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KittyJ

每日谚语： Fire is the test of gold.   真金不怕火炼

每日习语： under the weather
Definition: Not feeling well; sick; ill
Example:A:What's the matter? You look under the weather.
B:Yeah, I know. I'm just getting over the flu.
A:Oh, I hope you feel better.
B:Thanks.

每日口语：It slipped my mind.（一）　
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A: Oh, dear! 哎呀！
B: What's wrong? 怎么回事？
A: I was supposed to call Jim at six. 我应该在六点打电话给吉姆的。
B: Why didn't you? 那你怎么没打呢？
A:I was busy and it slipped my mind. 我忙得忘记了。
B: Why don't you call him now? 你何不现在打给他呢？

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-3-3 12:46:34编辑过]

KittyJ

每日谚语： Strike while the iron is hot.  趁热打铁。

每日习语： to pull someone's leg
Definition: To be joking or teasing
Example Dialog: A：I just won a million dollars in the lottery!
B：Stop pulling my leg. That's impossible.
A：No, really. Look, here's the check.
B：Wow! That's fantastic!

每日口语： It slipped my mind.（二）　　
A: John, you're late again. 约翰，你又迟到了。
B: I'm sorry I overslept.抱歉，我睡过头了。
A: I told you to get a new alarm clock. 我告诉过你，要你买个新闹钟。
B: I was busy yesterday and it slipped my mind.我昨天忙得忘记了。
A: You could at least have arranged for a wake-up call.你至少要安排请人用电话叫醒你。
B: I didn't think of that.我没有想到。

[此贴子已经被KittyJ于2002-5-14 16:43:28编辑过]

otter

another question: "pain the town red",in your upper message, means what?
some activity for congratulations? just like what?

KittyJ

You are right!
"to paint the town red" 表示"好好庆祝一下"的意思.这是个很好的表达方式,
很有用的噢!

otter

thanks a lot!
i wish i can use enlish well just like KITTY, but i think i cann`t realize the wish in my life!

KittyJ

Don't be this gloomy,buddy.~~~~~~~~
You must know that "ractise makes perfect"!
You will sure to make it if you persevere in using English in a daily manner.
Personally,I think at least you've shown great interests in English,which proves to be the key for success in English learning.
Actually,you always perform nicely here.
In a word, be confident enough and you are no doubt get progress,right?

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[此贴子已经被KittyJ于2002-5-15 17:41:08编辑过]

otter

yes,i think so.
but i have little time to practise my oral english and listening. even in office, i have no chance to read something in enlish. faint! stuffy work! but our occupation,you know, just like investment analysis, usually has no link with foreigners, even chinese who is good at enlish!
do you have some good ways to improve enlish to tell me?
thanks anyway!
hoping to make friends with kitty! and i love kitty!

阿鸣

Yeah,Kitty is really a good fellow.
You can make friends with her but you cannot show your love to her.Otherwise her BF will come to beat you.

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[此贴子已经被阿鸣于2002-5-15 18:03:00编辑过]

KittyJ

otter,here are some tips to improve English:
1. Trying to log on some good English web;
2. As for listening & oral English,you better watch English version VCD/DVD
   or select English channal when watching TV;(I prefer this method most- ) It's great to taste orignal movies from Hollywood!!
3. Frequently come here to communicate with others and aslo learn from each other.

If I could think of other ways,I will tell you then.