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come up
出现，此指在网页上显示的元素
Nothing’s coming up when I search for your name.
我搜寻你的名字，什么都找不到。
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Wei comes out of the bathroom after cleaning up
Trev: Wei, I should have listened to you.
Wei: It's about time you realize that.
Trev: Do you think you'll ever forgive me for throwing up on you?
Wei: In a while. But first, let's go get something to eat. I'm starved.
Trev: No...Not more food.
Wei: Oh yeah. Mmm, Chinese food and hamburgers. Sounds delicious.
Trev: I think I'm going to be sick again.
Wei: Imagine all the cheese in your stomach.
Trev: [Throws up again] Blah, hargh, hungh.
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小薇清洗完毕从厕所出来
崔佛︰小薇，我应该听你话的。
小薇︰也该是时候了。
崔佛︰你想你会原谅我吐在你身上吗？
小薇︰要一阵子。不过，我们先去吃点东西吧。我饿死了。
崔佛︰不……别再吃东西了。
小薇︰喔，我才要吃呢。嗯，中国菜，还有汉堡。听起来真好吃。
崔佛︰我想我又要吐了。
小薇︰想象一下在你肚子里的那些起司。
崔佛︰（又吐了）啊，哇，啊。
重点解说：
★ in a while 一阵子，很快
★ starved (a.) 饥饿的
★ imagine (v.) 想象 | |
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The Antarctic continent has mountain ranges similar in size to the European Alps. But whereas the Alps' snowcaps are just deep enough for skiing, Antarctic mountains are swallowed up by their caps, and lie buried beneath an ice sheet that is five kilometers thick.
南极大陆的山脉覆盖的面积与欧洲的阿尔卑斯山差不多。不过阿尔卑斯山顶积雪的深度仅够滑雪，南极大陆的山脉却被积雪吞噬，深埋在厚达五公里的冰层下。
(短文节选,本篇始于第1405期：南极大陆) | |
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I had to bite my tongue.
做人太心直口快，在不当的时候冲动乱说话，很容易得罪别人，所以要懂得在适当时候‘保持缄默’：I had to bite my tongue. （我只好咬着我的舌头 ）/ I had to hold my tongue.（我要按着我的舌头）， 也可直接说：Stop myself from saying something.（阻止自已说出某些话）。不想令人难堪，有时要强忍不说真相，但有些情况却是因想不起而说不出口，可以这样形容：It's on the tip of my tongue. (话到嘴边或几乎想起)。
对 话
Candy: Guess what. Vanessa just told me that she's in a pageant.
Lisa: She told me the same thing. What could I possibly say to that?
Candy: That's right. Imagine her in a pageant. I had to bite my tongue.
Lisa: Forget you. Somebody should bite her tongue… right off. That would stop her lies. (Vanessa approaches) Hi Vanessa, you look great. (They are as fake as Vanessa is)
Candy : Yeah, I told you, you looked great. Look at your hair, it's so gorgeous.
Lisa: Oh your hair and your physique.
坎蒂: 猜我听到什么，凡内莎刚告诉我她去选美。
莉莎: 她同样也告诉过我，我对此有什么好说呢？
坎蒂: 对，一想到她去选美，我只好不说话。
莉莎: 算了吧，有些人应咬断自己的舌头，以免说谎。（凡内莎走近）嗨，凡内莎，你美极了。(两人如凡内莎般虚假 ) 。
坎蒂: 是啊，我之前就说过，你真的很漂亮，瞧瞧你的秀发，真亮丽。
莉莎: 噢，你的秀发，还有你的身材。
莉莎听说凡内莎参加选美，很不以为然：What could I possibly say to that?（我对此有什么好说呢？）坎蒂说：I had to bite my tongue（我只好不说话）。
舌头(tongue)是说话用的，‘失言’就叫做a slip of the tongue，例如：I should have said “Dr Chen” instead of “Mr. Chen” : it was just a slip of the tongue（我应说‘陈博士’而不是‘陈先生’：那是一时说错了）。为免失言，最好bite one's tongue（把舌头咬着）；所以，这成语是‘保持沉默’的意思，例如：I was going to tell him, but I bit my tongue when I saw you wink at me（我本来要告诉他，但看见你向我使眼色，就忍住不说）。留意吃东西时，不慎咬到舌头，英文也叫做to bite one's tongue。
但有时舌头未及时咬住就失言了，使人恨不得bite one's tongue off（把舌头咬断）：加off一字，有‘后悔失言’的意思，例如：When I saw how she was hurt by my inadvertent remark, I could have bitten my tongue off（我见自己一句无心的话令她那么难过，深悔失言）。莉莎说Vanessa should bite her tongue right off to stop her lies（凡内莎应自己咬断舌头以免说谎），则当然和‘后悔失言’无关，只是照字面意思用字。
其实莉莎说话也不老实。她在凡内莎面前大赞凡内莎漂亮，这种行为叫做with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek，即‘说话不老实’或 ‘话中带刺’，例如：Lisa praised Vanessa with her tongue in her cheek（莉莎言不由衷的赞美凡内莎）。
作者：古德明（香港） | |
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