趣味英语知识

1、趣味英语 1.下面是我国几部古典名著的中文名字和英文译名，请用直线连起来。RomanceoftheThreeKingdoms红楼梦TheOutlawsOftheMarsh 三国演义ADreaminRedMansions 水浒传JourneytotheWest 聊斋志异StrangeStoriesfromaChineseStudio西游记 2.你认识公共场所的英文标识吗? 请写出下面几种常见英文标识的中文意思。（1）NoParking_（2）PleaseSaveWater_（3）Quiet Please _ （4）Emergency Exit _ 连线 （5）No Smoking 不能吸烟（6）

2、Caution！Danger！ 注意危险（7）Stand Clear! 不要倚靠车门（8）Wanted ！ 通缉令（9）Wet Painting ！ 油漆未干（10）Do Not Disturb! 请勿打扰（11）Staff Only! 游客止步3. 连线题A. love me, love my dog. 一天一个苹果，医生远离我B. Walls have ears. 有其父，必有其子C. An apple a day, keep the doctor away. 爱屋及乌D. Like father, like son. 隔墙有耳趣味英语小知识a) Ten animals I slam in

3、 a net. 我把十只动物一网打尽你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗？对了，无论从左到右，还是从右到左，字母排列顺序都是一样的，英语把这叫做Palindromes 回文（指顺读和倒读都一样的词语），关于动物的回文还有以下的例子Otto saw pup pup was Otto. （奥托看见了小狗，小狗的名字叫奥托）Was it a car or a cat I saw ? Was it a rat I saw ? （我刚才看见的是条老鼠？）b) the bees knees 又来形容最好的至高无上的东西。例 She is a very poor singer but she thinks she

4、s the bees knees. （她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手。）该表现起源于20年代的美国，仅仅因为bees 和knees押韵，琅琅上口，迅速得到流传，直到现在，还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用。和时间有关的英语趣味小知识（一）时间是金，其值无价Time is money. （时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金）Time flies. （光阴似箭，日月如梭）Time has wings. （光阴去如飞）Time is a file that wears and makes no noise. （光阴如锉，细磨无声）Time stays not the fools leisure

5、. （时间不等闲逛的傻瓜）Time and I against any two. （和时间携起手来，一人抵两人）Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself. （时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命，节省时间，就是延长生命）Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost. （消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失）（二）时间是风，去而不返Time undermines us. （光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老）Time and tide wait

6、for no man. （岁月不待人）Time cannot be won again. （时间一去不再来）Time is , time was , and time is past.（现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返）Time lost can not be recalled. （光阴一去不复返）Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns. (光阴似箭，一去不返）（三）时间是尺，万物皆检Time tries friends as fire tries gold. （时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金）Time tries tru

7、th. （时间检验真理）Time is the father of truth. （时间是真理之父）Time will tell. （时间能说明问题）Time brings the truth to light. （时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。） Time and chance reveal all secrets. （时间与机会能提示一切秘密）Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion. （时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰）Time reveals(discloses) all things. （万事日

8、久自明）Time tries all. （时间检验一切）（四）时间是秤，衡量权质There is no time like the present. （现在正是时候）Take time by the forelock. (把握目前的时机）To choose time is to save time. （选择时间就是节省时间）Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. （今日事，今日毕）Procrastination is the thief of time. （拖延为时间之窃贼）One of these days is none of

9、 these days. （拖延时日，终难实现。或：改天改天，不知哪天）Tomorrow never comes. （明天无尽头，明日何其多）【趣味英语】春节小知识除夕夜，【每日英语】祝大家新年快乐，万事如意！【基本词汇与短语】：【Greeting Season】:春节The Spring Festival 农历lunar calendar 正月lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar 除夕New Years Eve; eve of lunar New Year初一the beginning of New Year 元宵节The Lant

10、ern Festival 【Customs】：过年对联poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry 春联Spring Festival couplets 剪纸paper-cuts 买年货special purchases for the Spring Festival do Spring Festival shopping 年画New Year paintings 敬酒propose a toast 灯笼lantern: a portable light 烟花fireworks 爆竹firecrackers (People sca

11、re off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.) 红包red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.) 舞狮lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.) 舞龙dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests) 戏曲traditional

12、 opera 杂耍variety show; vaudeville 灯谜riddles written on lanterns 灯会exhibit of lanterns 守岁staying-up 禁忌taboo 拜年pay New Years call; give New Years greetings; New Years visit去晦气get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗offer sacrifices to ones ancestors压岁钱gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gif

13、t 辞旧岁bid farewell to the old year 扫房spring cleaning; general house-cleaning 【Food names】：年糕Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 团圆饭family reunion dinner 年夜饭the dinner on New Years Eve饺子Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli 八宝饭eight treasures rice pudding 汤圆Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into

14、balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings 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 红枣red dates - prosperity 糖莲子candied lotus seed - many descenden

15、ts to come糖藕candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship 花生糖peanut candy - sweet 【Blessing】:Treasures fill the home 财源广进Business flourishes 事业兴隆Peace all year round 岁岁平安Wishing you prosperity 恭喜发财Harmony brings wealth 家和万事兴May all your wishes come true 心想事成Everything goes well 万事如意国际节日：1月1日元旦（N

16、ew Years Day) 2月14日情人节(Valentines Day) 3月8日国际妇女节(International Womens Day) 3月12日中国植树节(China Arbor Day) 3月14日白色情人节(White Day) 3月14日国际警察日(International Policemens Day) 3月15日世界消费者权益日(World Consumer Right Day） 4月1日愚人节(April Fools Day) 4月5日清明节（Tomb-sweeping Day) 4月7日世界卫生日(World Health Day） 5月1日国际劳动节(Inte

17、rnational Labor Day/May Day)5月4日中国青年节（Chinese Youth Day) 5月8日世界红十字日(World Red-Cross Day) 5月12日国际护士节(International Nurse Day) 5月31日 世界无烟日(World No-Smoking Day) 6月1日 国际儿童节(International Childrens Day) 8月1日中国人民解放军建军节(Army Day) 9月10日中国教师节(Teachers Day) 10月1日中华人民共和国国庆节(National Day)中国农历节日 农历正月初一春节(the Spring Festival) 农历正月十五元宵节(Lantern Festival) 农历五月初五端午节(the Dragon-Boat Festival) 农历七月初七乞巧节(中国情人节）(Double-Seventh Day) 农历八月十五中秋节(the Mid-Autumn Festival) 农历九月初九重阳节(the Double