智慧俚語

1.bigger fish to fry

字面翻譯為“有更大的魚要炸”，比喻有更重要的事情要辦。

例句：Don’t focus on the trivial issue； we have bigger fish to fry.別專注在瑣事上，我們有更重要的事要做。

2.nail in the coffin

字面翻譯為“棺材釘子”，比喻決定成敗的最重要因素，致命的一擊。

例句：You may see text messages as another nail in the coffin of face-to-face human interaction.

你也許覺得發(fā)短信是對人們面對面交流的又一致命打擊。

3.cut to the chase

字面翻譯為“抄捷徑去追獵物”，比喻開門見山，轉(zhuǎn)入（或切入）正題。

例句：Cut to the chase and keep it simple by eliminating extraneous words and phrases.

開門見山，并通過刪除不必要的詞句來保持它的簡潔。

1.“Ha-ha， the Father has blood relationship with the cat！”

2. Son calls the kitty to him.

3. He dressed up the kitty.

4. “Gee！ We are dazzled just now？”

Classical culture and popular entertainment

In recent years， popular entertainment programs have been borrowing ideas from classical culture. However， entertainment promgrams only touch the shallow surface of classics and contain more attractive entertaining factors than core beliefs of classical culture. Besides experts in classical culture， more and more common people begin to show their great disgust at simplistic， erroneous and entertaining interpretations of classics. The bitter sarcasm about the new TV serial version of A Dream of Red Mansions is a typical example to illustrate the public’s strong dissatisfaction. TV viewers cast their deep suspicion about whether the serial can reflect the spirit of this classic novel.

Popular entertainment products are excellent for making masterpieces accessible to common people， but classics are far different from simple entertainment. Classical culture includes not merely legends and arts， but meanings and beliefs which require more and more time and concentration to appreciate. Therefore， people should be more serious about classics and carefully and thoroughly explore the treasure of classical culture.

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智能手機時代的副作用

當(dāng)今，智能手機已經(jīng)成為必要且不能替代的個人用品，不幸的是也成為很多人上癮的源頭。可以下載很多有趣的游戲和聊天工具，使智能手機變得非常具有娛樂性。許多人不能抵制誘惑，對手機愛不釋手。毫無疑問，上癮是有害的。上癮的人不喜歡面對面交流，令他們與現(xiàn)實生活中朋友的聯(lián)系變?nèi)?，從而使他們變得孤立，只剩下手中的一個電子玩具。另外，上癮者幾乎不會有充滿意義的生活，因為他們的注意力不在重要的能使人生豐富的活動上，比如認真學(xué)習(xí)、專心工作和在自然中給自己充電。

如此豐富的人生等著我們?nèi)ヌ剿?。沉迷于智能手機這個電子產(chǎn)品是不明智的。智能手機只是一個工具，我們應(yīng)該理智地使用它。