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1. You have matches

最近我有一次机会登上一艘豪华游轮观光。一次, 我在酒吧台拿了两杯鸡尾酒回房间享受，途中遇到一位女士，她看看我后笑着说：”You have matches?” 我一愣，回答说：“很抱歉，我十五年前就戒烟了，所以没有火柴。”她立刻会意到我误解了她的意思，好像是有点抱歉的说：”It’s a joke.” 然后，我们就相互尴尬的笑了笑，走开了。事后和朋友在吃晚饭的时候聊天，我趁机向一个美国朋友请教白天的那句话，他解释说：“因为她看你两手都占着，就故 意开玩笑跟你要火柴，这是个非常普通的笑话，非但没有恶意，反而是想问你需不需要帮忙。”（摘自《世界日报》）

2. Turn the table

一位亲戚和妻子失和到了要离婚的地步。几天前接到亲戚电话，说他们在走进律师楼之前，先去求助于心理和婚姻问题专家。夫妇俩心平气和地坐下来谈了好 多次，互相之间多了一份理解，少了一份猜疑、埋怨，结果化干戈为玉帛。说简单也简单，就这么拯救了这场婚姻。我打心眼里为他们高兴，把这一消息告诉了同样 也认识他们的一位美国朋友。这位朋友挺激动的，连连说着“感谢上帝，感谢上帝”，她还补充了一句”He turned the table”。

这话让我心里很不舒服，她是指我亲戚动粗吗？我打抱不平说：“不会，不会，他很斯文，很有绅士风度，不会以粗鲁的举动压制对方，不会以高压让对方屈 从。” 结果，越说谁也听不懂谁。看着我那一脸不快的表情，朋友突然茅塞頓开了，以另一种方法向我解释。终于让我明白，她是说我亲戚“扭转了局面”，那 “table”和我想到的“桌子”根本无关。

再说远一点, turn the tables (on someone)这个短语也和“桌子”没什么关系, 它的意思是to suddenly take a position of strength or advantage that was formerly held by someone else（反败为胜,转弱为强），例如: “She played badly in the first set, but then she turned the tables on her opponent and won the match. “（摘自《世界日报》）

3. Wearing two hats

同事朋友聚会，少不了相互介绍。先生在向我介绍他的同事 Larry 时，说他可是个大忙人: “He is wearing two hats.” 我说，你开什么玩笑，他根本就没戴帽子。Larry 一直以笑作答，倒是先生察言观色，知道我不懂，便帮我找台阶下。原来，先生是指Larry在医院某一部门担任要职，除此之外，还有自己的生意，就是说 Larry 身兼两职，而不是真的戴了两顶帽子。（摘自《世界日报》）

4. With a grain of salt

一天吃饭的时候，好友Allen和他的中国籍太太坐在餐桌旁大谈最近流行的一种草药，说它能包治百病。Allen 说了一句：”I’d like to take it with a grain of salt”。他太太笑道：“你以为它是蔬菜啊，还要加点盐再吃。健康专家可没有说过要加盐。”Allen 愣了一下，然后大笑不已，解释道”Take something with a grain of salt”是“对某事有保留、持怀疑态度”的意思。 原来刚才Allen 是说他对这种草药的神奇疗效表示怀疑，而不是说要“放些盐再吃”。（摘自《世界日报》）

5.You are in for a treat!

这天，同事们正在讨论为我和 Rhonda 开生日 party的事情，为了尊重寿星，大家让Rhonda 和我选择一家中意的餐厅。Rhonda建议去镇上一家叫做BBQ 的美国餐厅。我从来没有去过那里，于是就问她那里有什么特色。Rhonda便开始滔滔不绝的介绍他们的招牌菜，听得我十指大动，直咽口水，Rhonda便 笑着说: “You are in for a treat !” 我愣了一下，以为Rhonda要请我去那里吃饭，心里十分不好意思，试探着问过她之后，Rhonda 笑着解释说: “You are in for a treat means you’ll like it !”（摘自《世界日报》）

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1. The angry is that taking the other’s mistake to punish oneself.
2. The hope of tomorrow lets us forget today’s pain.
3. Shining is not the sun’s patent, you also may shine.
4. The only way to obtain happiness is that, cherish what you have got and forget what you haven’t got.
5. You may obtain the world with love; you also may lose the world with hate.
6. The true love should surmount the length of life, the width of mind and the depth of soul
7. The strength of love is big enough to cause the person to forget all, but actually as small which cannot hold just a sand of envy.
8. No matter when you start, the more importantly is that do not stop after started. No matter when you end, the more importantly is that do not regret after ended.
9. Entertains the highest hope, for the greatest endeavor, make the worst plan.
10. The place which the ideal is in, the hell maybe a heaven. The place which hope is in, the pain may becomes happiness.
11. God never complains people’s ignorance while people actually complains the unfair of God.
12. The happy life should fill the anticipation, pleasantly surprise and grateful.
13. In the world the most exhausting matter is that spending every day falsely
14. Actually it is just in an idea when feel oneself can achieve and cannot achieve
15. Low down the anticipation in advance then the concern’s for people could be more comfortable.
16. The person will not lose oneself so long as not lose the direction.
17. If you once eulogized the daybreak, then also asks you to hug the dark night.
18. The regards shouldn’t be so careful but it must be sincerely to be moved.
19. The important line in life is not the position which stands, but the direction which faces.
20. When you can fly, do not have to give up fly. When you can dream, do not have to give up the dream. When you can love, do not give up the love.
21. People always treasure the ones which haven’t obtained, but forget the ones which had already had.
22. One today will exceed two tomorrow.
23. Must engrave on mind; every day is the happiest day in a year.
24. The optimism sees the opportunity in the disaster; the pessimist sees the disaster in the opportunity. 25. It doesn’t mean the in existence of fear if have courage, but is dares facing to fear, to overcome the fear.
26. The biggest mistake in life is the unceasingly worried about making mistake.
27. Turn your face to the sunlight then there cannot have the shadow.
28. The experience takes out by the essence of pain.
29. Face the past with the least lamentation, face present with the least waste and with the most dream to face future.
30. If you want to have the perfect friendship, possibly you may find no friend for all lifetime.
31. Do not put yourself in the deep of sorrow when you feel unpleasant, think about the days with laughter.
32. Before correct others, meditate on yourself whether you make mistake first.
33. If you cannot put yourself in the battle of heights just because of the fear of defeat, you will never get successes.
34. If you want to overcome the anxiety and depressed in life, you may learn to be your own master first.
35. You cannot control the weather, but you can change your mood.
36. the most fearful poverty is the feeling of lonely and be abandoned.
37. Treat others kindly when you are self-satisfied, because you will need them when you are frustrated.
38. There are two kinds of people in the world: requester and giving. Perhaps the former can eat well, but the latter absolutely can have good sleep.
39. The 100 sheep under the leadership of one line are more fearful than the 100 lions under the leadership of one sheep.
40 We always like the person who adore ourselves, but we not necessarily like the person which ourselves worship.   

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1. This moment will nap, you will have a dream; But this moment study,you will interpreta dream.
1.此刻打盹，你将做梦；而此刻学习，你将圆梦。

2. I leave uncultivated today, was precisely yesterday perishestomorrow which person of the body implored.
2.我荒废的今日，正是昨日殒身之人祈求的明日。

3. Thought is already is late, exactly is the earliest time.
3.觉得为时已晚的时候，恰恰是最早的时候。

4. Not matter of the today will drag tomorrow.
4.勿将今日之事拖到明日。

5. Time the study pain is temporary, has not learned the pain is life-long.
5.学习时的苦痛是暂时的，未学到的痛苦是终生的。

6. Studies this matter, lacks the time, but is lacks diligently.
6.学习这件事，不是缺乏时间，而是缺乏努力。

7. Perhaps happiness does not arrange the position, but succeeds must arrange the position.
7.幸福或许不排名次，但成功必排名次。

8. The study certainly is not the life complete. But, since continuallylife part of – studies also is unable to conquer, what but also can make?
8.学习并不是人生的全部。但，既然连人生的一部分——学习也无法征服，还能做什么呢？

9. Please enjoy the pain which is unable to avoid.
9.请享受无法回避的痛苦。

10. Only has compared to the others early, diligently diligently, can feel the successful taste.
10.只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。

11. Nobody can casually succeed, it comes from the thoroughself-control and the will.
11.谁也不能随随便便成功，它来自彻底的自我管理和毅力。

12. The time is passing.
12.时间在流逝。

13. Now drips the saliva, will become tomorrow the tear.
13.现在淌的哈喇子，将成为明天的眼泪。

14. The dog equally study, the gentleman equally plays.
14.狗一样地学，绅士一样地玩。

15. Today does not walk, will have to run tomorrow.
15.今天不走，明天要跑。

16. The investment future person will be, will be loyal to the reality person.
16.投资未来的人是忠于现实的人。

17. The education level represents the income.
17.教育程度代表收入。

18. One day, has not been able again to come.
18.一天过完，不会再来。

19. Even if the present, the match does not stop changes the page.
19.即使现在，对手也不停地翻动书页。

20. Has not been difficult, then does not have attains.
20.没有艰辛，便无所获。

你控制了石油, 就控制了所有国家；控制了粮食, 就控制了人类。

——基辛格

近年来，中国的消费指数(CPI)一路走高，2008年1月份更是达到了7.1%，物价上涨、通胀压力加大。

中国物价上涨的根源在哪里？最普遍的说法是，国际粮油价格、能源价格上涨是带动国内物价上涨的主要原因之一。国际粮油价格为什么会一路飙升呢？因为美国鼓励发展用粮食提炼乙醇的能源战略，这需要消耗大量粮食，引发粮食价格上涨带动物价上涨的连锁反应。美国是世界农产品出口大国，在世界农产品市场上处于决定性地位。美国大豆产量占全世界的42.7%, 玉米产量占34.4%, 棉花产量占21.2%，小麦产量占11.6%。

2007年12月18日，美国众议院通过了自1975年以来的首个能源法案，该法案要求减少石油进口，大幅增加乙醇等生物燃料的添加比例。实质是把出口的粮食转化为乙醇燃料，由于粮食是生活的必需品，美国又是世界上最主要的粮食生产出口国，这一变化将对世界发生重大影响。这一能源法案让人联想起两千年前的战国策，且看当年在粮食问题上管仲如何三策兴齐。
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新闻联播刚刚播报，财政部将印花税降至千分之一，总算是给了点实质性的利好了，看样子后面有可能还会有组合拳出来。