，没准那只大狗怪他挡路而咬他一口，或者把他撞倒。






我们再来给大家介绍一个描写速度很快的习惯用语：Like a bat out of hell

Bat就是：蝙蝠。Hell就是：地狱。Like a bat out of hell按字面翻成中文就是：就像一只从地狱里飞出来的蝙蝠。发明这个说法的人可能是想像一只蝙蝠在扑打着翅膀，竭尽全力地飞，以逃避地狱之火。Like a bat out of hell现在可以用在各个方面。下面我们要举的两个例子就能说明问题。第一个例子是一群孩子在打篮球，一不小心把旁边住家的玻璃窗打破了。这房子里的主人说：

例句3: As soon as I heard the glass break, I ran out to try to catch who had done it. But the kid ran away like a bat out of hell, so I'll have to pay for new glass myself.

这个人说：——————————————————————————————————————

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刚才举的那个例子是说小孩犯了错误生怕受到惩罚而赶紧逃跑。我们再给大家举一个 like a bat out of hell的例子。这是一个参加过二次世界大战的人在说他死里逃生的情况。

例句4: We were marching on this road to the front when this German fighter plane came over the hill ahead of us like a bat out of hell. We were lucky: he was flying so low and so fast he didn't even see us. And he was gone before we could even turn our heads.

这句话的意思是：“我们当时正在行军到前线去。突然,一架德国战斗机从我们前面的山头上出现。我们还真是运气：他飞的很低，也很快，所以他根本没有看到我们。还没有等到我们回头，它就不见了。

搞笑无厘：用英语损人的30个短句

　　1. Playing with fire 找死

　　2. Pervert !变态、流氓

　　3. Brag ! 吹牛

　　4. Bullshit! 废话

　　5. Play dumb. 装傻

　　6. Shameless！无耻

　　7. Fighting one’s own.起内讧

　　8. Lucky bastard! 狗屎运

　　9. Crass.没风度

　　10. Wise up!别傻了

　　11. I am dead. 死定了

　　11. Don’t play innocent!别装蒜！

　　12. You are dreaming.你做梦！

　　13. Behave!安分点 ！

　　14. You’re so lame!你真笨！

　　15. That’s rubbish!胡扯！

　　16. No need!免了吧！

　　17. Blood and gore.很恶心

　　18. Go to hell.去死吧！

　　19. Have some decency!正经点

　　20. Make up your mind!干脆点

　　21. Sober up!清醒点

　　22. Don’t run away!别想溜

　　23. How low-class!真低级

　　24. stingy bastard!小气鬼

　　25. Poser!耍大牌

　　26. Nerd 书呆子

　　27. Same difference半斤八两

　　28. You just don’t appreciate it!不识抬举

　　29. How did it come to this!岂有此理

　　30. No class!真没水准

一封绝妙的情书
转载：
  There once lived a lad who was deeply in love with a girl, but disliked by the girl’s father, who didn’t want to see any further development of their love. The lad was eager to write to the girl, yet he was quite sure that the father would read it first. So he wrote such a letter to the girl:

　　一个小伙子非常爱一位姑娘，但姑娘的父亲却不喜欢他，也不让他们的爱情发展下去。小伙子很想给姑娘写封情书，然而他知道姑娘的父亲会先看，于是他给姑娘写了这样一封信：

　　My love for you I once expressed

　　我对你表达过的爱

　　no longer lasts, instead, my distaste for you

　　已经消逝。我对你的厌恶

　　is growing with each passing day. Next time I see you,

　　与日俱增。当我看到你时

　　I even won’t like that look yours.

　　我甚至不喜欢你的那副样子。

　　I’ll do nothing but

　　我想做的一件事就是

　　look away from you. You can never expect I’ll

　　把目光移往别处，我永远不会

　　marry you. The last chat we had

　　和你结婚。我们的最近一次谈话

　　was so dull and dry that you shouldn’t think it

　　made me eager to see you again.

　　枯燥乏味，因此无法使我渴望再与你想见。

　　If we get married, I firmly believe I’ll

　　假如我们结婚，我深信我将

　　live a hard life, I can never

　　生活得非常艰难，我也无法

　　live happily with you, I’ll devote myself

　　愉快地和你生活在一起，我要把我的心

　　but not

　　奉献出来，但决不是

　　to you. No one else is more

　　奉献给你。没有人能比你更

　　harsh and selfish and least

　　苛求和自私，也没有人比你更 

　　solicitous and considerate than you.

　　关心我帮助我。

　　I sincerely want to let you know

　　我真挚地要你明白，

　　what I said is true. Please do me a favor by

　　我讲的是真话，请你助我一臂之力

　　ending our relations and refrain from

　　结束我们之间的关系，别试图

　　writing me a reply. Your letter is always full of

　　答复此信，你的信充满着

　　things which displease me. You have no

　　使我兴趣索然的事情，怀有

　　sincere care for me. So long! Please believe

　　对我的真诚关心。再见，请相信

　　I don’t love you any longer. Don’t think

　　我并不喜欢你，请你不要以为

　　I still have a love of you!

　　我仍然爱着你！

　　Having read the letter, the father felt relieved and gave it to his daughter with a light heart. The girl also felt quite pleased after she read it carefully, her lad still had a deep love for her. Do you know why? In fact, she felt very sad when she read the letter for the first time. But she read it for a few more times and , at last, she found the key – only every other line should be read, that is the first line, the third, the fifth … and so on to the end.

　　姑娘的父亲看了这封信以后，非常高兴地把信给了姑娘。姑娘看罢信也非常快乐，小伙子依然爱着她。你知道她为什么高兴吗？其实，她初读时非常忧伤，但她怎么也不相信那是他的真心话，于是她又默读了几遍，终于，她清楚了该怎样读法。只能一、三、五行如此类推，直到信的结尾.

九句地道的耍赖英语


游戏时耍赖：

That doesn't count.
那不算！
　　
We weren't playing for real.
我们不是玩真的。

欠钱时耍赖：

Money has been really tight lately...
最近手头有点紧……

I've had so many other expenses...
我有太多其他的费用要付……

犯错时耍赖：

It's not my fault.
那不是我的错。

He/She made me do it.
他(她)要我做的。

交通违规时耍赖：

I didn't see the sign.
我没有看到标记。

规避责任时耍赖：

It's not my turn to...
这次不是轮到我……

I didn't know anything about it...
我对此事一无所知……

信用卡为什么安全？


信用卡欺诈行为频频见诸报端，热衷于“提前消费”的人们也不得不对信用卡的安全性提出质疑了。但是消费主义者指出，信用卡依然是一种安全的支付方式，甚至可能是最安全的方式。

The news that millions of T.J. Maxx shoppers had their credit card information stolen may give all credit card users pause. How concerned and cautious do shoppers need to be when wielding plastic at the check-out counter, online or even at their local restaurant? Anthony Giorgianni, an editor at Consumer Reports says there’s really no need to panic.

“Credit cards, actually, are the best way to make a purchase, assuming you paying the bill off every month. Every time you use a credit card, you have all these federal protections against being charged for purchases that you didn’t make, and you would even have protections in some cases that give you the ability to return merchandise that is substandard or isn’t what you’ve ordered, for example. So I think the rule here is that we should not allow this incident as bad as it is to prevent us from using credit cards.”

But consumers are still at the mercy of retailers. Company should erase customer data promptly, but many hold on to that information for marketing purposes.

It’s also difficult for consumers to know whether companies are sufficiently encrypting and protecting their data.

“And that’s something we need to look at, but it certainly does raise a serious question: maybe there has to been some regulation in this area. The main thing you need to do is make sure that you look at your credit card receipts or debit card receipts. You have to check your statement and you have to complain right away and it’s best do it in writing.”

Anthony say fraud loses to credit and debit accounts in the US totaled 20 billion dollars in 2006, but the T.J. Maxx heist might actually be good news for one company. GratisCard is the first anonymous credit card with no name, numbers or data stored on it. It launches at April 1st, and could prove attractive shoppers who have been the victims of fraud.

如何用英文来形容守财奴


1.He is a very stingy person. 他是个很小气的人。

2.What a miser! 真是个吝啬鬼！

3.He's not a generous person. 他不是个慷慨的人。

4.She's such a penny pincher. 她真是个守财奴。

5.He's such a tightwad. 他真是个小气鬼。

6.Money means everything to her. 她视钱如命。

7.He's very tightfisted. 他很吝啬。

8.Her boss is a skinflint. 她老板是个一毛不拔的人。

9.She never wants to splash the cash. 她出手从不大方。

10.He's a real scrooge. 他是个不折不扣的守财奴。

英语笑话锦集


　　woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her

　　printer. The tech asked her if she was "running it under

　　Windows." The woman responded, "No, my desk is next to the

　　door. But that's a good point. The man sitting in the

　　cubicle next to me is under a window, and his is working

　　fine."

　　**********

　　Tech Support: "OK Bob, let's press the control and escape

　　keys at the same time. That brings up a task list in the

　　middle of the screen. Now type the letter 'P' to bring up

　　the Program Manager."

　　Customer: "I don't have a 'P'."

　　Tech Support: "On your keyboard, Bob."

　　Customer: "What do you mean?"

　　Tech Support: "'P' on your keyboard, Bob."

　　Customer: "I'm not going to do that!"

　　**********

　　Overheard in a computer shop:

　　Customer: "I'd like a mouse mat, please."

　　Salesperson: "Certainly sir, we've got a large variety."

　　Customer: "But will they be compatible with my computer?"

　　**********

　　I once received a fax with a note on the bottom to fax the

　　document back to the sender when I was finished with it,

　　because he needed to keep it.

　　**********

　　Customer in computer shop: "Can you copy the Internet onto

　　this disk for me?"

　　**********

　　Customer: "So that'll get me connected to the Internet,

　　right?"

　　Tech Support: "Yeah."

　　Customer: "And that's the latest version of the Internet,

　　right?"

　　Tech Support: "Uhh...uh...uh...yeah."

　　**********

　　Tech Support: "All right...now double-click on the File

　　Manager icon."

　　Customer: "That's why I hate this Windows - because of

　　the icons - I'm a Protestant, and I don't believe in icons."

　　Tech Support: "Well, that's just an industry term sir.

　　I don't believe it was meant to-"

　　Customer: "I don't care about any 'Industry Terms'.

　　I don't believe in icons."

　　Tech Support: "Well...why don't you click on the '

　　little picture' of filing cabinet...is 'little picture' OK?"

　　Customer: [click]

　　**********

　　Customer: "My computer crashed!"

　　Tech Support: "It crashed?"

　　Customer: "Yeah, it won't let me play my game."

　　Tech Support: "All right, hit Control-Alt-Delete to reboot."

　　Customer: "No, it didn't crash - it crashed."

　　Tech Support: "Huh?"

　　Customer: "I crashed my game. That's what I said before.

　　I crashed my spaceship and now it doesn't work."

　　Tech Support: "Click on 'File,' then 'New Game.'"

　　Customer: [pause] "Wow! How'd you learn how to do that?"

　　**********

　　Got a call from a woman said that her laser printer was

　　having problems: the bottom half of her printed sheets were

　　coming out blurry. It seemed strange that the printer was

　　smearing only the bottom half. I walked her through the

　　basics, then went over and printed out a test sheet.

　　It printed fine. I asked her to print a sheet, so she sent

　　a job to the printer. As the paper started coming out, she

　　yanked it out and showed it to me. I told her to wait until

　　the paper came out on its own. Problem solved.

　　**********

　　I had been doing Tech Support for Hewlett-Packard's Deskjet

　　division for about a month when I had a customer call with

　　a problem I just couldn't solve. She could not print yellow.

　　All the other colors would print fine, which truly baffled

　　me because the only true colors are cyan, magenta, and yellow.

　　For instance, green is a combination of cyan and yellow, but

　　green printed fine. Every color of the rainbow printed fine

　　except for yellow. I had the customer change ink cartridges.

　　I had the customer delete and reinstall the drivers. Nothing

　　worked. I asked my coworkers for help; they offered no new

　　ideas. After over two hours of troubleshooting, I was about

　　to tell the customer to send the printer in to us for repair

　　when she asked quietly, "Should I try printing on a piece of

　　white paper instead of this yellow paper?"

　　**********

　　And another user was all confused about why the cursor always

　　moved in the opposite direction from the movement of the

　　mouse. She also complained that the buttons were difficult

　　to depress. She was very embarrassed when we asked her to

　　rotate the mouse so the tail pointed away from her.

　　**********

　　For a computer programming class, I sat directly across from

　　someone, and our computers were facing away from each other.

　　A few minutes into the class, she got up to leave the room.

　　I reached between our computers and switched the inputs for

　　the keyboards. She came back and started typing and

　　immediately got a distressed look on her face. She called

　　the tutor over and explained that no matter what she typed,

　　nothing would happen. The tutor tried everything. By this

　　time I was hiding behind my monitor and quaking red-faced.

　　I typed, "Leave me alone!" They both jumped back as this

　　appeared on their screen. "What the..." the tutor said. I

　　typed, "I said leave me alone!" The kid got real upset. "I

　　didn't do anything to it, I swear!" It was all I could do

　　to keep from laughing out loud. The conversation between

　　them and HAL 2000 went on for an amazing five minutes. Me:

　　"Don't touch me!" Her: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit

　　your keys that hard." Me: "Who do you think you are

　　anyway?!" Etc. Finally, I couldn't contain myself any

　　longer, and fell out of my chair laughing. After they had

　　realized what I had done, they both turned beet red. Funny,

　　I never got more than a C- in that class.

　　**********

　　This guy calls in to complain that he gets an "Access Denied"

　　message every time he logs in. It turned out he was typing

　　his username and password in capital letters. Tech Support:

　　"OK, let's try once more, but use lower case letters."

　　Customer: "Ooh, I only have capital letters on my keyboard."

　　**********

　　Email from a friend: "CanYouFixTheSpaceBarOnMyKeyboard?"

　　**********

　　My friend was on duty in the main lab on a quiet afternoon.

　　He noticed a young woman sitting in front of one of the

　　workstations with her arms crossed across her chest, staring

　　at the screen. After about 15 minutes he noticed that she

　　was still in the same position, only now she was impatiently

　　tapping her foot. He asked if she needed help and she

　　replied "It's about time! I pressed the F 1 button over

　　twenty minutes ago!"

假如我又回到了童年


If I were a Boy Again



　If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was hard or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “There are only two creatures,” syas a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and the snail.” If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begain early enough. I often hear grown up people say “ I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although I wished to do so” , and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth. If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.





　　假如我又回到了童年，我做事要更有毅力，决不因为事情艰难或者麻烦而撒手不干，我们要光明，就得征服黑暗。毅力在效果上有时能同天才相比。俗话说：“能登上金字塔的生物，只有两种——鹰和蜗牛。”假如我又回到了童年，我就要养成专心致志的习惯；有事在手，就决不让任何东西让我分心。我要牢记：优秀的滑冰手从不试图同时滑向两个不同的方向。如果及早养成这种专心致志的习惯，它将成为我们生命的一部分。我常听成年人说：“虽然我希望能集中注意听牧师讲道或读书，但往往做不到。”而原因就是年轻时没有养成这种习惯。假如我现在能重新开始我的生命，我就要更注意记忆力的培养。我要采取一切可能的办法，并且在一切可能的场合，增强记忆力。要正确无误地记住一些东西，在开始阶段的确要作出一番小小的努力；但要不了多久，记忆力本身就会起作用，使记忆成为轻而易举的事，只需及早培养，记忆自会成为一种才能。


　　If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage. “Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice,” says a wise author. We too often borrow trouble, and anticipate that may never appear.” The fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear.” Dangers will arise in any career, but presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them. Be prepared for any fate, and there is no harm to be feared. If I were a boy again, I would look on the cheerful side. Life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, I smiles back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return. Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. “ who shuts love out ,in turn shall be shut out from love.” If I were a boy again, I would school myself to say no more often. I might write pages on the importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect, and decline doing an unworthy act because it is unworthy. If I were a boy again, I would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends, and indeed towards strangers as well. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable. Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, I would , if I were a boy again, I would still try harder to make others happy.




　　假如我又回到了童年，我就要培养勇气。一位明智的作家曾说过：“世上没有东西比勇气更温文尔雅，也没有东西比懦怯更残酷无情。”我们常常过多地自寻烦恼，杞人忧天。“怕祸害比祸害本身更可怕。”凡事都有危险，但镇定沉着往往能克服最严重的危险。对一切祸福做好准备，那么就没有什么灾难可以害怕的了。假如我又回到了童年，我就要事事乐观。生活犹如一面镜子：你朝它笑，它也朝你笑；如果你双眉紧锁，向它投以怀疑的目光，它也将还以你同样的目光。内心的欢乐不仅温暖了欢乐者自己的心，也温暖了所有与之接触者的心。“谁拒爱于门外，也必将被爱拒诸门外。”假如我又回到了童年，我就要养成经常说“不”字的习惯。一个少年要能挺得起腰，拒绝做不应该做的事，就因为这事不值得做。我可以写上好几页谈谈早年培养这一点的重要性。假如我又回到了童年，我就要要求自己对伙伴和朋友更加礼貌，而且对陌生人也应如此。在坎坷的生活道路上，最细小的礼貌犹如在漫长的冬天为我们歌唱的小鸟，那歌声使冰天雪地的寒冬变得较易忍受。最后，假如我又回到了童年，我不会力图为自己谋幸福，好像这就是人生唯一的目的；与之相反，我要更努力为他人谋幸福。

30个最经典的替换词
　　1.individuals,characters, folks替换(people ,persons)

　　2: positive, favorable, rosy (美好的)，promising

　　(有希望的)，perfect, pleasurable , excellent, outstanding, superior替换good

　　3:dreadful, unfavorable, poor, adverse, ill (有害的)替换bad

　　如果bad做表语，可以有be less impressive替换

　　eg.An army of college students indulge themselves in playing games, enjoying romance with girls/boys or killing time passively in their dorms. When it approaches to graduation ,as a result, they find their academic records are less impressive.

　　4.(an army of, an ocean of, a sea of, a multitude of ,a host of, many, if not most)替换many.

　　注：用many, if not most 一定要小心，many后一定要有词。

　　Eg. Many individuals, if not most, harbor the idea that….同理 用most, if not all ,替换most.

　　5: a slice of, quiet a few , several替换some

　　6:harbor the idea that, take the attitude that,

　　hold the view that, it is widely shared that,

　　it is universally acknowledged that)替think

　　(因为是书面语，所以要加that)

　　7:affair ,business ,matter 替换thing

　　8: shared 代 common

　　9.reap huge fruits 替换get many benefits )

　　10:for my part ,from my own perspective 替换 in my opinion

　　11:Increasing(ly),growing 替换more and more( 注意没有growingly这种形式。所以当修饰名词时用increasing/growing.修饰形容词，副词用increasingly.

　　Eg.sth has gained growing popularity.

　　Sth is increasingly popular with the advancement of sth.

　　12.little if anything, 或little or nothing替换hardly

　　13..beneficial, rewarding替换helpful,

　　14.shopper,client,consumer,purchaser, 替换customer

　　15.exceedingly,extremely, intensely 替换very

　　16.hardly necessary, hardly inevitable ... 替换 unnecessary, avoidable

　　17.sth appeals to sb, sth exerts a tremendous fascination on sb 替换sb take interest in / sb. be interested in

　　18.capture one's attention替换attract one's attention.

　　19.facet,demension,sphere代aspect

　　20.be indicative of ,be suggestive of ,be fearful of代 indicate, suggest ,fear

　　21.give rise to, lead to, result in, trigger 替换cause.

　　22. There are several reasons behind sth 替换..reasons for sth

　　23.desire 替换want.

　　24.pour attention into 替换pay attention to

　　25.bear in mind that 替换remember

　　26. enjoy, possess 替换have(注意process是过程的意思)

　　27. interaction替换communication

　　28.frown on sth替换 be against , disagree with sth

　　29.to name only a few, as an example替换 for example, for instance

　　30. next to / virtually impossible,替换nearly / almost impossible

罕见的化石记录
　　A Rare Fossil Record

　　The preservation of embryos and juveniles is a rate occurrence in the fossil record. The tiny, delicate skeletons are usually scattered by scavengers or destroyed by weathering before they can be fossilized. Ichthyosaurs had a higher chance of being preserved than did terrestrial creatures because, as marine animals, they tended to live in environments less subject to erosion. Still, their fossilization required a suite of factors: a slow rate of decay of soft tissues, little scavenging by other animals, a lack of swift currents and waves to jumble and carry away small bones, and fairly rapid burial. Given these factors, some areas have become a treasury of well-preserved ichthyosaur fossils.

　　The deposits at Holzmaden, Germany, present an interesting case for analysis. The ichthyosaur remains are found in black, bituminous marine shales deposited about 190 million years ago. Over the years, thousands of specimens of marine reptiles, fish and invertebrates have been recovered from these rocks. The quality of preservation is outstanding, but what is even more impressive is the number of ichthyosaur fossils containing preserved embryos. Ichthyosaurs with embryos have been reported from 6 different levels of the shale in a small area around Holzmaden, suggesting that a specific site was used by large numbers of ichthyosaurs repeatedly over time. The embryos are quite advanced in their physical development; their paddles, for example, are already well formed. One specimen is even preserved in the birth canal. In addition, the shale contains the remains of many newborns that are between 20 and 30 inches long.

　　Why are there so many pregnant females and young at Holzmaden when they are so rare elsewhere? The quality of preservation is almost unmatched and quarry operations have been carried out carefully with an awareness of the value of the fossils. But these factors do not account for the interesting question of how there came to be such a concentration of pregnant ichthyosaurs in a particular place very close to their time of giving birth.

　罕见的化石记录

　　胚胎与幼体被保存下来在化石记录中是少见的事情。 微小纤细的骨骼通常在石化前就被食腐肉的动物拆散了，或者被风化作用破坏掉了。 鱼龙比起陆地的动物有更大的几率被保存下来，因为它们作为海洋动物常生活在腐蚀性较小的环境中。 但是它们的石化需要一系列因素：软组织的腐烂速度缓慢，很少被其他动物残食，缺少混杂、冲走小骨头的快速水流和波浪，以及相当快地被掩埋。 当这些因素存在时，某些地区就会变成一个充满保存完好的鱼龙化石的宝库。

　　在德国获尔兹梅登，那儿的沉积物给人们提出了一个有趣的分析案例。 人们在黑色的、含沥青的海洋页岩中发现了约19，000年前沉积下来的鱼龙化石。 几年时间内，在这些岩石中取得了数以千计的海洋爬行动物、鱼类以及无脊椎动物的标本。 它们的保存质量非常的好，但更令人称奇的是保存下来的育有胚胎的鱼龙化石数目。 在获尔兹梅登附近一个小地区的六个不同的页岩层中分别发现了育有胚胎的鱼龙化石。 这表明大量的鱼龙经年累月重复使用一个特定的地点。 那些胚胎已经发育得相当完整了。 比如，它们的蹼桨已经完全形成了。 有一个标本甚至被保存在产道中。 而且，那块页岩包含着很多在20到30英寸之间的新生幼体的化石。

　　为什么在其他地方那么稀少的怀孕雌兽和幼体在获尔兹梅登却那么多呢? 因为其保存质量几乎举世无双，采集工作的进行一直是一丝不苟的。 大家都认识到这些化石的价值极其珍贵，但这些因素并不能解释这个有趣的问题： 为什么在一个特定的地点会如此集中地出现即将临产的怀孕鱼龙群呢?

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