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如何地道表达:工作,机会和运气

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1. 前途远大 have the world before one! k) j8 l& d+ X& d, p$ N

0 n: S9 K& Z# y, a& n: Y* J/ k3 b4 U  你们的前途都很远大,但仍需努力工作
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  You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.
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  2.好险 a narrow squeak
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  3.手气好 have the Midas touch1 a& r* l3 K% I# a( s% C' [# m6 ?5 G
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  王先生的手气特别好,干什么都挣钱。% V$ h0 N2 I3 Q; L
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  Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
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( a! z! U; }1 K" \) j; K  (此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量,任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金.后来,Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了)
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5 [3 u8 I3 P2 ~3 Q4 q9 S  4.走运 be on the gravy train2 t+ _- U, X) B" s/ ^) R

+ K) g8 [$ u  P. M1 o. o  这几年他一直很走运
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  He’s been on the gravy train these years.
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  5.让人给骗了 be ripped off! _* v* o& s  J
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  我又被那个家伙给骗了1 U  y( X" N9 r1 n3 b5 a
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  I was ripped off again by that guy.+ y" B$ S+ [2 W/ t$ m  w

4 i# K* H. M  w$ D  6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.
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  7.白费力气plough the air.
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  你再劝他也只是白费力气+ n0 J( q0 i/ s3 b( r; I
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  Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.
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$ y+ `$ r8 @" B2 O4 ^4 |' s, M  8.命好 lead a charmed life& V! O* T9 H  f1 M7 v0 ^/ a9 v

+ b# z) Y7 b* x' d- o   他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员,妈妈是公司的总经理,自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。- H8 Z4 d% N  M7 y  X- ~
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  His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general
) b" J4 S- w) u' J# d    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
# u  f4 k9 S$ n$ `( I; b    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading
8 k' a. h, A. V    a charmful life!* y$ w$ s, z+ a% O4 D8 \+ n
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  9.倒霉 get in the neck
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- o3 b& m% u% C" [' p  在家里,如果孩子们打架被父母发现了,倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。
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  In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always6 a! U! [6 \7 ]1 l
    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.$ W2 I1 }6 q; a2 @
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  10.背黑锅 hold the bag
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  在任何的情况下,我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅1 I1 x$ T' h2 M% v& B: o
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  Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.- k+ |- m& ?; G" f3 x2 m

) B0 B  [- ]/ s$ {4 `# \% k  11. 有利可图的事 an angle  q& v3 g' `) F2 g
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  无利可图的事,那家伙是从来不会干的
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  That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.
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  12.吃苦头 burn one’s fingers+ _1 w: K7 Y$ F3 R! S) E
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  以前,我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头
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  I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.' J! Z4 M3 w# @" k

3 D; l- f* q6 S, g" m) u3 b  O  13.被开除 be sacked
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  他因为玩忽职守被开除了  [: D* Y9 C) s, I* {. n. C2 N! p) F
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  He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
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) w2 a' ]1 M/ Y" z  14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise
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  他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了:住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了( P8 ^6 ?/ r" S, M5 R& @. v
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  He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a: g3 u4 d& _6 n; a9 ]3 C" s
    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.5 v$ J( g& E' E. [6 G
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  15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame1 h5 h" W1 D, w& _7 L* R7 I1 R) Y

; `8 a# @8 A. ^  老张就是个一夜成功,一举成名的典型例证
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  Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.: r' Q* e* J0 v( X8 v+ C$ i5 Y

3 G& J. T% C9 _1 s6 e  16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon
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  这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿
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  This is a chance once in a blue moon.0 ~1 e+ Q" i5 A
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  17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons
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  他肯定能通过这次的考试,这是十拿九稳的了
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2 S/ a2 B; i1 u% T  I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.
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4 Z4 c) ^- B1 e  18.没门!No way!
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: _; u: g6 i6 R8 E3 K7 ?8 [! P3 H  19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered
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  他意识到自己好日子没几天了,不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。' _+ U0 i0 [- O' O2 b

. ^+ r0 ?2 d  @- o0 s. J) ^  He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his( D+ x- S: n  P8 g6 _
    days were numbered./ }' a: R" [! [9 T
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  20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy0 y2 e3 O! b8 P$ i. R
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  依我看,他们的成功有点玄乎
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, T% L9 G5 S$ T6 i5 ]  As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.
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