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break the ice
打破沉默
What we have to do now is to break the ice.
我们的当务之急是打破僵局。
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At dinner that night
Dad: Howard, your mother tells me that you're staying up too late.
Howard: I don't think so. I get enough sleep...like six hours a night.
Dad: Grown-ups sleep six hours. You need at least eight or nine hours, just like your brother.
Howard: Like Seth? He's a little kid. He needs more sleep than me.
Dad: Seth could teach you a thing or two about listening to your parents.
Howard: Ha! That'll be the day!
Dad: Your bedtime is ten o'clock from now on.
(续上期，下期续)
当天晚餐时
爸爸：霍华，你妈告诉我你太晚睡了。
霍华：我可不觉得。我睡够了……一个晚上六个钟头。
爸爸：成年人睡六个钟头。你至少需要八到九个小时，跟你弟弟一样。
霍华：跟赛司一样？他是小孩子。他比我需要睡眠。
爸爸：赛司可以教教你要听爸妈的话。
霍华：哈！你就慢慢等吧！
爸爸：从现在起，你的就寝时间是十点。
重点解说：
★ grown-up (n.) 成年人，大人。通常是小孩在说话，或是在跟小孩说话时，才会用这个字
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Like “Huckleberry Finn”, “The Catcher in the Rye” is a coming-of-age novel. It is written in the language of its time, yet covers issues that are still relevant to young people today. It is likely to retain its status as a thought-provoking, if somewhat depressing, read for quite some time.
《麦田守望者》跟《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》一样，都是成长纪事小说。尽管它是按当时的语言写成的，却仍然包含了许多与现在的年轻人相关的问题。这本书虽然有点压抑，但作为一本发人深省的读物，它势必在相当长的一段时间里保持其地位。
(短文节选,本篇始于第1560期：《麦田守望者》) | |
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I'm going to paint the town red.
对话
Harry: I haven't seen you for months. Where have you been?
Brad: Working on a cruise ship. But I signed off this morning. I don't have
to go back until September, so I've got two months off.
Harry: You must have banked a lot of pay.
Brad: A lot more than after my last contract. This time I saved as much as I could.
Harry: What are you going to do tonight?
Brad: What do you think? I'm going to paint the town red. Care to join me?
哈利：很多个月没有见面了，你去哪里了？
布拉：我在一艘游轮上工作，但今天上午离职了，到九月才须要再回到船上，所以有两个月闲暇。
哈利：你一定存了不少工资在银行户头。
布拉：比上次合约期满时多得多。这一次我尽全力存钱。
哈利：你今晚做什么？
布拉：你认为我会做什么？我会去狂欢。有兴趣和我一起玩吗？
To paint the town red直译是‘把城市漆成红色’，意思却是‘狂欢’，往往指去夜总会、酒吧等场所喝酒作乐。这成语的起源无法确定。有人以‘酒酣耳热，或有斗殴和其它事故，以致血染城市’为言，也有人以‘看朱成碧，颜始红’的醉酒现象为言。无论如何，‘把城市漆成红色’，无非是要好好享受一下，例如：I have finally got a job, and am going to paint the town red tonight. If I come home late, don't stay up for me（我终于找到工作了，今夜要去狂欢一下，假如晚回家了，不用等我）。
去城中娱乐场所寻欢取乐，也可以叫out on the town，例如：(1) Our exams are over, so let's go out on the town tonight（考试都结束了，我们今晚到城中玩乐吧）。(2) They will be out on the town tonight（他们今晚会到城中玩乐）。(3) A night out on the town left me exhausted and sleepy（我在城中玩了一晚，疲倦得很，昏昏欲睡）。留意这成语常用动词go或be（或is、was等be的变体）带出，又out on the town通常是在晚上，所以a night out on the town这说法十分常见。布拉说：I signed off this morning。到公司、船上等任职，一般要签合约，这叫做sign on；所以，离职叫做sign off，例如：(1) I signed on this afternoon, and will start work tomorrow（我今天下午签了任职合约，明天开始上班）。(2) Fed up with the office, I decided to sign off（我厌倦了办公室的一切，决定辞职）。
作者：古德明（香港）
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