每日英语 (8条)【标题】安徒生童话《跳高者》(2011-9-9 0:33:02)
【摘要】 这是安徒生童话中的一篇故事，重读经典，有没有什么引发了你的共鸣呢？the flea, the grasshopper, and the skipjack once wanted to see which of them could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and whoever else would come, to see the grand sight. and there the three famous jumpers were met together in the room。"yes, i'll give my daughter to him who jumps highest," said the king, "for it would be mean to let these people jump for nothing."the flea stepped out first. he had very pretty manners, and bowed in all directions, for he had young ladies' blood in his veins, and was accustomed to consort only with human beings; and that was of great consequence。then came the grasshopper: he was certainly much heavier, but he had a good figure, and wore the green uniform that was born with him. this person, moreover, maintaine...
【标题】职场必备：婉转地批评人(2011-9-8 0:01:36)
【摘要】your boss tells you that you did a bad job. your coworker criticizes you in front of your whole team. ouch! it's not easy to take criticism, no matter who it comes from. but, it is easy to soften the blow when you offer criticism to someone in english. merely by altering your wording and your attitude, you can help someone grow as opposed to making them feel defeated。你的老板说你的工作表现不好。你的同时在你的团队面前批评你。噢，不管谁在批评，总是不容易接受的。但是，当你委婉使用英语来批评某人是较容易接受的。只需要改变一点点你说的话及态度，你能帮那些人成长而非是他们感到挫败。avoid direct accusationsphrases like "you're wrong!" and "your presentation was terrible!" have no place in effective criticism. in fact, it's best to leave the word "you" out, if at all possible. personal attacks make people feel defensive, and then they won't really listen to anything you have to say。避免正面指责一些表达的方式像是"you'r...
【标题】十二星座分手时会怎么说？(2011-9-7 0:08:03)
【摘要】当一段感情走到尽头的时候，也许最终的结局就是分手。怎样提出分手，是个十分棘手的问题。各大星座的筒子们面对这种情况，会使出怎样的绝招呢？当12星座铁定了心想要分手的时候，ta第一句话会跟你说……。白羊座 arieslet's break up since it is meaningless to continue。再这样很没意思，分手吧。(太直接了……)金牛座 tauruswe should never see each other again。以后不要再见了。(太坚决了……)双子座 geminiyou're not the cup of my tea。你不是我的那杯茶。(有外遇了……吧)巨蟹座 cancersince it's so heartbreaking to be together, why don't we just break up?一起也只有辛苦，不如早点放手。(太经典了)狮子座 leofrom now on, i can't love u anymore. who do you think you are?从这秒开始，我不爱你了。你算啥呀！！(太过分了……)处女座 virgoyou've changed.。.你变了。(你也变了……)天枰座 librai don't think we're right for each other, maybe we're a bad match?你不觉得我们不合适吗？(太随便了……)天蝎座 scorpioi don't have feelings for you anymore. don't contact me again。我对你...
【标题】做个快乐的单身贵族(2011-9-6 0:11:58)
【摘要】how to be single and happy : learn to appreciate your single status. here are five things that singles sometimes take for granted。如何做个快乐的单身贵族：学会如何看到单身的好处。以下是单身之人必做的五件事。step 1:sleepwhen you're single, no one's nagging at you to get up or counting the hours that you've spent in bed. you are left in peace with your box fan and body pillow. sleep all day guilt-free!1.睡觉没人烦当你是单身时，不会有人唠叨着让你起床，也不会有人替你计算你已经躺在床上多少小时了。只有你，电风扇和一个抱枕，没人来打搅你。不要有愧疚感，睡上一整天吧！step 2:moneywhen you're single, there's no joint account. you can do whatever you want with your money. there's none of that "what's yours is mine, what's mine is yours" foolishness. no household budget. go ahead and buy that hideous, life-size statue of wayne newton. put it in the middle of the living room. no one is the boss of you!2.花钱真方便当你是单身时，就不存在...
【标题】和老外吵架必备的狠心话(2011-9-5 0:41:26)
【摘要】讲英语难，吵架更难。虽说人在国外总是想尽办法以和为贵，但要跟人家吵架怎么办？很多人一生气，所有的英文都忘光了，平常英文就说不出口，更何况是吵架，所以满脑子浮现的不是 fxxx 就是 sxxx 这样是很不好的。我还听过有一个人很绝，英文骂不过人家就用中文骂，反正对方听得懂听不懂都无关紧要，重要的是让他知道你很凶，而且你正在骂他就行了。让我们来看看一些比较文雅的骂人以及吵架的方式。1. i'm so fed up with your bs. cut the crap。我受够了你的废话，少说废话吧。美女(美国的女人)是不喜欢说 shit 这个不雅的词的，所以她们就说 shoot，或是 bs(=bull shit)来表示她们还是很有气质的。"cut your crap." 是当你听到对方废话连篇，讲个不停时，你就可以说 "cut the crap." 相当于中文里的废话少话。2. hey! wise up!放聪明点好吗？当别人做了什么愚蠢的事时，你可以说 "don't be stupid" 或是 "don't be silly." 但是这是非常不礼貌的说法。比较客气一点的说法就是 wise up! 它就相当于中文里的放聪明点。你也可以用坚酸刻薄的语气说 wise up, please. 然后故意把 please 的尾音拉得长长的。也有人会说 hey! grow up. 意思就是你长大一点好不好？例如有人二十岁了却还不会自己补衣服，你就可以说 hey! grow up. 这跟 wise up 是不是也差不多呢？3. put up or shut up。要么你就去做，不然就给我闭嘴。有些人就是出那张嘴，只会出意见，此时就可以说 put up or shut up. 要注意的是 put up 字典上是查不到"自己去做"的意思，但是见怪不怪，很多笔记本上的用法都是字典上查不到的。比方说今天...
【标题】华尔街面试中最激怒人的问题(2011-8-14 0:55:22)
【摘要】想在华尔街工作，或者想见识一下那些顶尖金融公司的面试问题的童鞋，速速过来围观！下面这12个面试题是亲身参加了面试的人分享的。说说你对某个问题的高见吧~~it's hiring and firing season on wall street。现在是华尔街招聘的旺季，同时也是解雇的旺季…that means it's interview time for the new guys fresh out of college, and for the old guys who didn't make it through the recent round of cuts。这意味着刚从大学毕业的伙计们、在裁员中出局的老手们，面试时间到了！here are some of the best interview questions that have been asked at wall street firms。以下是华尔街面试中曾被问到的一些犀利问题。some tests are to see how well you solve problems analytically。有些旨在测试你分析解决问题的能力。others are harder: tests to see how well you'll "fit" with the firm. ie. do you have the right personality?其他就难以搞定了。其旨在判断你是否适合公司，你的个性是否是他们想要的？1. citigroup: "what is your strategy at table tennis?"花旗集团：你打乒乓时采用什么战略？2. hedge fund: "tell me a clean joke."对冲基金：讲个非黄色笑话吧。3. apital one: "how ...
【标题】【美文】生活是杯咖啡(2011-8-13 0:55:07)
【摘要】life is like a cup of coffee 【引语】：生活就像一杯浓咖啡，如果怀着囫囵吞枣的心态去对待它，只能尝到苦苦滋味，如果用心细细品尝，则会是另一种味道：香甜，仿佛杯中盛着满满的一杯温情，使人品后更觉温暖。 a group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. the conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some exquisite—telling them to help themselves to the coffee. when all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "if you have noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. while it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that i...
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