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at one's wit's end
智穷计尽
I'm at my wit's end and can do nothing more.
我已智穷才尽，无能为力了。
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A few days later
Laurie: My muscles aren't killing me anymore, but I feel like my brain's about to explode.
Carol: Well, b-ball is not the world's simplest sport.
Laurie: I'll never keep things straight. Man-on-man defense, three-one-one, three-two, two-one-two.
Carol: You just need to do it until it's second nature. But there's still something missing in your game.
Laurie: My footwork's not exactly pretty.
Carol: It's not that. You're missing the feeling. The love of the game. I want you to start sleeping with your basketball.
(续上期，下期续)
几天后
萝莉：我的肌肉不再让我痛得要死了，但我却觉得脑袋快要爆炸了。
卡罗：呃，篮球可不是世界上最简单的运动。
萝莉：我永远都搞不清楚。盯人防守、三一一、三二、二一二联防。
卡罗：你只要把它练成你的第二天性就好了。但你比赛里还缺少什么东西。
萝莉：我的步法不是很好。
卡罗：不是那个。你缺少感觉。对打球的热爱。我要你开始跟篮球一起睡。
重点解说：
★ b-ball (n.) = basketball，篮球
★ keep things straight 厘清界限，妥善处理
★ second nature 第二天性，习惯成自然 | |
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During his lifetime, Nicholas’s reputation for generosity and kindness gave rise to stories of miracles he performed for the poor, the weak--and children. After his death, devotion to Nicholas extended to all parts of Europe. His feast day was celebrated on December 6, but his reputation as a gift-giver later became attached to the celebration of Christmas on December 25.
尼古拉在世时慷慨仁慈的名声衍生出他为穷人、弱者和孩子创造奇迹的许多故事。尼古拉死后，人们对他的挚爱延伸到欧洲各地。节日仪式定在12月6日举行，但是他身为“赠礼者”的声望，后来却与12月25日圣诞节的庆典扯上了关系。
(短文节选,本篇始于第1549期：圣诞老人，报上名来) | |
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I let the clutch out.
对 话
Audrey: You're not looking too cheerful, what's the matter?
Eva: I've just had my first driving lesson and it was terrible.
Audrey: Oh, I'm sure it couldn't have been that bad.
Eva: It was. Every time I let the clutch out, the engine stalled.
Audrey: That's because you weren't depressing the accelerator enough.
Eva: I know, that's what the instructor kept telling me.
Audrey: Don't worry, you just need more practice and then you'll master it.
Eva: I hope you're right, because I want to get a car of my own, but I can't do that until I've passed the driving test.
奥黛丽：你看来心情不大愉快,是什么回事?
伊娃：我刚才上了第一次驾驶课，很不顺利。
奥黛丽：啊,应该不会太糟吧。
伊娃：糟极了, 我每次松开离合器,引擎就停下来。
奥黛丽：那是因为油门踩得不够低。
伊娃：我也明白，驾驶教练不断跟我这样说。
奥黛丽：别担心!多点练习，就可以掌握了。
伊娃：希望如此，因为我真想自己有一辆车；但要有自己的车，一定要驾驶测验及格不可。
今天，汽车有自动换档的，英文叫automatics；也有用操纵杆换档的，叫stick shifts。I prefer a stick shift to an automatic即‘我宁要操纵杆换档的汽车，不要自动换档的’。用操纵杆换档的汽车，要开动，须使用离合器(clutch)。你要踩着离合器踏板，使汽车挂上排档(gear)：You have to press the clutch pedal down and put the car in/into gear。然后，你得慢慢松开离合器踏板，同时用另一只脚踩油门(accelerator，又称gas pedal)：You let the clutch up and at the same time step on the accelerator。这时，进一步松开离合器，汽车就可开动：You let the clutch out (= release the clutch), and the car will start to move。不过，假如踩油门不得其法，引擎得不到足够燃料，就会停止转动。汽车或引擎因动力不足而停下来，叫做stall，例如：The car/engine stalled because the gas had run out（由于汽油耗尽，汽车抛锚了）。汽车的排档关乎车速。一档(first gear)速度最低，以后二、三档(second/third gear)等逐渐加速。一档也叫bottom/low gear，最高速的排档的则叫top/high gear，例如：He shifted/changed to a lower gear when going down the hill（下山时，他改用较低的排档）。引申其义，high/top gear有‘高速’的意思，例如：Our work gradually got into high gear（我们的工作渐渐快起来）。
作者：古德明（香港）
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