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back on one's feet
东山再起
He soon got back on his feet after the fall.
他受过挫折，但很快就东山再起。
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The day before the game
Carol: Well, Laurie. This is our last practice before the big game!
Laurie: I'm so nervous.
Carol: Understandable, but you've really learned a lot in the last thirty days.
Laurie: I'm so worried I'll embarrass you on national television.
Carol: Not a chance, girl. I've taught you all my smoothest moves. The fans will love you.
Laurie: Thanks, Carol. You know, I don't even care if I win the money. I just want to play.
Carol: I told you sleeping with your basketball would help.
(续上期，下期续)
比赛前一天
卡罗：好吧，萝莉。这是大赛开始前我们的最后一次练习！
萝莉：我好紧张。
卡罗：可以理解，但是你过去三十天来真的学了很多。
萝莉：我好担心我会在全国电视上丢你的脸。
卡罗：门儿都没有，小姐。我把我最流畅的技巧都教你了。球迷会爱上你的。
萝莉：谢谢你，卡罗。你知道吗，我根本不在乎我能不能赢钱。我只想要打球。
卡罗：我就跟你说抱篮球睡觉会有帮助的。
重点解说：
★ understandable (a.) 可以理解的
★ embarrass (v.) 使困窘
★ Not a chance. 门儿都没有。
★ smooth (a.) 顺畅的，圆熟的 | |
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In the 17th century, Dutch colonists took this tradition with them to America. Later, Sinterklaas was adopted by the English-speaking majority as “Santa Claus.” The resulting image of a “jolly old elf” driving a sleigh with “eight tiny reindeer” crystallized in the 19th century. That was when Clement Moore wrote the now-famous poem “A Visit From Saint Nick.” And the red-and-white suit? That was created by a Coca-Cola adman in the 1930s.
17世纪，荷兰的殖民者将这个传统带到美洲。后来，“Sinterklaas”为多数说英语的人民所采用，并改成了“Santa Claus”。他最后的形象──“快乐的老矮人”驾着“八只小驯鹿”拉的雪橇──是在19世纪开始变得明确具体起来的。摩尔(Clement Moore)就在那时写了《圣人尼克的来访》这首闻名至今的诗。还有那件红白套装呢？那是在20世纪30年代，可口可乐公司的广告商创造出来的。
(短文节选,本篇始于第1549期：圣诞老人，报上名来) | |
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Our plane was diverted.
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Alice: We had a terrible time getting back from our vacation on Majorca last week.
Simon: Did you have an accident?
Alice: No, nothing like that thank goodness, but we were supposed to fly back direct to London and our plane was diverted to Manchester. It took us half a day extra to get home.
Simon: What bad luck! What was the reason?
Alice: There was a lot of fog in London, which was quite unusual for the time of year, so they diverted our flight for safety reasons.
Simon: Rather that than risk a crash.
Alice: I suppose you're right.
艾丽斯：上星期我们从马霍卡岛度假回来，旅途很不愉快。
西门：有发生意外事有故吗？
艾丽斯：不是，幸好没有那么糟。不过，我们原应直接飞回伦敦，却要转往曼彻斯特降落，多花了半天才回到家里。
西门：真倒霉！为什么要转飞曼彻斯特？
艾丽斯：伦敦当时起了浓雾，在这个季节实在不寻常。他们为了安全安全，要我们改飞曼彻斯特。
西门：改飞，总胜于坠毁。
艾丽斯：这个当然。
Divert是‘转移（方向、用途等）’，名词是diversion。除了说飞机，车辆改道也常用这个字，例如：All traffic had to take a diversion because of the car crash/All traffic had to be diverted because of the car crash（由于撞车事故，所有车辆都要改道）。空中交通叫air traffic，例如：The air traffic controller diverted all flights to New York（空中交通管制员要所有班机改道飞往纽约）。
Divert既有‘转移’的意思，所以也有‘使人分心’、‘娱乐’的意思，例如：(1) The clowns diverted the children（小丑把孩子们逗乐了）。(2) Two men quarreled to divert our attention while another man tried to pick our pockets（两个男人吵起来，一个分散我们的注意力，另一个则试图偷我们身上的东西）。转移人家注意力的手法，叫做create a diversion，例如：你可以说The two men created a diversion while another man tried to pick our pockets。艾丽斯说飞机没有遇上意外事故：Thank goodness。这个goodness请勿解作‘好’或‘善良’。英文常用goodness作感叹语，代替God，所以Thank goodness等于‘谢天谢地’，My goodness等于‘天哪’，Goodness knows等于‘天晓得’，For goodness' sake等于‘看在老天面子上’，例如：(1) For goodness' sake, don't tell her!（千万不要告诉她啊！）(2) Goodness knows what he wants（谁知道他要什么）。西方人认为感叹语用God、Christ等字，未免亵渎神明，goodness是较婉转的说法。
作者：古德明（香港）
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