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同学： 欢迎您报名参加国际会议口译密集训练营!为了让您在我们的课程达到最佳效果，请您尽早开始准备。之前已经给您发过关于学习方法的邮件，接下来我们会定期给您发一些材料， 供您准备，这样在上课时能轻松一些。这次我们先发一些常用的词汇，分了四周的内容，您可以每天背一个list。现在就开始行动吧！祝 学业有成！ Week 1: GLOSSARY成语俗语 LIST 1 有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎! How happy we are, o meet friends from afar! 欢聚一堂 enjoy a happy get-together 一见如故 feel like an old friend at first sight 一回生,二回熟 First time strangers, second time friends 共叙旧谊 renew friendship 记忆犹新 remain fresh in one’s memory 一言为定 It’s a deal. 礼轻情意重 The gift itself may be small, but the goodwill is deep. 一如既往 as always 入乡随俗 When in Rome do as the Romans do. LIST 2 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing. 举世瞩目 draw worldwide attention 天时、地利、人和 Good opportunity, favorable geographical location and support from the people. 政通人和 The government functions well and the people live in harmony. 深入人心 enjoy popular support 名副其实 be true to one’s name 名不虚传 deserve one’s reputation 日新月异 change with each passing day 盲目发展 pell-mell development 欲速则不达 Haste makes waste; More haste, less speed LIST 3 千里之行,始于足下 A three-hundred-mile journey starts with the first step. 空谈误国,实干兴邦 empty talks would lead the country astray, and hard work can rejuvenate the nation. 取长补短 learn from other’s strong points and close the gap 求同存异 to seek common ground while reserving differences 英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike. 互谅互让 mutual understanding and mutual accommodation 目光远大 be far-sighted 有识之士 person of insight 光明磊落 be open and aboveboard 己所不欲,勿施于人 Do as you would be done by. LIST 4事与愿违 get the opposite of what one intended 同舟共济 be in the same boat 好事多磨 A good gain takes long pain. 旁观者清 An onlooker sees most of the game. 轻而易举 with great ease 十年树木,百年树人 It takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred years to educate people. 后顾之忧 Troubles bake at home 事实胜于雄辩 Facts speak louder than words 首屈一指 second to none 突飞猛进 make great/rapid strides LIST 5 牵线搭桥 serve as a bridge 科技兴国 invigorating/boosting/prospering China through science and technology 开源节流 tap new sources of revenue and husband exis