Beautiful Sentences——From Mainstream English Media

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??也许你能读懂、能听懂，但是否能自由的说、自由的写，自由的表达

　　

　　来自主流英文媒体，一些简单而漂亮的句子

　　

　　选择的标准是这些句子能方便的在我们的生活中应用

　　

　　*　Unfinished homework/The Economist,Mar 22nd 2007

　　

　　

　　1、Unfinished homework

(unfinished ...这么引申来用还是很有味道地）

　　

　　2、Germany’s chancellor shines more brightly abroad than at home （墙里开花墙外香）

　　

　　3、Everywhere she wins hearts and minds with a mix of intelligence and female modesty （win hearts and minds with... 好句型）

　　

　　4、In one sense, Ms Merkel has been lucky （忍不住翻译一下：从某种意义上讲，默克尔已经很幸运了）

　　

　　5、The economy is enjoying a recovery that owes more to the efforts of German business than to the government （owe more to ...than to ...功劳之争）

　　

　　6、One advantage is that she can play a waiting game （One advantage is that...这句的通用性太强冽）

　　

　　7、The SDP’s other problem is leadership （这句简单吧）

　　

　　8、Ms Merkel’s chancellorship may see foreign successes in Brussels and Washington, but its weakness is a lack of domestic achievements （but先放枪，然后在列要害 its weakness is a lack of ...）

迪***术

　　

老友记 1-3

　　

　　1、Phoebe: Not so good. He walked me to the subway and said “We should do this again!”

　　 Monica:No. Loosely translated “We should do this again’ means ”You will never see me naked’.

　　

　　2、Joey: Cushions the blow.（大棒前的萝卜）

　　

　　3、Joey: "In five minutes my pain will be over. But you’ll have to live with the knowledge that you sent an honest man to die."

　　

　　4、Ross:Just think about what you went through the last time you quit.(想一想你最后一次戒烟后是怎么活过来的）

　　

　　5、Ross: You know what I like most about him, though? The way he makes me feel about myself.