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作者: 罗大卫    时间: 2006-7-30 21:14
标题: 跟罗大卫学英语(13)
罗大卫David Robertson 一起享受英语的乐趣!罗大卫David Robertson 是一名经验丰富的ESL教师。他曾经连续13年当选依陶碧谷市议员。今年他将作为士嘉堡红河区,即第41选区的候选人竞选市议员。欢迎您写信给大卫! [email protected]
Learn English the fun and easy way with David Robertson .  David is currently an ESL teacher with the Toronto School Board.  He was an Etobicoke City Councilor for 13 years and is now running for Toronto Council in Scarborough-Rouge River, Ward 41. You can reach David at[email protected] .

Expressions with baby or babe
这周的成语跟“baby”或“babe”有关。

1.  a babe in the woods – to be innocent.  He has no experience in business and trusts everyone.  He’s like a babe in the woods.
[无知的,毫无经验的]——他没有经商的经验,总是相信所有人。他毫无经验。

2.  like or as easy as taking candy from a baby – very easy.   He earns lots of money but loses it all playing poker.  Playing with him is like taking candy from a baby.
[轻而易举]——他赚了很多钱,但都输在了玩扑克上面。跟他玩扑克真是轻而易举。

3.  to baby - to treat someone like a baby, to pamper.   That man doesn't seem to know how to do anything for himself.  His wife treats him like a baby.
[把某人当小孩子对待]——这个男人根本不知道怎么照顾自己。他的妻子把他当小孩子对待。

4.  baby blue; baby blues – a soft, pale blue; eyes that have this colour.  When she walked into the room, all the men noticed her beautiful baby blues.
[淡蓝色]——当她一走进房间,所有的男士都注意到她美丽的淡蓝色眼睛。

5.  baby boomer/ baby boom generation – people born from just after WWII (1945) to the early 1960s. (sometimes just called ‘boomers’)  Because there are so many baby boomers, there is a fear that there will be a shortage of workers in 10-20 years as they all retire.
[婴儿潮出生的人,婴儿潮出生的一代,二战后1945年至60年代出生的人]——由于婴儿潮时期人口迅速膨胀,人们担心当这些人在未来20到30年后退休的时候,社会将面临劳动力短缺的局面。
作者: 参m    时间: 2006-7-30 22:05
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标题: you make me like a termite in a yo-yo
is there any similar Canadian expression?




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