hbzxh99

i love this game.

DZ

then you can join us

World is but a little place.
天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君
Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so.
Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.

What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
失之东隅，收之桑榆
Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed.
Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts.

ttaix,so clever haven't consulted the dictionary?

ok,next:A contented mind is a perpetual feast?Don't forgot the sentence

ling-fly

不会是“虎口拔牙”吧？

DZ

A contented mind is a perpetual feast  知足者常乐

Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money.
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.

so,ttaix,congratulations!and your sentence is pretty good
ling-fly,persevere in your efforts

next,Entertain an angel unawares,yeah,do you know and can you guess?come on

ling-fly

相对我的水平来说太难了，所以我就看看而已。

DZ

Entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不识泰山
Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits.
Example: In the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise.(maybe who can tell me how to translate this sentence?)

ttaix,why have a try this time?or just took a joke?
and ling-fly,don't give up,go on learning we're all with you

today's question:After meat, mustard; after death, doctor?

DZ

if you can help me  translate this sentence,then I'll
Example: In the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise.

DZ

ttaix给你加金币了哦.到底怎么翻译呢?who can help me?

ok,answer:After meat, mustard; after death, doctor . 　　雨后送伞
　　Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late.
　　Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I had a promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death, the doctor.

then,today's challenge:After praising the wine they sell us vinegar. easier

DZ

竟然说我小气唉,不少了,知足啦.而且ttaix一点都不支持本论坛的工作嘛,如果不是,那接下来由你主持啦,ok

DZ

呵呵,then you should do it by yourself, and from your answer i knew your english is good

A bad workman quarrels with his tools?

maybe we should  recite these sentence,only in this way can we make full use of our time and energy

[ 本帖最后由 DZ 于 2007-10-25 04:45 PM 编辑 ]

DZ

come on,boys and girls

DZ

... let me see

DZ

how can you say that I think nothing of it?and what did I complain?I always think how can I make it better,and why people always be here but keep silence???

DZ

my god...you just follow me,I thought that "you" is me

DZ

ok,now-人生没有朋友就像人生没有太阳一样,can you translate it?

DZ

A life without a friend is a life without a sun.人生没有朋友，犹如人生没有太阳

ttaix,I think the 2nd one is pretty good as for the 1st one,i'm afraid...

next,科学对于人类的思想就像水对于我们的身体一样,I demand the word "what"  in the sentence ,ok,go on!

DZ

sorry,ttaix

DZ

Science to the human mind is what water is to the body
科学对于人类的思想就像水对于我们的身体一样

what = just as,意为“恰像，犹如，好比”用作连词,引导比较状语从句。（见新编高二英语上册p.21）  
⑴ 惯用句式是：A is to B what C is to D. 意为“A对B而言正如C对D一样”例如：  
Air is to us What water is to fish.  空气对于我们犹如水对于鱼。(介词to 表示两者的关系)   
⑵ 也有“A is for B what C is for D.”句式。例如：  
Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for the paint. 厨师离不了家禽正如画家离不开画布一样。（介词for表示“供…使用”）
⑶ what 引导的从句也可以放在句首,其句式是: What C is to D, that A is to B.(= A is to B what C is to D.)   
在这一结构中，喻体在前，主体在后，相当于“just as...,so...”结构,意思也是“A对B而言正如C对D一样”例如:  
What blood vessel is to a man’s body, that railway is to transportation.（=Just as blood vessel is to a man’s body ，so Railway  is to transportation.）  
铁路对于运输,好比血管对于人体一样。

呵呵,这下大家明白what的特殊用法了吧

DZ

ok,感谢大家的参与,我们也将对这期间积极参与的会员予以金币奖励 thanks

[ 本帖最后由 DZ 于 2007-11-5 05:01 PM 编辑 ]

complex1210

回复 10# DZ


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