20161-2月热词.docx

1你遭遇“新年障碍”（New Years block）了吗？新的一年来到，每个人都期望新年有新气象，有新的收获。可因为习惯思维的关系，大家在新年的前几周会时不时地把新年的日期写成去年的。这样的情况，我们就叫做new years block。New years block is a condition that usually takes place the first couple of weeks into the new year, in which a person keeps writing in the last/previous year in place of the new one.New years block（新年障碍）是在每年刚开始的那几周会频繁发生的一种情况：人们在填写日期的时候，会在本该写新年份的地方习惯性地写上刚刚过去那一年的数字。For example:This is my third check today I write in the old year! I guess I got new years block.这是今天第三张把日期错写成去年的支票了！我猜我是患了新年障碍了。2充满希望，乐观积极的“一月心情”(January feeling)俗话说，新年新迹象。在人们的观念里，随着新年的到来，周遭事物也跟着焕然一新，为我们带来希望和快乐。由于新年伊始是一月，这种乐观心理也因此得名“一月心情”。January feeling refers to an emotional state characterized by feelings of optimism and possibility, particularly at the start of a new year.“一月心情”是指新年伊始之际，对一切抱持乐观态度，认为所有事都充满各种可能性的心理状态。For example:Is it just me or are you all looking forward to the end of 2015? Something about that fresh new January feeling — all things seem possible!是只有我一个人有这种感觉，还是你们大家都在期盼迎来2015年年末？这是某些关于全新的“一月心情”，即一切似乎皆有可能！Theres another sense of this expression that means almost the opposite: An emotional state characterized by feelings of melancholy and lethargy, particularly early in the year when the holidays are over and a long winter looms. But this sense is quite old, dating to at least the mid 1920s.该词还有几乎相反的另一种用法：指人们处于忧郁悲伤、无精打采的心理状态，尤其当人们年初休完假，仍处于漫长冬季的时候。不过，这种用法较为陈旧，至少可追溯到十九世纪20年代中期。For example:Anyone who wants to lose that January feeling and substitute for that exhiliration and reinforced vitality, I recommend to go to the Exhibition of Canadian Art, open at present at the City Art Gallery.我推荐那些想摆脱“一月心情”，恢复幸福快乐、生机盎然的状态的人去参观目前正在城市美术馆展出的“加拿大艺术展”。3有问必答的“男性回答综合征”一群朋友在一起聊天，无论别人提什么问题，总有一个人抢着回答，虽然，他的回答可能并不是很靠谱。嗯，身边这样“无所不知”的人还真是不少呢！他们是不是都患了“男性回答综合征”啊？Male answer syndrome(MAS) is the tendency for some men to answer a question even when they dont know the answer.“男性回答综合征”指部分男性听到有人提问题就想回答，无论是否真的知道答案。Try an experiment. Ask a male friend a question, something completely outside his sphere