Lecture 11 等效与替代.ppt

6. The highly leveraged housing market has begun to turn south and is roiling the subprime mortgage market. 被抬高的房市已经开始回落，并对次贷市场产生不利影响。 turn south=go south if a situation, organization, or set of standards goes south, it becomes very bad although it was once very good (成绩、排名等)下降，退步 (兴趣)减弱；丧失 (股票等)下跌 形象替代 T-crossroad a U-shaped magnet V-neck After praising the wine they sell us vinegar. Talk of the devil and he will appear. 挥金如土 扣帽子 丁字路口 马蹄形磁铁 鸡心领 挂羊头卖狗肉 说曹操曹操到。 spend money like water put a label on sb. 形象替代 A fair face may hide a foul heart. 笑里可以藏刀。 The little girl has a very sharp tongue. 那个小女孩说话很尖酸刻薄。 sharp tongueif you have a sharp tongue, you often talk in a way that shows you are angry说话刻薄 　 Ginas sharp tongue will get her into trouble one day. silver tongueliterary if you have a silver tongue, you can talk in a way that makes people like you or persuades them that you are right 口才；辩才 形象替代 right-hand man 左膀右臂 I don’t know how you find anything in your desk. It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack. 我不知道你是怎样在你的桌子上找东西，真好象是在大海捞针。 习语替代 1. Waste not, want not. 精打细算，不愁吃穿。 2. Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 3. A good beginning is half the battle. 良好的开端，意味着成功的一半。 4. Pride comes before a fall． 骄兵必败。 习语替代 What millions died that Caesar might be great. 万千士兵之死换取了凯撒的荣耀。 一将成名万骨枯。 Homer sometimes nods. 荷马有时也打瞌睡。 智者千虑，必有一失。 Enough is as good as a feast． 知足常乐。 Over the past several weeks, she had grown increasingly restless. 过去的几周，她越来越六神无主。 He greeted me with a bemused look. 他欢迎我时，满脸呆若木鸡的表情。 习语替代 bemused looking as if you are confused= bewildered 糊里糊涂的，困惑不解的；痴呆的，茫然的　 ?a bemused expression 功能性替代 …Now the Latin Americans are on the other side of the seesaw, tilting towards the sky. 如今，拉美人却到了跷跷板的另一端，快翘到天上去了。 tilt ?vt. 使倾斜；使倾侧： The girl tilted her head forward. 女孩把头向前倾。 He tilted the barrel so as to empty it. 他将大桶倾侧倒空。 (胡太太叹了口气，看见胡光国还是一肚子心事似的踱方步。“张铁嘴怎么说的？”胡太太惴惴的问。) “很好，不用瞎担心了，我还有委员的福分呢！