PAGEPAGE1語篇翻譯(六)有趣的俗語+如何解決問題ADoyouenjoyhittingthebooks?Itdoesn'tmeanyouenjoybeatingyourbookswithyourhand.Thatmaybereasonableifyoudon'tunderstandsomethinginsideyourbooks.Hittingthebooksjustmeansthatyouarestudyinghard.Youcanlearnalotwhenyouhitthebooks.1.Especiallybeforeexams,moststudentsspendalotoftimehittingthebookstogetgoodgrades.

Thisisjustoneexampleofexpressionsthatcan'tbeunderstoodbytakingthemapart(分開)wordbyword.Expressionslikethisarecalledidioms(習語).Theyareanimportantpartofaculture'slanguage.Languagesandculturesarecloselyconnected.OneexampleofanidiomintheChineselanguageis“duiniutanqin”,or“toplaythelute(撥弦樂器)toacow”.2.這意味著某人在說話或?qū)懽鲿r不考慮其聽眾或讀者。Let'sgetbacktoidiomsthatbeginwiththeword“hit”.3.TherearemanyoftheminEnglish,butit'snotthateasyforyoutounderstand.

OnecommonidiomyoumayhearinEnglishis“hittheroad”.Itmeanstoleaveortogo.Youcansay,“Hey,Ineedtohittheroad.Canwetalkaboutthisanothertime?”O(jiān)rsimply,“It'stimetohittheroad.”Whenyouaretiredandyouwanttogotobed,youcansay,“Ineedtohitthehay(干草).”Itmeansyouwanttogotosleep.4.That'sbecauseabedwasoftenabigbagwithhayinsideinthepast.

5.習語使你的語言生動而有趣。Let'shittheroadtolearnsomeandtrytousethem.1.

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BStudentsoftenhavealotofworries.Sometimestheyhaveproblemswiththeirschoolwork,andsometimeswiththeirfriends.Whatcantheydoaboutthis?1.讓我們看看勞拉是怎么處理她的問題的。Oneday,Lauralostherwalletandworriedfordays.Shewasafraidtotellherparentsaboutit.Shekeptthinking,2.“Ifmyparentsknowit,howangrytheywillbe!”Intheend,shetalkedtoherparentsandtheywerereallyunderstanding.Herdadsaidhesometimesmadecarelessmistakes,too.Theygotheranewwalletandaskedhertobemorecareful.

AnexpertcalledRobertHuntsays,3.“Itisbestforusnottorunawayfromourproblems.Weshouldalwaystrytosolvethem.”Hethinksthefirststepistofindsomeoneyoutrusttotalkto.4.學生們可以向老師或朋友尋求建議因為他們是愿意幫助人的。InEnglish,wesaythatsharingaproblemislikecuttingitinhalf.5.Soyou'rehalfwaytosolvingaproblemjustbytalkingtosomeoneaboutit!

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【參考答案】A1.尤其在考試前,大多數(shù)學生為了取得好成績而花許多時間努力學習。2.Itmeanssomeonespeaksorwriteswithoutconsideringhislistenersorreaders.3.英語中有許多這樣的習語,但理解起來并不那么容易。4.那是因為在過去床常常是填充著干草的大袋子。5.Idiomsmakeyourlanguagelivelyandinteresting.B[主旨大意]本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了學生在學習和生活中會遇到很多問題,對于如何更好地解決這些問題,專家給出了建議:不要逃避問題,積極向老師或朋友尋求建議。1.Let'sseehowLa