• One Hundred Years of Solitude 百年孤独 Chapter 11

    22-10-17 THE MARRIAGE was on the point of breaking up after two months because Aureli-ano Segun-do, in an attempt to placate Petra Cotes, had a picture taken of her dressed as the Queen of Madagascar. When Fernan-da found out about it she repacked her bridal...

  • The Godfather 教父 Chapter 14

    22-09-14 The Don was a real man at the age of twelve. Short, dark, slender, living in the strange Moorish-looking village of Corleone in Sicily, he had been born Vito Andolini, but when strange men came to kill the son of the man they had murdered, his mothe...

  • The Godfather 教父 Chapter 8

    22-09-14 The day after the shooting of Don Corleone was a busy time for the Family. Michael stayed by the phone relaying messages to Sonny. Tom Hagen was busy trying to find a mediator satisfactory to both parties so that a conference could be arranged with...

  • 转换话题

    22-08-04 1. 假装健忘型 被人侃到头晕眼花,忘了正事儿?突然插一句话,总会显得有点突兀。你可以趁机假装健忘,把话锋转到你关心的事情上。类似的情况,你还可以用 while I remember... Oh, before I forget, did you give the letter to Jim? 哦,趁我还没忘,你把信给吉姆了...

  • 好心境

    22-04-15 A long time ago, there was a young man named Billy. Billy inherited the warm and good characteristics of his father. My father had such a good personality. He was the horse-keeper of a funeral carriage. 很久以前,有个年轻人叫比利。比利继承了他父亲脾...

  • like father, like son 有其父必有其子

    22-03-23 有其父必有其子,汉语成语,字面意思是有什么样的父亲就会有什么样的儿子,表示孩子的行为举止通常与父母相似(a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s)),含有贬义。 与英文谚语like father, like son意思相近,表示a sons character or b...

  • 与“父亲”相关的英文习语

    22-03-07 Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。 John is as smart as his father. Like father, like son. 约翰和他的父亲一样精明。有其父,必有其子嘛。 father-figure 长者,父亲般的人物 Perhaps they need the guiding hand of a firm father figure. 也许他们需要一个...

  • mixed-race 混血的

    22-02-08 如果你是中美混血(父亲美国人,母亲中国人),你就可以说: My father is American and my mother is Chinese. 如果你觉得上面这句话有点长,非得用一个单词来表达混血儿,不要用half-blood,也不要用hybrid,这些词都太硬核,它们用来描述血统不纯的动物或杂交水稻还...

  • 虎父无犬子

    22-02-07 虎年就要到了,来学几个和虎有关的词语吧!虎父无犬子,字面意思是a tiger father will not beget a dog son,比喻出色的父母生出的孩子也会很优秀,常用于夸奖别人的子辈。可以翻译为there will be no laggard among the children of a brave or talented man。 例句...

  • A Cheerful Temper 好心境

    21-10-04 A long time ago, there was a young man named Billy. Billy inherited the warm and good characteristics of his father. My father had such a good personality. He was the horse-keeper of a funeral carriage. 很久以前,有个年轻人叫比利。比利继承了他父亲脾...