区别辨析address、speech、lecture、oration、report与talk
address、speech、lecture、oration、report与talk这些名词均含“演讲、讲话、报告”之意。
小词详解 | blur
His sword was a blur, and the Small Hall echoed to the clack clack clack.
他的剑快得看不清，喀喀声响彻小厅。
容易误译的英语 | How goes it? 你好吗？”“情[近]况如何？
How goes it?是口语，意思是“你好吗？”“情[近]况如何？”
英语笑话 | 接近一位非常有魅力的女人
站在一家精品店前，我注意到一个看上去不耐烦的年轻人正在接近一位非常有魅力的女人。
伊索寓言 | The Mischievous Dog
Notoriety is not fame.
英语演讲 | Ann Richards: Democratic National Convention Keynote Address
Twelve years ago Barbara Jordan, another Texas woman, Barbara made the keynote address to this convention, and two women in a hundred and sixty years is about par for the course.
区别辨析address、greet、salute、hail与welcome
address、greet、salute、hail与welcome这些动词均有“欢迎、致敬、致意、招呼”之意。
容易误译的英语 | How did you like...? 你觉得……如何？
How did you like the eggs?意为“你觉得这蛋做得如何？”也就是问你是否满意。
英语笑话 | 你有没有在夜里溜到那个寡妇的卧室里去？
Two IRS agents were traveling through a rural area when their car broke down.
两名国税局特工在穿越一个乡村地区时，他们的汽车抛锚了。
伊索寓言 | The Miller His Son and the Ass
If you try to please all, you please none.
短篇小说 | Honored As A Curiosity
"Bless my life! Then who the mischief are you? what the mischief are you? and how the mischief did you get here? and where in thunder did you come from?"
区别辨析additional、extra与supplementary
additional、extra与supplementary这些形容词均有“另加的、额外的”之意。
