趣味英语收集

Ok

一词的起源一直没有定论，

这也成为学术界多年来为之热

议的话题。

作为一个感叹词，

ok

这个英文词汇已经成为世 界性的用

语。

在中国，不仅

ok

的使用频率极高，由

ok

< br>转化而来的“O

了”一

说，简洁有趣，动感十足，在年轻 人中十分流行。

说到

ok

OK”。“卡拉

OK”不是源 语英语，

而是日语

Karaoke

的音 译。另一个经常用到的词汇

KTV

则是

Karao

ke

Television

的缩写。现在我们还常常用到“K

歌”这个词，

取< /p>

Karaoke

的首字母，表达去唱歌的意思，真是简洁时尚。< /p>

4.

...+ing

< br>ing

在英语中是动词的一种后缀，是现在进行时态

(b e + doing)

动

词的一种分词形式，常常表示正在干什 么，正处于某种状态。如今，

许多人喜欢拿它作中文后缀，来表示自己正在做什么或自己 的情感。

比如：瞌睡

ing

，郁闷

ing

等等。

其 他暂且能想到的流行说法还有：

shopping

，

多，最

in

，真

hig

h

，

Mail

我，

Q

我，

Call

我，

MSN

< br>我。

三、最有魔力的一句英文

In

a

class

I

teach

for

adults,

I

recently

did

the

“unpardonable.”

I

gave

the

class

homework!

The

assignment

was

to

“go

to

someone

you

love

within

the

next

w

ee

k

and

tell

them

you

love

them.

It

has

to

be

someone

you

have

never

said

those

words

to

before

or

a

t

least

haven't

shared

those

words

with

for

a

long

time.”

Now

that

doesn’t

sound

like

a

very

tough

assignment,

until

you

stop

to

realize

that

most

of

the

men

were

over

35

and

were

raised

in

the

generation

of

men

that

were

taught

that

expressing

emotions

is

not

“macho.”

Showing

feelings

or

crying

(heaven

forbid!)

was

just

not

done.

So

this

was

a

very

threatening

assignment

for

some.

At

the

beginning

of

our

next

class,

I

asked

if

someone

wanted

to

share

what

happened

when

they

told

so

meone

they

loved

them.

I

fully

expected

one

of

the

women

to

volunteer6,

as

was

usually

the

case,

but

on

this

evening

one

of

the

men

raised

his

hand.

He

appeared

quite

moved

and

a

bit

shaken.

As

he

unfolded

out

of

his

chair(all

6

2

of

him),

he

began

by

saying,

Dennis,

I

was

quite

angry

with

you

last

week

w

hen

you

gave

us

this

assignment.

I

didn’t

feel

that

I

had

anyone

to

say

those

words

to,

and

besides,

who

were

you

to

tell

me

to

do

something

that

personal8?

“But

as

I

began

driving

home

my

conscience

started

talking

to

me

It

was

telling

me

that

I

knew

exactly

who

I

needed

to

say

I

love

yo

u

to.

You

see,

five

years

ago,

my

father

and

I

had

a

vicious

disagreement

and

really

never

resolved

it

since

that

time.

We

avoided

seeing

each

other

unless

we

absolutely

had

to

at

Christm

as

or

other

family

gatherings.

But

even

then,

we

hardly

spoke

to

each

other

“So

last

Tuesday

by

the

time

I

got

home

I

had

convinced

myself

I

was

going

to

tell

my

father

I

loved

him.

“It’s

weird,

but

just

making

that

decision

seemed

to

lift

a

heavy

load

off

my

chest.

“When

I

got

home,

I

rushed

into

the

house

to

tell

my

wife

what

I

w

as

going

to

do.

She

was

already

in

bed,

but

I

woke

her

up

anyway.

When

I

told

her,

she

di

dn’t

just

get

out

of

bed,

she

catapulted

out

an

d

hugged

my,

and

for

the

first

time

in

our

married

life

she

saw

me

cry.

We

stayed

up

half

the

night

drinking

coffee

and

talking.

It

was

great!

“The

next

morning

I

was

up

bright

and

early.

I

was

so

excited

I

co

u

ld

hardly

sleep.

I

got

to

the

office

early

and

accomplished

more

in

t

wo

hours

than

I

had

the

whole

day

before.

“At

9:00

I

called

my

dad

to

see

if

could

come

over

after

work.

Whe

n

he

answered

the

phone,

I

just

said,

‘Dad,

can

I

come

over

after

wo

rk

tonight

?

I

have

something

to

tell

you.’

My

dad

responded

with

a

grumpy,

‘Now

what?’

I

assured

him

it

wouldn’t

take

long,

so

he

fina

lly

agreed.

“At

5:30,

I

was

at

my

parents’

house

ringing

the

doorbell,

praying

th

at

Dad

would

answer

the

door.

I

was

afraid

if

Mom

answered

that

I

would

chicken

out

and

tell

her

instead.

But

as

luck

would

have

it,

D

ad

did

answer

the

door.

“I

didn’t

waste

any

time

–

I

took

one

step

in

the

door

and

said,

‘Da

d,

I

just

came

over

to

tell

you

that

I

love

you.’

“It

was

as

if

a

transformation

came

over

my

dad.

Before

my

eyes

his

face

softened,

the

wrinkles

seemed

to

disappear

and

he

began

to

cry.

He

reached

out

and

hugged

me

and

said,

‘I

love

you

too,

son,

but

I’ve

never

been

able

to

say

it.’

“It

was

such

a

precious

moment

I

didn’t

want

to

move

.

Mom

walked

by

with

tears

in

her

eyes.

I

just

waved

and

blew

her

a

kiss.

Dad

an

d

I

hugged

for

a

moment

longer

and

then

I

left.

I

hadn’t

felt

that

gr

eat

in

a

long

time.

“But

that’s

not

even

my

point.

Two

days

after

that

visit,

my

dad,

who

had

heart

proble

ms,

but

didn’t

tell

me,

had

an

attack

and

ended

up

in

the

hospital,

unconscious.

I

don’t

know

if

he'll

make

it.

“So

my

message

to

all

of

you

in

this

is:

Don’t

wait

to

do

the

things

you

know

need

to

be

done.

What

if

I

had

waited

to

t

ell

my

dad

–

maybe

I

will

never

g

et the chance again! Take the

time to do what you need to do and do it now!”

四、四个和表面意思不同的趣味动物用语

1.

Goose

bumps

每当我们觉得身上发冷或 者发麻的时候，

皮肤上就会起一层鸡皮疙

瘩。英语里鸡皮疙瘩叫 ：

goose

bumps

。

Goose

就是鹅，

bumps

就

是疙瘩。

至于为什么中国 人说鸡皮疙瘩，

而美国人却说鹅皮疙瘩就不

得而知了。

例句：

I

know

that

most

snakes

are

harmless,

but

I

can'

t

help

it--every

time

I

see

a

snake,

even

in

a

z

oo,

I

get

goose

bumps

all

over

！

我知道大多数的蛇是不咬人的，

但是每当我看到蛇，

皮疙瘩，哪怕是在动物园里看到蛇也是如此，真是没办法。

2

sitting

duck

Duck

就是鸭子。我们不容易打到一只正在飞的鸭子，不过一只浮在< /p>

水面上的鸭子却是一个很容易击中的目标。

Sitting

duck

从字面

上解释就是：一只坐 着的鸭子。当然，

sitting

duck

是一个俗语，

它的意思是：很容易上当受害的人。

< /p>

(

大家一定都很熟悉二次世界大战时发生的珍珠港事件。

那是在

1941

年

十二 月七号凌晨，

日本人在没有宣战的情况下突然偷袭珍珠港，

美国

太平洋舰队遭到毁灭性的打击。第二天，美国向日本宣战，从而爆发

了太平洋战争。

)

下面这个例句就是在讲珍珠港事件：

It

was

early

on

a

Sunday

morning

and

the

American

s

had

no

warning.

So

the

battleships

and

destroyer

s

were

sitting

ducks

when

the

Japanese

bombers

swep

t

in

from

the

sea.

那是一个星期天的清晨，

美国人根本 没有得到警告。

所以当日本轰炸

机从海上飞来的时候，那些战舰 和驱逐舰只能束手待毙。

3 chicken feed

鸡是一种很小的家禽，它的胃当然也很小，吃不了太 多东西。

Fe

ed

在这儿的意思就是喂鸡的饲料。

Chicken feed < /p>

作为俗语，

它的意

思就是：很小数量的钱 ，少得像喂鸡的饲料一样。

美国社会发展变化得非常快。有的 人说现在比过去强，但是也有

不少人存在今非昔比的想法。

正因 为如此，

有的人经常在谈话时流露

出怀旧的心情。

下面这个例句就是一个人在把现在的物价和五十年以

前的物价做对比。

My grandfather says that 50 years ago a salary of $$5,000 a

year meant you could live very comfortably. But these days

$$5,000 is just chicken feed; you'd have a tough time just s

urviving on it.

我祖父说，

五十年前，

一年五千美元的工资意味着你可以生活的非常

舒服。可是，现在五千美元年薪 真是微不足道，难以维持生活。

4. turkey farm

Tu rkey

是火鸡，

farm

就是农场。 但是，

turkey farm

合在一起作

为俗语却和农场毫无关系。那么，什么是

turkey farm

呢？在每个

政府机构或者私营公司里总会有一些工作能力低或者是不愿勤恳工< /p>

作的人；但是，由于种种原因，领导又没有办法解雇这些人。为了使

工作不受影响，

这些机构的领导往往把这些人调到一个地方，

就像打

入冷宫一样。实际上也就是把他们养在那里，而这种地方就叫作

< br> tu

rkey farm

。

五、中国小吃的英文表达