脫口說英語口語生活習語

　　生活習語：a straw in the wind 跡象，預兆，苗頭

　　生活習語：a straw in the wind 跡象，預兆，苗頭

　　此語指“預示即將發(fā)生的跡象，預兆，苗頭”，如：There are straws in the wind incicating that peace is around the corner. 有種種跡象表明和平即將來臨。 此語也可寫作 straws in the wind. straw 一詞本指“禾桿，稻草”，引申為“細微的跡象，顯露的苗頭”，如：a straw of hope 一線希望。

　　Dialogue:

　　A:John dates her seven times a week.

　　B:Really? That's a straws in the wind.

　　A:I think so. Maybe he's fallen for her.

　　B:Yeah. They suit each other. A perfect match between a man and a girl.

　　A:Right.

　　翻譯：

　　A：約翰一周內約了她七次。

　　B：真的嗎？這可是一種跡象。

　　A：我也是這么想的�；蛟S他愛上她了。

　　B：差不多。他們很合適，郎才女貌。

　　A：是的。

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　　生活習語：a sad dog 粗野的人

　　生活習語：a sad dog 粗野的人

　　sad 表示“遭透的，壞透的”，dog 表示“家伙”，a sad dog 指“粗野，無理的人”。

　　Dialogue:

　　A:What do you think of his behaviour yesterday?

　　B:He's a sad dog. He came to the wedding in jeans!

　　A:I don't think so. He only had no common sense.

　　翻譯：

　　A：你怎么看他昨天的行為？

　　B：他是個粗野的人，竟穿牛仔褲參加婚禮。

　　A：我不這么想，他只是沒有常識。

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　　Demand for Medical Tourism Expected to Continue Growing in Asia

　　<P Ira Mellman March 02, 2011 - Medical Tourism has become one of the most quickly expanding business in the world, particularly in Asia.

　　Contrary to what many have proclaimed, international travel to seek health care is nothing new. “Ancient Romans used to actually travel to areas which are now called Switzerland and Turkey for thermal spas. The trend has become renewed due to a variety of things, not the least of which is technology, globalization and more consumerism within healthcare," he said.

　　Dr. David Vequist heads the Center for Medical Tourism Research in San Antonio, Texas. He says the expanding and aging population worldwide is leading to a change in the way people seek healthcare. “We’re looking at a situation where healthcare demand is increasing while around the world, the number of resources is declining to some extent. The people are getting more picky and they’re having more opportunities to try to select the best healthcare available. So it looks like a lot of competition, a lot of travel , declining or scarce resources in many places around the world," he said.

　　We’ve detailed how many developing countries, especially in Asia, are providing medical services that are on a par or in some cases exceed those available in the west. In addition, Vequist says the services being offered are expanding.

　　“According to studies that out center has done. The Center for Medial Tourism Research, we found that dental may be upwards from 20 to 30 percent of all of the procedures that are done and for travel around the world. It also includes spa, health and wellness and an exciting area we’re trying to study right now is the area of retirement tourism where people are travelling even more from their home countries to other countries for the purposes of costs to live there as well as for healthcare. People are going to other countries and other locations because there is better healthcare or in some cases more healthcare available," he said.

　　In fact, many such retirement communities featuring healthcare services, as well as international medical tourism facilities, are cropping up across the world. This, says Vequist, is leading to a new type of healthcare structure.

　　“The thing that’s going on is that most of these tourism hubs or tourist locations typically are private facilities. What is happening, and you see this more so in Asia than you do in many other regions around the world, is a two tiered system. A public and private system is provided to people who do not have additional expendable income to spend on healthcare. And then what you see is as people increase in affluence, they’re choosing better healthcare for them and their families, and then they’re travelling. And increasingly as the internet access makes everything available, particularly information, people are finding out about healthcare not only in their own country but outside of their country that they can access. So people are travelling more and more frequently for healthcare," he said.

　　While Vequist says international medical tourism presents a great investment opportunity, many others are worried that more medical tourists, as predicted, will bring future problems for the healthcare industry in the United States.

　　生活習語：a red letter day 大喜日子

　　生活習語：a red letter day 大喜日子

　　日歷上圣徒禮拜及節(jié)日均由紅色字標明，因此a red letter day 往往指“特別重要的日子”，如“結婚，勝利或接受榮譽符號”等。

　　Dialogue:

　　A:My son came home from three years in the navy.

　　B:It was a real red letter day for you.

　　A:Yeah. We rolled out the red carpet to welcome him home.

　　翻譯：

　　A：我兒子在海軍服役三年，終于回家了。

　　B：那天對你來說可真是個大喜的日子。

　　A：的確如此，我們簡直把他當貴賓一樣來歡迎。

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　　生活習語：a private eye 私人偵探

　　生活習語：a private eye 私人偵探

　　a private eye 是美國俚語，相當于a private detective 指“私家偵探”。

　　Dialogue:

　　A:What's his job?

　　B:He used to be a policeman.

　　A:But Mrs.Smith hired him to find her lost son.

　　B:Yeah. He's a private eye now.

　　翻譯：

　　A：他是做什么的？

　　B：他過去是當警察的。

　　A：可史密斯太太雇用他尋找失散的兒子。

　　B：沒錯，他現在是私家偵探了。

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　　Gunman kills two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport

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　　U.S. Army soldiers arrive at the scene following a shooting incident in front of Frankfurt airport March 2, 2011.

　　<P FRANKFURT, Mar 2 (Reuters) - German police arrested a man on Wednesday after two U.S. airmen were shot dead and two wounded in an incident on a U.S. Army bus at Frankfurt airport, authorities said.

　　Security round the airport was tightened and an investigation into the "terrible, senseless crime" was under way, said Boris Rhein, interior minister for Hesse state.

　　"Whether the incident was linked to terrorism I cannot say at this stage," he told reporters.

　　The suspected gunman was apparently a Kosovo national, he said. Police said he was 21.

　　A spokesman for Frankfurt airport operator Fraport said the shooting took place in a U.S. Army bus in front of Terminal 2. U.S. President Barack Obama said he was outraged by the attack.

　　Authorities in Kosovo believed they knew the identity of the suspected gunman but could not confirm it yet, Kosovo Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi told Reuters in Pristina.

　　A police official identified the man as Arif Uka from the city of Mitrovica but no official confirmation was given yet.

　　"The government of the Republic of Kosovo is extremely touched and strongly condemns the killing of two American citizens and the wounding of two others by a citizen from Kosovo that happened today in Germany," the government said in a statement.

　　The United States has had troops in Kosovo since 1999, when a NATO bombing campaign pushed out Serbian forces. The U.S. troops there now are helping to oversee a fragile peace that has held since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008.

　　Major Beverly Mock, spokeswoman for the U.S. Air Force at Rammstein air base in Germany, said the identities of the dead airmen had not yet been confirmed.

　　"The German authorities have the shooter in custody," she said.

　　Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking in Berlin, told a news conference: "We don't know the details but I would like to express how upset I am. We have to do everything we can to find out what happened."

　　(Reporting by Tilman Blasshofer; additional reporting by Fatos Bytyci in Pristina, Annika Breidthardt and Sarah Marsh in Berlin and Maria Sheahan in Frankfurt; writing by John Stonestreet; editing by Angus MacSwan)

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