托福词汇之与汪星人有关的表达.docVIP

托福词汇之与汪星人有关的表达 　　美国人使用的很多短语里面都含有dog这个词。美国人很喜欢狗，对他们的狗非常好。他们会带狗去散步，让狗在户外玩耍，给他们良好的食物和医疗。然而，没有主人的狗就过着完全不同的生活。有一个短语，to lead a dogs life，就是用来描述生活不尽如人意的人。 　　Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. 　　美国人使用的很多短语里面都含有dog这个词。美国人很喜欢狗，对他们的狗非常好。 　　They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. 　　他们会带狗去散步，让狗在户外玩耍，给他们良好的食物和医疗。 　　However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. 　　然而，没有主人的狗就过着完全不同的生活。 　　The expression, to lead a dogs life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence. 　　有一个短语，to lead a dogs life，就是用来描述生活不尽如人意的人。 　　Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. 　　有人说，我们生活在一个dog-eat-dog world。这句话的意思是说，许多人在为同样的事情竞争，比如好的工作机会。 　　They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. 　　他们说，为了成功，人必须work like a dog，意思是说，必须非常非常努力的工作。 　　Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog. 　　这么努力的工作会把人弄的dog-tired。然后，如果他们变得sick as a dog，情况会更糟糕。 　　Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. 　　人们还说every dog has its day。这句话是说，每个人在他或她的生命中都有一段快乐的日子。 　　To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. 　　为了成功，人民必须经常学习新的技能。 　　Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. 　　然而，有人说you can never teach an old dog new tricks， 　　They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things. 　　他们相信年长的人不喜欢学习新知识，不会改变他们的思维方式。 　　Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways. People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. 　　有些人有些不好的方面被比作狗。不友好或者冷漠的人会被描述成as meaner than a junkyard dog。 　　Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. 　　Junkyard dogs生活