时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

我们已经讲过两个以feather这个字为主的习惯用语。我们今天再来给大家讲两个以feather这个字为主的习惯用语。第一个是:As light as a feather. Light 这个字有好几个解释,在这里是用做形容词。意思是:轻,也就是份量很轻的轻。Feather就是羽毛。羽毛的份量确实是很轻的。As light as a feather那末顾名思义就是:像羽毛那样轻。我们来举一个例子。这是一个人在说他当天所碰到的事。


例句1: While I was on my way to the law office at noon, the girl who was walking in front of me suddenly fainted 1 because of the heat. Since she is as light as a feather, I had no problem in carrying her all the way to the hospital.


这个人说:今天中午在我去律师事务所的路上,那个走在我前面的女孩子由于天太热而突然晕倒了。因为她的身体非常轻,所以我一口气就把她背到了医院,一点也不感到累。


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As light as a feather可以形容各式各样的东西。拿食品来说吧,有的很油腻,有的很清淡。下面是一个人在说他妈妈做的蛋糕。


例句2: My mother is a very good baker 2, she is well known 3 among our relatives and friends. Oh, you should have tasted the white chocolate cake she made last week. It's not that sweet and is as light as a feather.


这个人说:我的母亲在烤蛋糕方面是个能手。我们的亲戚朋友都知道。哎呀,你真是应该尝尝上星期她做的白巧克力蛋糕。那蛋糕不是太甜,非常清淡。


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我们再来讲一个以feather这个字为主的习惯用语。几百年以前,英国的贵族以及其他身价很高的人喜欢在帽子上插上羽毛,以显示自己的重要性。我们今天要讲的第二个习惯用语就是来自这种习惯。A feather in one's cap. A feather in one's cap作为习惯用语,它的意思就是某人取得的成就,值得嘉奖的象征。当然,现在已经很少有人再在帽子上插上羽毛了。实际上,带帽子的人也已经很少了。可是,这个说法依然是经常用的。我们来举一个例子吧。这是一个爸爸在电话上祝贺他女儿取得的荣誉。


例句3: Sally, that's wonderful news, you getting elected to Phi Beta Kappa! We are so proud of you, honey. Not many students get this honor 4 - it's certainly a feather in you cap!


这个爸爸很激动地说:莎利,你被挑选为PhBK联谊会的成员,这个消息真是太好了。亲爱的,我们真是为你感到骄傲。不是很多学生能够被选上的。这实在是你的一个很大的荣誉。


美国的大学里有一些荣誉组织,只有优秀的学生才能参加,其中之一就是Phi Beta Kappa,简称就是:PhBK学生联谊社。PhBK学生联谊社每年吸收大学四年级学生当中最优秀的学生为成员。一般都要首先由教授推荐,经过联谊社的批准才能加入。PhBK学生联谊社发给每个成员一个金钥匙,可以别在衣服上以表示学术方面的成就。


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美国中小学教师的工作也是很辛苦的。同时,各方面对中小学教育的水准批评甚多。这就更加重了对教师的压力。可是,尽管如此,还是有不少教师兢兢业业地工作,了解每个学生的情况,做出了很大的成就。下面就是一个被选为当年最佳教师的人在发表感想。


例句4: I like my work as a teacher and I enjoy working with the kids. True, I worked very hard for the past year, but I certainly didn't expect to be elected best teacher of the year. It's really a feather in my cap!


他说:我很喜欢教师的工作,我也很喜欢和孩子们在一起。是的,我去年工作很努力,不过,我并没有期望被选为今年的最佳老师。这对我来说实在是很大的荣誉。



v.晕倒,昏倒( faint的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Facer has fainted; this bucket of water should fetch him round. 费塞昏过去了,这桶水可以使他苏醒过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She all but fainted when she heard the news. 听到那消息,她差点晕过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.面包师
  • The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
  • The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。
adj.大家知道的;知名的,已知的
  • He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
  • He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。
n.光荣;敬意;荣幸;vt.给…以荣誉;尊敬
  • I take your visit as a great honor.您的来访是我莫大的光荣。
  • It is a great honor to receive that prize.能拿到那个奖是无上的光荣。
学英语单词
admiration
ageing of asphalt
aiphanes truncata wendl.
Alarobia-Vohiposa
alcohol gastric test
alloy-diffused photo transistor
amastia
archiepiscopacy
Arctogean
average rate of growth
Baligill, Loch
Baudres
bill haleys
Boone, Daniel
boys
bronchismus
by-post
cashier's office
center board
cerebri
Chantal
Chelbas
Cirbesti
compactiflorus
confined jet
control screening
craniomandibularly
crucible lifter
danza de donzellas (portugal)
dealt out
discretionary basis
dust cloak
east northeasts
Employment Act
etched vert
Etivex
fermentation layer
flamandes
grinding of teeth
haets
hailu
Hamars
hemocateresis
hyblaea constellata
inscattering term
Intelsat,INTELSAT
ion exchage cellulose paper
John Bartlett
kreil
kzp
lay store on
light valve display
Longuyon
lycaea pulex
magnetic strainer
mainshaft drive pinion
melanins
mental cruelty
metasedimentaries
misals
montaas
morbid affinity
most likely time estimate
mundick
neutrino scattering
non-war armed conflict
nonhomogeneous stress
northerlies
Old Polabian
Pirān Ghāib
powder metallurgy science
proprietary eponyms
protective shroud
rabkins
red complexion
redhall
reflection event
register-translator
resignedness
sabinism
Salmonella glostrup
shippish
single-heartedly
sodium-silica glass
soft valve
song lyrics
space hygiene
speed demon
Star of Africa
steepiness
storage module drive interface
strophomenids
subscriber's number display circuit
technological process of cargo handling
testic abscess
thoracoacephalus
unmodified radiation
updraught carburetor
value-creating
webtops
Xexéu
Zoanthidea