英語(yǔ)國(guó)家生存英語(yǔ)精選

1、英語(yǔ)國(guó)家生存英語(yǔ)精選 你曾經(jīng)因?yàn)橐蛔种疃[笑話嗎？有哪些字是你刻骨銘心的慘痛經(jīng)驗(yàn)？你覺(jué)得有哪些關(guān)鍵字匯讓你頓足捶胸，或茅塞頓開(kāi)？ 當(dāng)考路的考官說(shuō)“pull over”時(shí)，你是否會(huì)不知所措？有人邀請(qǐng)你參加“Potluck Party”時(shí)，你會(huì)不會(huì)空手赴宴？在速食店里，店員問(wèn)“forhereortogo?”你是否會(huì)丈二金剛摸不著頭腦，莫名其妙？“Givemearing!”可不是用來(lái)求婚的?！癉ropmealine!”更非要你排隊(duì)站好。老美說(shuō)“Hi!What's up!”你可別說(shuō)“I am fine!”你曾經(jīng)鬧過(guò)這些笑話嗎？讓我們來(lái)看看，這些字，你怎麼說(shuō)？ PotluckParty：一種聚

2、餐方式，主人準(zhǔn)備場(chǎng)地和餐具，參加的人必須帶一道菜或準(zhǔn)備飲料，最好事先問(wèn)問(wèn)主人的意思。 Pullover！把車(chē)子開(kāi)到旁邊。 Dropmealine！寫(xiě)封信給我。 Givemearing.=Callme！來(lái)個(gè)電話吧！ 1 / 39Forhereortogo？堂食或外賣(mài)。 Cool：That'scool!等於臺(tái)灣年輕人常用的囗語(yǔ)“酷！”，表示不賴(lài)嘛！用于人或事均可。 What'sup?=What'shappening?=What'snew?見(jiàn)面時(shí)隨囗問(wèn)候的話“最近在忙什么？有什么新鮮事嗎？”一般的回答是“Nothingmuch!”或“Nothingnew!” Cuti

3、tout!=Knockitout！=Stopit!少來(lái)這一套！同學(xué)之間開(kāi)玩笑的話。 Don'tgivemeahardtime!別跟我過(guò)不去好不好！ Getyourselftogether!振作點(diǎn)行不行！ Doyouhave"the"time?現(xiàn)在幾點(diǎn)鐘？可別誤以為人家要約你出去。 Hanginthere.=Don'tgiveup.=Keeptrying.再撐一下。 Givemeabreak!你饒了我吧?。ㄩ_(kāi)玩笑的話） Hangon.請(qǐng)稍候。 Blowit.=Screwup.搞砸了。 Whatabighassle.真是個(gè)麻煩事。 Whatacrummyday.

4、多倒霉的一天。 Goforit.加油 Youbet.=Ofcourse.當(dāng)然；看我的！ Wishfulthinking.一廂情愿的想法。 Don'tbesofussy!別那么挑剔好不好。 It'salongstory.唉！說(shuō)來(lái)話長(zhǎng)。 Howhaveyoubeen?=Howareyoudoing?你過(guò)得如何？近來(lái)可好? Takethingsforgranted.自以為理所當(dāng)然。 Don'tputonairs.別擺架子。 Givemealift!=Givemearide!送我一程吧！ Haveacrushonsomeone.迷戀某人 What'sthecatch?有

5、什么內(nèi)幕？ Partyanimal.開(kāi)Party狂的人(喜歡參加舞會(huì)的人) Painintheneck.=Painintheass.眼中釘，肉中刺。 Skeletoninthecloset.家丑 Don'tgetonmynerve!別把我惹毛了！ Afatchance.=Apoorchance.機(jī)會(huì)很小 Iamrackingmybrains.我正在絞盡腦 She'sarealdrag.她真有點(diǎn)礙手礙腳 Spacingout=daydreaming.做白日夢(mèng) Iamsofedup.我受夠了！ Itdoesn'tgowithyourdress.跟你的衣服不配。 What&#

6、39;sthepoint?=Whatareyoutryingtosay?你的重點(diǎn)是什么？ Byallmeans=Definitely.一定是。 Let'sgetabite.=Let'sgoeat.去吃點(diǎn)東西吧！ I'llbuyyoualunch(adrink;adinner).=It'sonme.=Mytreat.我請(qǐng)客 Let'sgoDutch.各付各的 Mystomachisupset.我的胃不舒服 diarrhea拉肚子 吃牛排時(shí)，waiter會(huì)問(wèn)“How would you like it?”就是問(wèn)“要幾分熟”的意思，可以選擇rare，mediu

7、m或well-done。 Iamundertheweather.=Iamnotfeelingwell.我不太舒服! May I take a rain check?可不可改到下次？(例如有人請(qǐng)你吃飯，你不能赴約，只好請(qǐng)他改到下一次。) Iamnotmyselftoday.我今天什么都不對(duì)勁! Let'sgetitstraight.咱們把事情弄清楚! What'stherush!急什么! Suchafruitcake!神經(jīng)??！ I'llswingbylater.=I'llstopbylater.待會(huì)兒，我會(huì)來(lái)轉(zhuǎn)一下。 Igotthetipstraightfromt

8、hehorse'smouth.這個(gè)消息是千真萬(wàn)確的（tip指消息）! easyaspie=veryeasy=pieceofcake很容易。 flunkout被當(dāng)?shù)?takeFrenchleave不告而別 Idon'tgetthepicture.=Idon'tunderstand.我不明白。 Youshouldgivehimapieceofyourmind.你應(yīng)該向他表達(dá)你的不滿(mǎn)。 hittheroad=takeoff=getonone'sway離開(kāi)。 Nowheisinthedriver'sseat=Heisincontrolnow. Keepalowp

9、rofile(orlowkey).采取低姿態(tài)。 Kinky=bizarre=wacky=weird古怪的。 klutz(=clutz)=idiot白癡、笨蛋。 knowone'swayaround識(shí)途老馬。 lion'sshare大部份。 tailgate尾隨（尤其跟車(chē)跟得太近）。 takeabackseat.讓步。 takeahike=leavemealone=getlost滾開(kāi)。 hitthehay=gotobed睡覺(jué)。 Canyougivemealift?=Canyougivemearide?載我一程好嗎？ greenhand生手、沒(méi)有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人。 moonshine=mo

10、untaindew指私釀的烈酒（威士忌）或走私的酒。胡說(shuō)八道也可用moonshine。His story isplain moonshine. chillout=calmdown=relax（來(lái)自黑人英語(yǔ)） ripoff=steal：Iwasrippedoff.我被偷了；ripoff也常被用為“剝奪”Myrightwasrippedoff.權(quán)利被剝奪(來(lái)自黑人英語(yǔ))。 我們稱(chēng)美國(guó)大兵為G.I.(GovernmentIssue)orGIJoe,德國(guó)兵或德國(guó)佬為FritzorKraut，稱(chēng)英國(guó)佬為JohnBull，日本人為Jap.或Nip，猶太人為Jew都是很不禮貌的稱(chēng)呼。 messaround(

11、with)瞎混；Gettowork.Don'tmessaround.趕快工作，別瞎攪和。 snob勢(shì)利眼 sneakin,sneakout偷偷溜進(jìn)去，溜出來(lái) sneakers運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋 Sheissuchabrown-nose.她是個(gè)馬屁精。 Thisisinwayovermyhead.對(duì)我而言這實(shí)在太難了。 IamanexamjitterandIalwaysgetacrampinmystomach.我是個(gè)考試緊張大師，一考試胃就抽筋。 Keepyourstudy(work)ontrack.請(qǐng)按進(jìn)度讀書(shū)（工作）。 Didyoucomeupwithanyideas?有沒(méi)有想到什麼新的意見(jiàn)？

12、Don'tgetuptight!Takeiteasy.別緊張，慢慢來(lái)！ Cheese!Ittasteslikecardboard.天哪，吃起來(lái)味如嚼臘！ Getone'sfeetwet.與中文里的“涉足”或“下海”，寓意相同，表示初嘗某事。Iamgoingtotrydancingfortheveryfirsttime.Justtogetmyfeetwet. 美國(guó)總統(tǒng)到底是比爾·克林頓還是威廉·克林頓？吉米·卡特和詹姆斯·卡特是否同一人？根據(jù)語(yǔ)言學(xué)家WilliamSafire的分析，美國(guó)多數(shù)政客都喜歡使用昵名代替他們?cè)瓉?lái)的名字，如Bill就

13、是William的昵稱(chēng)，Jimmy等于James等。公司部門(mén)的說(shuō)法 總公司 Head Office 分公司 Branch Office 營(yíng)業(yè)部 Business Office 人事部 Personnel Department (人力資源部)Human Resources Department 總務(wù)部 General Affairs Department 財(cái)務(wù)部 General Accounting Department 銷(xiāo)售部 Sales Department 促銷(xiāo)部 Sales Promotion Department 國(guó)際部 International Department 出口部 Exp

14、ort Department 進(jìn)口部 Import Department 公共關(guān)系 Public Relations Department 廣告部 Advertising Department 企劃部 Planning Department 產(chǎn)品開(kāi)發(fā)部 Product Development Department 研發(fā)部 Research and Development Department(R&D) 秘書(shū)室 Secretarial Pool 新年與圣誕祝詞大全 - ·Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year!

15、·Beautiful dream comes true ·Bring you Good wishes of happiness. This Christmas and on the coming year. ·During this Season may the joy and love of Christmas be yours. ·Each Christmas brings me wonderful thoughts and memories. and you get lots of presents, Oh well, Merry Christma

16、s. ·Greeting you warmly with a wish that's sincere for a healthy happy and wonderful days. ·Have a heartwarming holiday! Warmest wishes for a very merry Christmas ·Have a Wonderful Holiday Season! ·Here are special greetings And the best of wishes, too - May Christmas and the

17、 coming year Bring happiness to you! ·Hope your holiday is great and your New Year a prosperous one. ·Hope you holidays are filled with all you favorite things this Christmas . and all the happiness you could wish for. ·I could always tell that you wrapped Santa's presents ·I

18、 hope you will join with me in bringing in the new spring. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! ·In our hearts, we'll always be near Merry Christmas! ·Joy to the World. Wishing you an extremely merry Christmas ·Joyous Christmas! Warm Holiday Wishes! ·May Happiness follow wherever you go ·May

19、 Peace and Happiness be with you at this holy Christmas season and always. ·May magic fill your days and all your dreams come true this holiday season. ·May the blessings of Christmas fill you heart with hope and joy! ·May the joy and peace of Christmas be with you today and always. &

20、#183;May the light of our Savior's love be with you at Christmas and always. and all the happiness you could wish for. ·May the light of the holiday season shine brightly in your heart ·May the magic of this Christmas season fill your heart with peace. ·May you be blessed with all

21、 things bright and beautiful at Christmastime and Always ·May your Christmas be merry as a song And your heart be happy the whole year long! ·May your days be filled with love and light. wanted. ·Merry Christmas . and all the happiness you could wish for. ·Merry Christmas and the

22、n happy days over and over again ! ·Peace on earth, good will to men. ·Season's Greetings and Best Wishes for the Coming year ·Sending you wishes for holidays that begin and on a happy note. Wishing you happiness always. ·Sing a song of seasons; Something bright in all . 

23、3;Sleight bells are jingling through the night. Children are singing spirits and bright . Merry Christmas! ·Should you see flowers in bloom, you would see smiles at a lover of beauty. ·Thanks for making every thing right! Merry Christmas! ·The Christmas we were going to tell everyone

24、that the real meaning of the Season was not gifts . ·The presents are wrapped, the stockings all hung, all that's left now is the holiday fun! Merry Christmas! ·This holiday season, it seems everyone is watching their weight . ·To be frazzled! Best wishes for a calm and peaceful a

25、nd Holiday Season! ·To wish you all the joy of Christmas and happiness all through the New Year. ·To wish you happiness at Christmas time. ·To wish you happiness for the Christmas season and the coming year. ·We wish you a merry Christmas & a happy new year. ·Wishing you

26、 a bright white holiday full of love. ·Wishing You a Happy Christmas and to hope the New Year too. Will be a very prosperous Healthy and Happy Time for you . ·Wishing you all the blessings of a beautiful Christmas seasons ·Wishing you all the joys of the Christmas season and have very

27、 happy New Year may you enjoy good health in the coming year ·Wishing you and those around you a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year ·Wishing you the Gifts of Peace and Happiness this Christmas and throughout the New Year 英文報(bào)刊常用術(shù)語(yǔ) accredited journalist n. 特派記者advertisement n廣告 ad

28、vance n預(yù)發(fā)消息；預(yù)寫(xiě)消息affair n桃色新聞；緋聞anecdote n趣聞?shì)W事assignment n采寫(xiě)任務(wù)attribution n. 消息出處，消息來(lái)源back alley news n. 小道消息backgrounding n新聞背景Bad news travels quickly. 壞事傳千里。banner n通欄標(biāo)題beat n采寫(xiě)范圍blank vt. "開(kāi)天窗"body n. 新聞?wù)腷oil vt壓縮(篇幅)box n. 花邊新聞brief n. 簡(jiǎn)訊bulletin n新聞簡(jiǎn)報(bào)byline n. 署名文章caption n圖片說(shuō)明carica

29、ture n漫畫(huà)carry vt刊登cartoon n漫畫(huà)censor vt. 審查(新聞稿件)，新聞審查chart n每周流行音樂(lè)排行版clipping n剪報(bào)column n專(zhuān)欄；欄目columnist n專(zhuān)欄作家continued story 連載故事;連載小說(shuō)contributing editor 特約編輯contribution n(投給報(bào)刊的)稿件;投稿contributor n投稿人copy desk n新聞編輯部copy editor n文字編輯correction n更正(啟事)correspondence column讀者來(lái)信專(zhuān)欄correspondent n.駐外記者；常

30、駐外埠記者cover vt采訪;采寫(xiě)cover girl n. 封面女郎covert coverage 隱性采訪;秘密采訪crop vt剪輯(圖片)crusade n宣傳攻勢(shì)cut n插圖 vt刪減(字?jǐn)?shù))cut line n插圖說(shuō)明daily n日?qǐng)?bào)dateline n新聞電頭deadline n截稿時(shí)間dig vt深入采訪；追蹤(新聞線索)；“挖”(新聞)digest n文摘editorial n社論editorial office 編輯部editor's notes 編者按exclusive n獨(dú)家新聞expose n揭丑新聞；新聞曝光extra n號(hào)外eye-account n

31、目擊記;記者見(jiàn)聞faxed photo 傳真照片feature n特寫(xiě)；專(zhuān)稿feedback n信息反饋file n發(fā)送消息；發(fā)稿filler n補(bǔ)白First Amendment (美國(guó)憲法)第一修正案(內(nèi)容有關(guān)新聞、出版自由等)five "W's" of news 新聞五要素flag n報(bào)頭;報(bào)名folo (=follow-up) n連續(xù)報(bào)道Fourth Estate 第四等級(jí)(新聞界的別稱(chēng))freedom of the Press 新聞自由free-lancer n自由撰稿人full position 醒目位置Good news comes on crutch

32、es. 好事不出門(mén)。grapevine n小道消息gutter n中縫hard news 硬新聞;純消息headline n新聞標(biāo)題；內(nèi)容提要hearsay n小道消息highlights n. 要聞hot news 熱點(diǎn)新聞human interest 人情味in-depth reporting 深度報(bào)道insert n.& vt插補(bǔ)段落;插稿interpretative reporting 解釋性報(bào)道invasion of privacy 侵犯隱私(權(quán))inverted pyramid 倒金字塔(寫(xiě)作結(jié)構(gòu))investigative reporting 調(diào)查性報(bào)道journalis

33、m n新聞業(yè);新聞學(xué)Journalism is literature in a hurry 新聞是急就文學(xué)journalist n新聞?dòng)浾遦ill vt退棄(稿件)；槍斃(稿件)layout n版面編排；版面設(shè)計(jì)lead n導(dǎo)語(yǔ)libel n. 誹謗(罪)makeup n. 版面設(shè)計(jì)man of the year 年度新聞人物，年度風(fēng)云人物mass communication 大眾傳播(學(xué))mass media 大眾傳播媒介master head n報(bào)頭;報(bào)名media n.媒介，媒體Mere report is not enough to go upon僅是傳聞不足為憑morgue n報(bào)刊資

34、料室news agency 通訊社news clue 新聞線索news peg 新聞線索，新聞電頭newsprint n新聞紙news value 新聞價(jià)值No news is good news沒(méi)有消息就是好消息；不聞兇訊便是吉。nose for news 新聞敏感obituary n訃告objectivity n客觀性off the record 不宜公開(kāi)報(bào)道opinion poll 民意瀏驗(yàn)periodical n期刊pipeline n匿名消息來(lái)源popular paper 大眾化報(bào)紙；通俗報(bào)紙press n報(bào)界；新聞界press conference 新聞發(fā)布會(huì);記者招待臺(tái)press

35、 law 新聞法press release 新聞公告;新聞簡(jiǎn)報(bào)PR man 公關(guān)先生profile n. 人物專(zhuān)訪；人物特寫(xiě)proofreader n校對(duì)員pseudo event 假新聞quality paper 高級(jí)報(bào)紙；嚴(yán)肅報(bào)紙quarterly n季刊readability n可讀性reader's interest 讀者興越reject vt退棄(稿件)remuneration n. 稿費(fèi);稿酬reporter n記者rewrite vt. 改寫(xiě)(稿件)，改稿round-up n綜合消息scandal n丑聞scoop vt.“搶”(新聞) n獨(dú)家新聞sensational

36、a聳人聽(tīng)聞的；具有轟動(dòng)效應(yīng)的sex scandal 桃色新聞sidebar n花絮新聞slant n主觀報(bào)道；片面報(bào)道slink ink “爬格子”soft news 軟新聞source n新聞來(lái)源；消息靈通人士spike vt退棄(稿件)；“槍斃”(稿件)stone vt拼版story n消息;稿件;文章stringer n特約記者;通訊員subhead n小標(biāo)題；副標(biāo)題supplement n號(hào)外;副刊;增刊suspended interest 懸念thumbnail n“豆腐干”(文章)timeliness n時(shí)效性;時(shí)新性tip n內(nèi)幕新聞；秘密消息trim n. 刪改(稿件)upda

37、te n更新(新聞內(nèi)容)，增強(qiáng)(時(shí)效性)watchdog n.&vt.輿論監(jiān)督weekly n周報(bào)wire service n通訊社 美國(guó)人日常生活中常用的五星級(jí)句子  來(lái)源：考試吧    更新時(shí)間：2006-11-27 1. after you.你先請(qǐng)。這是一句很常用的客套話，在進(jìn)出門(mén),上車(chē)得場(chǎng)合你都可以表現(xiàn)一下。 (好象現(xiàn)在女士不愿意你這么做，特別是那些女權(quán)主義者，我還記得這么一段話：一個(gè)女士對(duì)一個(gè)讓她先行的男士說(shuō)：You do this because I am a woman?  那個(gè)男士回答說(shuō)：I do this not be

38、cause you are a woman but because I am a man! I love this guy! 2. I just couldnt help it.我就是忍不住。想想看，這樣一個(gè)漂亮的句子可用于多少個(gè)場(chǎng)合？下面是隨意舉的一個(gè)例子： I was deeply moved by the film and I cried and cried. I just couldnt help it. 太棒的句子了，我愛(ài)死它了。：） 3. Dont take it to heart. 別往心里去，別為此而憂(yōu)慮傷神。生活實(shí)例： This test isnt that importan

39、t. Dont take it to heart. 安慰人的超級(jí)句子。 4. wed better be off.我們?cè)撟吡?。Its getting late. Wed better be off. 5. Lets face it. 面對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)吧。常表明說(shuō)話人不愿意逃避困難的現(xiàn)狀。 參考例句：I know its a difficult situation. Lets face it, ok? 很棒啊，年輕人犯錯(cuò)誤，上帝都會(huì)原諒，remember?但是犯了錯(cuò)誤，你必須面對(duì)他，lets face it,或者是：Lets face the music. 6. lets get started.咱們開(kāi)

40、始干吧。勸導(dǎo)別人時(shí)說(shuō)：Dont just talk. Lets get started. Lets get started. Lets start. lets do it right now. Lets hit sth. Lets rock roll. Lets put our hands on sth. 7. Im really dead.我真要累死了。坦誠(chéng)自己的感受時(shí)說(shuō)：after all that work, Im really dead. 8. Ive done my best.我已盡力了。 這句話，很有用，失敗有時(shí)難免，但是你要是可以說(shuō)，Ive done my best. or I spare no efforts.就不必遺憾，畢竟，man supposes, god disposes. 9. Is that so? 真是那樣嗎？常用在一個(gè)人聽(tīng)了一件事后表示驚訝、懷疑。 10. Dont play games with me