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英语口语
俚语
1 home town
My
hometown
is
a
typical
city
in
the
regions
south
of
the
Yangtze
River .It
stands beside a
wide river and is rich in fish and rice. It is a
city full of storys
and
e
is
the
city
in
Taohuayuan,which
is
the
Utopia
in
China .My parents have
been living here for the past thirty years or so.
I grew
up
here
and
I
attended
a
well-known
school
called
School
yali.
We
live
in
a
respectable
area
with
many
shops,
restaurants,
and
a
variety
of
other
businesses. The people
in our building are generally friendly and quite,
which
makes
it
a
pleasure
to
live
there.
and
I
love
my
hometown.
All
the
more
I
love its
people. They are working hard so as to make it
still richer and more
beautiful.
，这是我写的（罗紫茜）
，地理环境不同者勿套用
2Foreign teacher
My favourite foreign teacher is a nice
lady from America .We have been good
friends since we knew each other in
2007 .I always had suppers with her in my
high
school
campus
life.I
really
enjoyed
it
.She
is
a
outgoing
lady
just
like
me .So
we have many things to share . We talked about
almost everything .For
example,The
American
president
election
,the
differences
between
chinese
and american,
holiday experiences and so on .After she went back
,we e-mail
each
other
really
often .She
will
help
me
with
my
essays
and
chat
with
me
when I have some
difficulties in life.I love her so much .She is
the angel that
god gives me .I am a
blessed girl that I have made friend with her
这是我写的
（罗紫茜）
，大家用的话改一下下<
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3an interest you
have
At first, we should understand
what interest is. Interest is the feeling of
having
your attention held and your
mind excited by something or of wanting to be
involved with and to discover more
about
something(
兴趣
).According to
this
definition ,I think my favorite
activity is traveling . I like to travel,because
travel
can help us to be relaxed and to
make more this perid we can
see the
view of our nation and gain more knowledge of the
torditional custom
of other pople of
the you will say the fee of travel is to hige but
I
think
it
is
very
is
not
only
give
you
the
chance
to
close
the
nature
but also
offer you the opportunity to make a lot of new
friends .I can
learn a lot from
conversation with them .I think It's good for
my lateral
and vertical thinking .
这是我写的（罗紫茜）
，大家用的话改一下下
4 a recent experience
We had a class party on
December 26th .I think it was a nice memory that I
will
never
forget
it .
We
decorated
the
classroom
together
and
performed
program
one
by
one .
Most
of
the
people
sung
a
song
for
us
and
2
girls
performed 2 different dancing shows in
class .One danced really lovely but the
other
girl
was
really
hot .We
were
shouting
,creaming
,crying
and
shaking
clenched fists in exaltation .
One boy even pretended to
be Father Christmas
and
had
pictures
with
all
of
the
class.
We
really
had
a
wonderful
time
that
night
.I
will cherish our friendship forever.
这是我
写的（罗
紫茜）
，大家用的话改一下下
5the art of good
conversation
6common idiom
1)
It
’
s the
bee
’
s knees!
这棒极了！
2)
The traffic was moving at a
snail
’
s pace.
汽车挪动得像蜗牛一样慢。
3)
Don
’
t forget it
was him who did all the donkey work.
别忘了是他做了所有恼人活儿。
4)
Criticism doesn
’
t
affect him
—
it
’
s like water off a
duck
’
s back.
批评并未影响他——他们就如耳边风。
5)
The US athletes won the
lion
’
s share of the medals
at last year
’
s games.
美国运动员在去年的运动会中获得了最多的奖牌。
6)
I
’
ve known him
since he was knee-high to a grass hopper.
从他一点点大的时候我就认识他了。
7)
I felt like a fish out of
water when I started in this company.
刚进这家公司时，我还格格不入。
8)
I decided to take the
bull by the horns and tell the boss what I
thought.
我决定鼓起勇气告诉老板我所想的。
9)
The
tourist
office
sent
us
on
a
wild
goose
chase
to
a
hotel
which
had
closed down.
旅游班徒劳地把我们送到一家已经关闭了的酒店。
10) I always get butterflies in my
stomach when I started in this company.
刚进入这家公司我颇有几分忐忑不安。
11) I made a real
pig
’
s ear of the letter so I
had to do it again.
我在这封信里犯了个大错，所以我得重写一遍。
12) The boss has always got a bee in
his bonnet about something or other.
这个老板老是对这个对那个有各种不正常的想法。
13) I nearly let the cat out of the bag
and told Jim about his surprise party.
我差点说漏嘴告诉
Jim
关于他的惊喜晚会。
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14) I could talk about football
till the cows come home, but I
don
’
t want to
bore you.
我可以滔滔不绝地讲足球，但我不想让你们无聊。
15) He told us some cock and bull story
about how he
’
d been in a
famous
band.
他跟我们讲了一些自编的关于他如何加入一个有名乐队的故事。
16) My house is quite near as the crow
flies, but there
’
s no direct
road.
我家直线距离来说真的很近，但就是没有笔直的路。
17)
–
What did
Sandra say when she saw her phone bill?
-She had kittens.
-Sandra
看了话费单说些什么啊？
-
她很着急。
18)
–
Come on,
come on! I
’
m ready, so
let
’
s hurry up and go!
-Hold your horses.
-
< br>赶紧，赶紧
!
我都准备好了，我们快点走吧！
-
耐心点儿，不急。
19)
–
Why is she
crying if she doesn
’
t care?
-They are crocodile tears.
-
她又不在乎，干啥哭呢？
-
那些都是假慈悲。
20)
–
I
’
m
amazed you
’
re drinking bears
today after last night
’
s
party!
-It
’
s hair
of the dog.
-
我很惊讶你今天竟然还喝啤酒，昨
晚晚会还没把你给灌醉？
-
这是解醉酒，以毒攻毒。
21)
–
I think
I
’
ve got the job.
I
’
m going to celebrate it.
-Don
’
t count your
chickens
（
before they hatch
it
）
.
-
我想我
已经捞到那份儿工作了。我要好好庆祝一番。
-
别高兴过早（小鸡孵出之后才算数）
。
22)
–
Ali
doesn
’
t seem to have any
friends.
-He is a lone wolf.
-
阿里似乎没几个朋友。
-
他就是个独来独往的人。
23)
–
This used to
be a nice neighborhood,
didn
’
t it?
-It
’
s gone to the
dogs.
-
这儿曾经是个很和谐的社区，不是吗？
-
嗯，但每况愈下。
24)
–
Dad
can
’
t run as fast as he used
to.
-He
’
s no
spring chicken.
-
爸爸跑不以前那么快了。
-
他已经不再是年轻人了。
7slang and informal english
a bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush
一鸟在手，胜似二鸟在林
a blank slate
干净的黑板（新的一页，新的开始）
a bone to pick
可挑剔的骨头（争端，不满）
a
cat nap
打个盹儿
a
ouch potato
躺椅上的马铃薯（懒鬼）
a headache
头痛（麻烦事）
a knock
out
击倒（美得让人倾倒）
a
load off my mind
心头大石落地
a pain in the neck
脖子疼（苦事）
a piece
of cake
一块蛋糕（小菜一碟，易事一件）
a shot in the dark
盲目射击（瞎猜）
a
sinking ship
正在下沉的船
a slap in the face
脸上挨了一耳光（公然受辱）
a
social butterfly
社交蝴蝶（善于交际，会应酬的人）
a thorn in someone''s side
腰上的荆棘（芒刺在背）
a
turn coat
反穿皮袄的人（叛徒）
a weight off my shoulders
放下肩头重担
an ace up
my sleeve
袖里的王牌
ants in one''s pants
裤裆里有蚂蚁（坐立不安）
back
in the saddle
重上马鞍（重整旗鼓）
back on
track
重上轨道（改过自新）
b
ackfire
逆火（弄巧成拙，适得其反）
ball and chain
铁球铁链，甜蜜的枷（老婆）
beat a dead horse
鞭打死马令其奔驰（徒劳）
beaten by the ugly stick
被丑杖打过（生得难看）
bet
your life
把命赌上（绝对错了）
better half
我的另一半
big headed
大脑袋（傲慢，自大）
bigger
fish to fry
有更大的鱼要炸（有更重要的事要办）
bite the bullet
咬子弹（强忍痛苦）
birds
of a feather flock together
羽毛相同的鸟总飞成一群（物以类聚）
blow up in you face
在眼前爆炸（事情完全弄砸了）
break a let
折断一条腿（表演真实，演出成功）
break the ice
破冰（打破僵局）
brown
nose
讨好，谄媚
bull
in a china shop
瓷器店里的蛮牛（笨拙的人，动辄弄坏东西的人）
burst your bubble
扎破泡泡（打破人的幻想，煞风景）
bury one''s head in the
sand
把头埋在沙里（自欺欺人）
butterflies in my
stomach
肚里有只蝴蝶（心里紧张，七上八下）
buy the
farm
买下农场（归道山，死了）
cash in my
chips
兑换筹码（睡觉，就寝）
circle the
wagons
把篷车围成一圈（严阵以待）
clean up one''s
act
自我检点，自我改进
come
down in sheets
整片整片地下（倾盆大雨）
cross the line
跨过线（做得太过分了）
cross
that
bridge
when
we
come
to
it
到了桥头就过桥
（船到桥头自然直）
cut to the chase
抄捷径去追猎物（不绕圈子，开门见山，单刀直入）
daily grind
例行苦事，每天得干的苦工
days
are numbered
来日无多
dead center
正当中
dead-end street
死路，死巷子
domino
effect
骨牌效应
down
to the wire
最后关头
down under
南边（常指面半球的澳洲）
downhill from here
从此都是下坡路（自此每况愈下）
drop the ball
掉了球（失职）
empty
nest
空巢（儿女长大离家）
get hitched
拴起来（结婚）
get off
on the wrong foot
起步便错（第一印象不佳）
get
the ball rolling
让球滚起来（动起手来）
goose bumps
鸡皮疙瘩
hit the road
上路
hold your horses
勒住你的马（慢来）
hang
somebody out to dry
把??晾起来了（把??坑苦了）
in one''s back pocket
在某人裤子后口袋里（是某人的囊中之物）
in the dark
在黑暗中（茫然，什么也不知道）
in the spotlight
站在聚光灯圈里（出风头）
it''s Greek to me
希腊文（天书）
joined at
the hip
连体婴（死党，从不分开的两个人）
jump the gun
枪未响先偷跑（抢先）
kick
the bucket
踢水桶（翘辫子）
kill two birds with one
stone
一
箭双雕，一举两得
last
straw
最后一根稻草
left
a bitter taste in one''s mouth
留下满嘴苦味
（留下不愉快的回
忆）
light a fire under your butt
在屁股下点一把火（促其行动）
light at the end of the tunnel
隧道末端的光（一线希望）
like
shooting fish in a barrel
桶里射鱼（瓮中捉鳖）
ling
winded
长舌，碎嘴
Monday morning quarterback
星期一早晨的四分卫（马后炮）
my
old man
我的老头（我父亲）
out of the pan and into the fire
跳出锅里，掉进火里（每况愈下）
plenty of other fish in the sea
海里的鱼多得很（天涯何处无芳草）
poker face
扑克面孔（喜怒不形于色）
pop
the question
提出大问题（求婚）
pot calling the kettle black
锅嫌壶黑（五十步笑百步）
punch your lights out
揍得你两眼发黑
put all
of one''s eggs in one basket
鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里（孤注
一掷）
put one''s foot in
one''s mouth
把脚丫放进嘴里（说错
话了）
rob the cradle
劫摇篮（老牛吃嫩草）
skate
on thin ice
在薄冰上滑冰（如履薄冰，身历险境）
skeleton in one''s closet
壁橱里的骷髅（不可告人的事）
skin and bones
皮包骨
sleep on it
睡在上面（考虑一晚上）
small
talk
寒喧，闲聊
smooth
sailing
一帆风顺
stab
in the back
背后插刀（遭人暗算）
stallion
千里驹（貌美体健的男人）
stud
种马（貌美体健的男人）
swing
for the fence
打全垒打
take a hike
走路（滚蛋）
until you
are blue in the face
干到脸发青（也是白干）
unwind
放松发条（轻松下来）
up for grabs
大家有份
up in the air
挂在空
中（悬而未决）
when hell
freezes over
地狱结冰（绝不可能的事）
weed out
除去杂草（淘汰）
well rounded
全
能，全才
when pigs
fly
猪飞的时候（绝不可能）
not lift a finger
连手指都不动一动（袖手旁观）
wrapped around his/her little finger
化为绕指柔（玩弄于股掌之间）
Paul
上课提到的
Ace sb is
ace
An airhead
愚蠢的
An all-
nighter
通宵
Biker
摩托车车手
Blown away
Boo-boo
小失误
Booze
酒
Bread ,dough ,buck
钱
Break
机会
Bummed out
Bum
无用的人
Call
做好的决定
Can,bog
washingroom
I'll catch you later. Speak to you
later
Chicken .(nervous)
Laid back
Couch
potato
Creamed (get beat heavily)
Cushy
(easy)
Put your back into it
!
Keep your hair on.(calm down )
Stomach(endure)
Neck by neck
(equal results)
Pull my leg
Bull-horns
Goose-chase(useless)
Butterflies-stomach/tommy
Pig's ear (big mistake)
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