目 录１ . 现代英语口语２ . 英语谚语３ . 英语绕口令４ . 英语儿歌５ . 春节英语６ . 妙语连珠７ . 英语笑话

现代英语口语• Clam up 守口如瓶，拒不开口，沉默不语• A cliff-hanger 扣人心玄的事情 • Fight the clock 争分夺秒，与时间赛跑• Lose one’s cool 沉不住气• Play it cool 不露声色，沉着冷静• a drop in the bucket 沧海一粟 • chew the cud 好好琢磨琢磨 • have seen better days 今非昔比 • play dumb with someone 装聋作哑

英语谚语• A bad thing never dies. 　　遗臭万年。• A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，

长一智。• A fox may grow gray, but never good.

江山易改，本性难移。• A good conscience is a soft pillow.

不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。• A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。• A light heart lives long. 静以修身。

英语绕口令A big black bug bit a big black bear, made th

e big black bear bleed blood ．A bitter biting bittern bit a better brother bitte

rn, and the bitter better bittern bit the bitter biter back. And the bitter bittern, bitten, by the better bitten bittern, said: "I'm a bitter biter bit, alack!"

A bloke's back bike brake block broke.

英语儿歌• A Bicycle Built for two Daisy, daisy, give m

e your answer,do I am half crazy, all for the love of you. It won’t be a stylish marriage, I can’t afford a carriage. But you’ll look sweet upon the seat, of a bicycle built for two.

• Row, row,row your boat Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.

春节英语• 年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake

团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve 饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings

• 八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding糖果盘 candy tray:什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune 蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity 金桔 cumquat - prosperity 糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come 糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship红枣 red dates - prosperity花生糖 peanut candy - sweet

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妙语连珠• There is nothing good playing. 没好电影可看 这

里的 There's nothing good playing. 是接着问句而来的，指的是「没有好电影可看。」同样的，若是电视上没有好节目可看，你就可以说 There's nothing good on TV.

• Good thing... 还好，幸好… 在美语当中若要表达中文里「还好，幸好…」的语气，你就可以用Good thing... 做开头。这个句型非常简单又好用，你只要在 Good thing 后面加上完整的句子就可以。

spy on... 跟监（某人） spy 这个字就是「间谍」。当动词用的意思自然就是「做间谍做的事」，也就是「监视，跟踪」之意。当你要去监视跟踪某人，美语中就说成 spy on someone 。

英语笑话• A man goes to church and starts talking to God.

He says: “God, what is a million dollars to you?” and God says: “A penny”, then the man says: “God, what is a million years to you?” and God says: “a second”, then the man says: “God, can I have a penny?” and God says “In a second” ．

一男子进入教堂和上帝对话 . 他问 :" 主啊 , 一百万美元对你意味着多少 ?" 上帝回答 :" 一便士 ." 男子又问 :" 那一百万年呢 ?" 上帝说 :" 一秒钟 ." 最后男子请求道 :" 上帝 , 我能得到一便士吗 ?" 上帝回答 :" 过一秒钟 ."

• allybabyOnce two hunters went hunting in the forest. One of them suddenly fell down by accident. He showed the whites of his eyes and seemed to have ceased breathing. The other hunter soon took out his mobile phone to call the emergency center for help. The operator said calmly:"First, you should make sure that he is already dead." Then the operator heard a gunshot from the other end of the phone and next he heard the hunter asking:"What should I do next?"

两个猎人进森林里打猎，其中一个猎人不慎跌倒，两眼翻白，似已停止呼吸。另一个猎人赶紧拿出手机拨通紧急求助电话。接线员沉着地说：“第一步，要先确定你的朋友已经死亡。”于是，接线员在电话里听到一声枪响，然后听到那猎人接着问：“第二步怎办？”