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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) U/ A% u% k* \# ~
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  你们的前途都很远大,但仍需努力工作% W* m/ L* _1 V' p* M( Y
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  You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard., A- Q8 a/ D4 l

2 a  u$ u3 M, o8 [8 d# r  2.好险 a narrow squeak
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  3.手气好 have the Midas touch
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  王先生的手气特别好,干什么都挣钱。
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+ X; [9 c$ V0 j: ]+ d) ^' x  Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
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/ w0 P# U$ I% e, Z2 p7 T; d  (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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% \# w- z9 t5 z; \8 T6 d  4.走运 be on the gravy train
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  这几年他一直很走运& _0 y& M' r% `2 u8 i

' @( N5 Y7 i* m8 C8 a& c% y  He’s been on the gravy train these years.
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  5.让人给骗了 be ripped off' `7 h& N" t  L4 c
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  我又被那个家伙给骗了  ~5 u' _- k) m' b

1 z1 c' Y) `. z6 h8 d3 I2 v! C  I was ripped off again by that guy.
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  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.& D5 q9 D* s0 D  P

  g4 z* O1 g- [% K) k  你再劝他也只是白费力气
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  Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.
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  8.命好 lead a charmed life- v8 }& i0 u' s; I0 {' u
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  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。; g4 [! X6 x$ X: V" C; R, [

, Q! o& r* t, r$ p+ O/ A, K% c  His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general* x. @+ p: }1 B
    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
1 t  ?! {* b6 k" V, O6 `: j) W    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading
8 q1 Q* D) ~# y( g( B* y7 F& u    a charmful life!3 c' s1 Z* ~+ K7 i7 s# m$ Y( j

2 A0 O) @7 r" W+ O  9.倒霉 get in the neck
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9 x4 V0 o+ n: }' L2 R$ S6 e& x  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。5 u, V2 }& v4 s3 b

' ^% L* ^3 X- {" ~3 o4 S& h2 g  In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always
, u! ?% t4 j/ z% C    the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.
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  10.背黑锅 hold the bag
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' z5 C- E7 W& \& }5 u8 O  在任何的情况下,我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅5 y  U; T. k. D3 j0 ]; R
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  Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.
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  y  U: s- b# I" w  11. 有利可图的事 an angle4 m$ N* J, {2 b/ _/ T1 d
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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
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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.% k' T! U* T  Z4 m' U; @( n" b- F
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  13.被开除 be sacked3 d2 O1 E) b- ?  W7 L' g
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  他因为玩忽职守被开除了
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  He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.8 A! D6 k; O- t, H0 G/ @3 C

& N: L! i  X3 S' R0 @: X  14.因祸得福 a blessing in disguise$ ]9 i8 W4 Z2 H: K

: ?7 T* Y+ ~( ]5 @% E  Q4 ~  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: J: B- m& F  d% W

) g8 Y" y, r: S# G+ Z, x) s, @  He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
: H- C; t" p  ~/ e& H3 Z    pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital.
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  15.一举成名 be vaulted to fame
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2 E5 A) C. m! U% M  老张就是个一夜成功,一举成名的典型例证
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, i% E2 k7 v! r! w" |' P1 b  Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
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; Y8 G- v( r% b0 e, h  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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$ k# _4 d& z: N2 e3 u% ^6 k- Z! i  This is a chance once in a blue moon.$ o% t6 x$ _2 A, Y; }- q
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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! N. F, W7 x1 @! T6 Z4 F

  x1 C( C' d: E5 R  I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.
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. U6 d) P1 p3 R4 ]) L" o: l; \8 [  18.没门!No way!1 K, Z3 j2 ~$ X8 B
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  19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered
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0 K. M" Y* f1 F2 m  他意识到自己好日子没几天了,不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。
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  He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his4 P$ F) U8 y+ h" {  I
    days were numbered.: i- q: V# ?/ f9 V! `1 b  g
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  20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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9 i( K' G6 a- G2 Y6 r0 Q# V  依我看,他们的成功有点玄乎# j, Z# F. y+ Z- }+ p" `, q& B
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  As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.
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