时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

 


  我的一个朋友正在参加社区代表的选举。过去几个月来,为了帮他拉选票,我贡献了不少自己的时间,给选民打电话,还要登门拜访,分发资料。离投票的日子越近,我就越忙。形容目前的选举阶段,在英语里叫:In full swing. Full是全部的,彻底的意思,swing是摇摆。


  In full swing 连在一起,就是进入高潮阶段,正在全力进行当中的意思。说到我朋友参加的选举,这个习惯用语恰如其分。The campaign is in full swing.


  下面这位新郎的弟弟讲述了婚礼招待会的场面,让我们听听看。


  例句-1:When the wedding reception began, it wasn't very lively. But it really picked up once the band started playing some popular favorites. Now everyone's out on the dance floor having a great time. The party is in full swing.


  他说:婚礼招待会刚开始的时候并不是很活跃,后来乐队开始演奏一些特别受欢迎的曲子,场面才开始热烈起来,大家都跑到舞池里面,蹁蹁起舞,尽情享受,使聚会进入了高潮。


  这不禁让我想起了参加1999年迈进2000年的跨世纪新年晚会的情景。晚会刚开始的时候,大家都很拘谨,但是随着午夜的临近,晚会的气氛越来越热烈,直到午夜钟声响起,The celebration was in full swing.


  据语言学家考察,in full swing 这个习惯用语大约是在十九世纪中期出现的。In full swing 是指身体的剧烈摇摆。


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  刚才我们提到了新年元旦晚会。除了新年以外,美国还有很多人尽皆知的日子。大家肯定知道十一月份最后一个星期四的感恩节,也就是火鸡大餐的日子、12月 25号的圣诞节、7月四号以烟火表演著称的独立日,还有10月31号大鬼小鬼粉墨登场的万圣节,可是你知道4月15号是什么日子吗?如果你猜不到的话,就让我们一起来听听。


  例句-2:As a tax accountant, my busiest time of year is between February and April. That's because working Americans must file their tax documents with the federal 2 government by April 15th of every year. So when my office is in full swing, I'm expected to stay late and come in on weekends.


  这个人说:做税务会计的,一年里最忙的就是二月份到四月份这段时间,因为美国工薪阶层每年4月15号以前要向联邦政府报税。在这段时间里,我们公司要全力以赴,晚上和周末都要加班。


  美国著名的政治家和发明家富兰克林曾经说过一句很经典的话,叫"The only things certain in life are death and taxes," 意思是说生命中只有死亡和税务是确定无疑的。


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  今天我们学到,在说起政治选举、社交聚会和工作进入高潮的时候,都可以用到in full swing这个习惯用语。如果你是我们节目的忠实听众的话,I bet 1 your learning 3 of new idioms is in full swing.



1 bet
v.打赌,以(与)...打赌;n.赌注,赌金;打赌
  • I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说,你解决不了这个难题。
  • I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。
2 federal
adj.联盟的;联邦的;(美国)联邦政府的
  • Switzerland is a federal republic.瑞士是一个联邦共和国。
  • The schools are screaming for federal aid.那些学校强烈要求联邦政府的援助。
3 learning
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
学英语单词
-just
17-hydroxycorticosteroid
40
absorbent papers
Actinidia polygama
alphanumeric characters
another story
aquileges
Armenophobes
bassen'd
basting brush
berberidaceaes
biennia
Brinell microscope
bung down
chewing insect
co2 incubation
computer simulation for dyeing process
Coogoon R.
Cuttack
definite proportion
dicranella rufescence (dicks.) schimp.
esse
evomitation
EWNP
exhalants
extruded aluminum
final-salary
friction gearing
general bill of lading
germon
grouping of population
hairspring type
helianthus laetifloruss
heterodimerises
high level efficiency
Home Bias
in a ratio of
jumping wheel jumper
keep one's eye upon
kind of work
kiss of life
labeled common block name
liquid penetration inspection
Lučani
m.c.
Machiavel
Malyy Yenisey
mammy wagon
matrix in block form
metaremarks
misrouteing
Mitomi
modal notation
modulo reduction
monniker
multicuspid teeth
national enquiry
olibene
optimal control equation
orbital branch
outsiderhood
overhead counter shaft
overmodulated
pantograph frame
penirolol
plant lectin
plate and tube condenser
plea to indictment
Porm
potassium octaborate
preachership
purpura of the newborn
resmelting
rockallia jongkuei
rustle ... up
sacred kingfisher
sand preparation plant
Sao Jorge do Limpopo
screamadelicas
secting
seppanen
series-parallel starter
shift register generator
shoal detector
social indicators movement
Spurway syndrome
stair turret
steady-state approximation
surface shape
tall gallberry hollies
temporal and spatial variation
tetraphenylborates
throat-paint
to snake
triethylammonium
Tussabid
usles
veggiedog
vestibular branches
yellow trefoil