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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
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  你们的前途都很远大,但仍需努力工作
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2 ?/ l) O7 D! N& c# e8 z  You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.  a7 x- s, e0 U% y

9 a6 |/ f/ y. M8 [  N0 |  2.好险 a narrow squeak
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  3.手气好 have the Midas touch5 m$ m; Z1 a  @: q5 S) ]
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  王先生的手气特别好,干什么都挣钱。
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% o/ y- E0 z) k# l2 d/ N  Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
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  (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)5 X. M; S6 w' c( [% X% q2 e
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  4.走运 be on the gravy train
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6 t6 e8 N" G& P, H/ k$ J/ Z  这几年他一直很走运
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& A6 z4 N5 _1 i* u( C6 _  He’s been on the gravy train these years.
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  5.让人给骗了 be ripped off3 `- V4 g- P, G* A) V% n: {- j5 U
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  我又被那个家伙给骗了/ q% S; i' a: n  a1 r- n- r
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  I was ripped off again by that guy.+ `8 C) g& p' e- k+ }& t1 V

' J  [7 c. ~# k: w" P  6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.- B0 }5 V" z% V; X7 m8 d6 Q7 F

6 @# n+ p6 e0 T  7.白费力气plough the air.
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  你再劝他也只是白费力气) |9 D( }# U3 @2 M2 A: ~
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  Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.
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0 x$ m* s' F- s, Q  8.命好 lead a charmed life- q+ \6 x2 Q, l. _' j

1 k6 y& K# i( |3 U: D   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。
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1 |: c) x1 S6 F) j  His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general
* j: n( w! H- n2 M- W. O+ ?    manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and
1 n) a5 X8 D" H* p% b% ]- {9 v    got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading
: D$ M! m; _' a% F; ^) A5 y9 q    a charmful life!
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  9.倒霉 get in the neck
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+ z" D& h9 w" F9 r0 N7 v. q  In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always" i4 v. \5 s" [" g
    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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  在任何的情况下,我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅
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" C  R% }& f8 H( {$ A  Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.
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" ~; Y" ?' J# V8 `  11. 有利可图的事 an angle3 d9 v6 S4 P, m
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  无利可图的事,那家伙是从来不会干的
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# V) Y  x: R5 w! j- G  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.- Z+ e2 N3 B! H
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  13.被开除 be sacked. {* T( u; l3 l) ?) w% I

5 Z( u% V3 |% i  T" X) {* @  他因为玩忽职守被开除了
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  He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.6 e- C, Q( z5 c5 k- N) f

; l7 G/ ?5 K1 A/ _+ o6 d& [* ^7 |9 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
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  He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a
* O% a, @# [1 b! H    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% \+ h3 ^3 c# p! B0 ^
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  老张就是个一夜成功,一举成名的典型例证
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& F$ c& @/ E! Y  Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
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  16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon
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/ I6 u- i3 c5 ^  _% \0 R  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.: D: K' f' i+ B  A, z

! L& c, [, I& q  r& Y  17.十拿九稳 it’s dollar to buttons
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! m9 _; Z/ ?1 G8 l  他肯定能通过这次的考试,这是十拿九稳的了
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( \2 ?9 w. d! M( f( j  I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.
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  18.没门!No way!/ j/ P0 T, y- v; ]% F" l' V/ n2 v
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  19.好日子不多了 one’s days are numbered
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( {; l4 T5 v5 w6 l5 R% `, y* ^# g  他意识到自己好日子没几天了,不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。  x& V; h4 C- V: o& g* g* `

3 A2 W/ B+ l: J. b  He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his( w8 p) F! y3 B+ O5 ~! `
    days were numbered.1 s4 _2 F" y2 b* ?- ]3 b4 T
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  20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
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  依我看,他们的成功有点玄乎3 J1 L- n' T8 v+ v5 X8 l; j2 f2 S
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  As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.
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