建国60周年新词选录

阅兵式 military review Starting early Saturday morning, the rehearsal featured a mass pageant involving nearly 200,000 citizens and 60 simulated floats, a gala by around 12,000 performers and a military review. 这次彩排从周六凌晨开始，内容包括有将近 20 万市民参加、动用了 60 辆模拟彩车的 群众欢庆游行，有 1.2 万人参与演出的联欢活动以及阅兵式。 国庆“禁飞” ban on flying activities Beijing has widened a ban on flying activities to include pigeons and kite flying in its latest efforts to beef up security ahead of the National Day celebrations, police said Tuesday. 警方于周二称，为加强国庆前安保工作，北京近日已扩大了“禁飞”范围，鸽子和风筝也 在其中。 长安街“整修” face-lift Beijings main road, the Changan Avenue, is getting a makeover ahead of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) in October. The avenue received its last face-lift in 1999 for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of PRC. 在今年十月中华人民共和国建国 60 周年前夕，北京市主干道长安街正进行全面整修。 长安街上次整修是在 1999 年，当时是为了庆祝建国 50 周年。 人工消雨 first used in the 1950s by Mao to encourage young people to keep fit, study well, and work hard. “三好”指的是德、智、体三方面，而英语中的 straight A student 指的是每门功课都得 A 的学生。所以两者并不完全对等。“三好学生”也不能翻成 three-goods student，因 为 goody-goody 是指那种在老师面前挣表现的 “好”学生。 倒爷 profiteering For the market economy, a dual-pricing system was tried in 1979. The price of certain goods was fixed and they were distributed instead of sold. If a factory exceeded its quota, it could sell the surplus at a higher price. People close to government or factory officials got the low-priced goods and sold them at a higher price. This profiteering was outlawed in 1987. 官倒，是指官员利用职权进行倒买倒卖谋利，可译为 official profiteering。 待业青年 youth waiting for job The unemployed young people of the 1980s, after the government stopped assigning jobs to middle school grads, at state-owned enterprises or government offices. Some unemployed youth could “inherit“ a post from a retired parent. Others tried small businesses. 英语中称“ 待业 ”为 between jobs。现在有些年轻人毕业后 take a gap year，四处旅游 或学习更多技能后再来找工作。 20 世纪 90 年代 1990s 炒股 speculate in stock Investing in the stock market was the order of the day in the late 1990s after the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges opened. Chinese used a word from cooking, “chao“ (stir-fry), to describe the unstable nature of the trading, which involved keeping the shares moving (buying and selling) to keep it hot. “炒”后来被广泛用于口语，炒房、炒楼都可以用 speculate。 包二奶 keeping a mistress Originally, Cantonese for a married man with a long-term extramarital affair, where he kept a woman by giving her money, a car, or a flat. This became more common in the late 1990s when people got rich enough to afford such costs. 包二奶的男人叫 sugar daddy，“傍大款” 就是 find a sugar daddy。“包养”：pay for a mistress 。“被包养” ： financially dependent on a man whos having an affair with her。 2000 年 2000s 小康 well-off This refers to a standard of living thats considered relatively comfortable. Its originally from Confucius and was used by Deng for the reforms by the end of the 1980s. A well-off society would not only solve the clothing and food problems, but would also push the standard of living to a higher level, culturally and intellectually. well-off 是指具备充足的物质条件，可以过上惬意舒适的生活。按照该定义，如果说 一个人 well off，他就应该有自己的房子和汽车，衣食住行游，样样不用愁。 囧 sunk This uncommon character means “brightness“ in its classical sense. Around 2008, netizens brought it back to life as a perfect emoticon for online chatting. It has a look of disappointment, so its gained a new meaning: embarrassment or awkwardness. It is also used in spoken language as an adjective. Sometimes its used in conjunction with “orz“, as “囧 rz“, to represent a person on hands and knees, a symbol of despair or failure. 英文当中有一些常用的词组或用法，可以表达“囧” ，比如 turn red in the face，从字 面意思就可看出是因为尴尬，害羞而脸红；或 I just died，意思是 I was so embarrassed I really wanted to“die“。 今年 10 月 1 日是中华人民共和国成立 60 周年纪念日，首都北京将举行隆重热烈的庆 祝活动。24 日，首都国庆 60 周年北京市筹备委员会新闻发言人向记者介绍了庆祝活 动的安排和筹备情况。 请看相关报道： The Tiananmen Square will see a massive celebration to mark the nations 60th birthday on October 1, said a spokesperson for the 60th National Day celebration preparation committee of the Beijing municipal government Monday. A mass pageant involving about 200000 citizens and 60 floats will follow a military parade. The military parade and mass pageant will be rehearsed at Tiananmen Square several times from August 29 to September 26. 据首都国庆 60 周年北京市筹备委员会新闻发言人 24 日介绍，今年 10 月 1 日，天安 门广场将隆重庆祝新中国成立 60 周年，届时，将举行有近 20 万群众和 60 辆彩车组 成的欢庆活动。8 月 29 日至 9 月 26 日，天安门广场将举行数次国庆阅兵和群众欢庆 游行彩排活动。 在上面的报道中，mass pageant 就是“群众欢庆游行”。其中 mass 是“民众”的意思， pageant 指“ 盛装游行、庆典”，而且在 pageant 中经常会有彩车（float）。 上文中还出现了 parade 一词。Pageant 和 parade 都有“游行”的意思，而且 parade 也 可以