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as different as night and day


今天我们要讲的几个习惯用语里都是以night这个词为主的。Night就是夜晚。现在我们来讲第一个以night这个词为主的习惯用语。 As different as night and day. As different as night and day是指两样完全不同的东西,就象黑暗的夜晚和明亮的白天一样的不同。下面我们来举一个例子。例句里说话的人在讲他的哥哥姐姐。

例句-1:It's hard to believe my brother and sister have the same mother and dad. They're as different as night and day. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. He has brown eyes and black hair. And me - I don't look much like either one of them.

这个人说:我的哥哥和姐姐长得完全不一样,很难相信他们是同一个父母生的。我姐姐的头发是金黄色的,眼睛是蓝的。而我哥哥的眼睛是棕黄色,头发是黑的。我呢,既不象我爸,也不象我妈。

现在我们来讲第二个以night这个词为主的习惯用语, dead of night. Dead在中文里的意思就是死。Dead of night这个习惯用语的意思是:夜深人静的时候,整个世界都似乎死气沉沉,寒气入骨。

这个习惯用语已经有很长的历史,大概五百年前就出现了。我们来举个例子吧。下面说话的人住在一栋古老的房子里。他很喜欢住在那里,觉得很舒服,就是夜深人静的时候有点麻烦。他说:

例句-2:Sometimes it feels scary when I wake up in the dead of night and hear strange noises downstairs, creaks and groans. I'm pretty sure it's nothing but the old house getting older around me so I tell myself I don't really believe in ghosts.

这个人说: 我有时半夜里醒回来听到楼下支嘎支嘎的声音,又好象有人在哼哼,我可真有点害怕。但是我肯定这没什么事,只是房子越来越老而已。所以我总对自己说我不信鬼。

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和dead of night相似的一个习惯用语就是我们今天要讲的第三个习惯用语。那就是:dead of winter. 大家可能都知道winter这个词,winter就是冬天。那么,dead of winter是什么意思呢?

实际上,dead of winter和dead, 死这个词没有关系。Dead of winter的意思很简单,就是指寒冷的冬季里最冷的时候。

我们来举一个例子。这样更能体会dead of winter这个说法的意思。例句里说话的人有一个小小的院子。他在院子里种点蔬菜,供一家人吃。可是,华盛顿的冬天很冷,从十一月开始就开始会结冰,一直要持续到二月份。在这期间,这个人的院子就看起来死气沉沉。可是, 这个人找了一个消磨时间的方法。他说:

例句-3:In January, in the DEAD OF WINTER, when it often gets below freezing and maybe there's snow, I stay warm by looking at the pictures of vegetables in seed catalogs and thinking about spring when it will be warm enough to plant fresh food to eat.

这句话的意思是:一月份,冬天最冷的时候,温度经常会下降到零度以下,还可能会下雪。那个时候,我就呆在屋里,看那些推销蔬菜种子的广告,那上面有各种蔬菜的照片。看着照片我心里想,到春天天气暖了就可以种新鲜蔬菜吃了。

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现在我们来讲今天最后一个习惯用语, night owl. Owl就是猫头鹰。猫头鹰晚上很活跃,它还发出一种特殊的叫声。Night owl就是形容一个人象猫头鹰一样,晚上不想睡觉,很清醒,很活跃,也就是我们经常说的夜猫子。也许你认识某个人喜欢白天睡觉,到了晚上他就开始忙了,等大家睡了,他就开始工作了。下面说话的人似乎就是一个。

例句-4:Yes, I'm a regular night owl. So if you want to talk business with me, the best time to phone is from 10 at night until two in the morning. That's really the time when I'm wide awake and ready to work. Yes sir, I'm a real night owl.

这个人说:对,我经常是一个夜猫子。 所以,要是要跟我谈生意,最好在晚上十点到清早两点之间打电话给我。这是我最清醒,真正工作的时间。没错,我确实是一个夜猫子。

1. Every cock crows at the dawn of day.
    公鸡黎明啼鸣。

2. Every day I start work at 9:00 and finish at 5:00.
    我每天九点开始工作,五点结束。

3. Each day is a holiday,
    每天都是假日,

4. Everything was fine until one day they found they had spent all their money.
    诸事顺心如意。可是有一天,他们发现钱已花光了。

5. Every day they parted in the morning and met in the evening.
    此后,他们早上分手晚上见,每天如此。

6. Every day you have said to yourself,
    你以前总是在想:

7. Everything I was experiencing — the ride in the elevator, being in an apartment, eating day-old food that had been stored in a refrigerator — was such a good idea that I could imagine I would grow used to it and like it very much.
    我现在所经历的每一样东西——乘电梯、住套房、吃那在冰箱里存放了一天的食物——都是我能想象得到的美妙东西, 以至于我认为我会慢慢地习惯,而且还会非常喜欢它们的。

8. Every year, on Independence Day, our Prime Minister Nehru spoke of the benefits of science and technology.
    每年的独立日,我们的总理尼赫鲁都要讲一讲科学技术的好处。

9. Each person generates about 4.4 pounds of garbage a day — a number that has seen steady growth.
    每人每天生产的垃圾大约为4.4磅,这一数字仍在持续增长。

10. Even on Valentine's Day, when the price of a dozen roses and delivery can soar as high as $150, 12 of Roses Only's most expensive flowers sell for just $35.
    即使是在情人节,当一打玫瑰价格外加送花费可上涨至150美元的时候,"惟一玫瑰"花店里最贵的玫瑰也只卖35美元一打。

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