Life and death 生命与死亡是文学家、哲学家们描述不完的永恒的主题。莎士比亚的名句:Death lies on her,like an un-timely frost.把死亡的 mystery(神秘)和irresistibility(不可抗拒)描述得令人心悸。而那些早逝的美丽灵魂不免让我...Life and death 生命与死亡是文学家、哲学家们描述不完的永恒的主题。莎士比亚的名句:Death lies on her,like an un-timely frost.把死亡的 mystery(神秘)和irresistibility(不可抗拒)描述得令人心悸。而那些早逝的美丽灵魂不免让我们想起 C.D.Sillery 名句的精妙:Died inbeauty,like a rose blown from its parentstem.古人说:不知生,焉知死。反过来我们不妨说:不知死,焉知生。Today let’slook at several expressions using the worddead.(今天我们来看看与死 dead 有关的几个表达法。)When we talk about a house plant that iscompletely withered or a failed project thatis beyond resurrection(一株家养的植物枯萎了或者一个再也无法起死回生的失败了的项目),我们可能用到这样的expression:"The plant is dead as adoornail.""The project is dead as adoornail."Why do we say it?Door 是门,nail 是钉子,而 doornail 指的是门上装饰用的大头钉。从前,mechanical and elec-展开更多
English is undoubtedly the global language, but as China rises ever higher on the world stage, Mandarin is beginning to look like a potential challenger to that title. Satus—it means 'the beginning' in Latin,...English is undoubtedly the global language, but as China rises ever higher on the world stage, Mandarin is beginning to look like a potential challenger to that title. Satus—it means 'the beginning' in Latin, but how many people would know that?展开更多
文摘Life and death 生命与死亡是文学家、哲学家们描述不完的永恒的主题。莎士比亚的名句:Death lies on her,like an un-timely frost.把死亡的 mystery(神秘)和irresistibility(不可抗拒)描述得令人心悸。而那些早逝的美丽灵魂不免让我们想起 C.D.Sillery 名句的精妙:Died inbeauty,like a rose blown from its parentstem.古人说:不知生,焉知死。反过来我们不妨说:不知死,焉知生。Today let’slook at several expressions using the worddead.(今天我们来看看与死 dead 有关的几个表达法。)When we talk about a house plant that iscompletely withered or a failed project thatis beyond resurrection(一株家养的植物枯萎了或者一个再也无法起死回生的失败了的项目),我们可能用到这样的expression:"The plant is dead as adoornail.""The project is dead as adoornail."Why do we say it?Door 是门,nail 是钉子,而 doornail 指的是门上装饰用的大头钉。从前,mechanical and elec-
文摘English is undoubtedly the global language, but as China rises ever higher on the world stage, Mandarin is beginning to look like a potential challenger to that title. Satus—it means 'the beginning' in Latin, but how many people would know that?
