专业术语摘录

　　水星：Mercury
　　金星：Aphrodite
　　地球：Earth
　　火星：Mars
　　　火卫一：Phobos
　　　火卫二：Deimos
　　木星：Jupiter
　　土星：Saturn
　　海王星：Neptune
　　冥王星：Pluto

牛年说牛 The Year of the Ox

牛年即将到来，祝愿每一位网友牛年更牛。英语中“牛”对应的单词有好几个，比如大家熟悉的cow, bull, ox, buffalo. “牛年”英语一般翻译为the year of the ox.

为什么呢？Charlie Shifflett这样解释：

“Westerners respect the ox for its strength and hardworking spirit. However, bulls are generally viewed negatively, thanks to their aggressive nature. Cows are considered the “cutest of the three”. In fact, in the US, people often decorate their homes with pictures of cows. The animal is associated with the comfort and quiet of a country home.”

“西方人对牛ox是很敬重的，因为它的强健和勤劳！不过，bull这个词一般就有些否定的意义在里面，如“盛气凌人”，但也要“归功”于它们的“积 极进取的”的个性。而奶牛cow被视为三个中最可爱的、最讨人喜欢的一个。事实上，在美国，人们常用奶牛图片来装饰屋子，她们总是和宁静舒适的乡村生活联 系在一起。”

这里还要与大家分享两个单词：bully 和coward。这两个单词都来自牛，一个来自公牛bull，一个来来自母牛cow. bully 做动词指“持强凌弱”、“欺负他人”的意思，作名词表示这样的人，很显然带有贬义。而coward表示“懦夫”、“胆小鬼”，派生词有cowardly 形容词“胆小的”；cowardice 名词“懦弱”。看来公牛bull 和母牛cow 都有一定的贬义，所以牛年翻译为the year of the ox 就显得比较妥当了。qti中国英语学习网

网友提问：“我属牛, 你属什么？”英语怎么说？

I was born in the year of the ox, and how about you?

与“牛”相关的单词或表达方式：

bull公牛, cow母牛, 水牛buffalo, bison 野牛,yak牦牛, calf 小牛, beef牛肉,veal小牛肉, steak牛排, cowboy牛仔,cowherd牛郎, bullfrog牛蛙, snail蜗牛, milk牛奶, dairy牛奶厂, bull fighting 斗牛, bulldog斗牛犬, brag吹牛, jeans牛仔裤, mad cow disease 疯牛病, psoriasis牛皮癣, a workhorse老黄牛（埋头苦干者), a bull market(股票等）牛市,  a big shot 牛人。。。

中式早點

烧饼　　　　　Clay oven rolls

油条　　　　　Fried bread stick

韭菜盒　　　　Fried leek dumplings

水饺　　　　　Boiled dumplings

蒸饺　　　　　Steamed dumplings

馒头　　　　　Steamed buns

割包　　　　　Steamed sandwich

饭团　　　　　Rice and vegetable roll

蛋饼　　　　　Egg cakes
皮蛋　　　　　100-year egg
咸鸭蛋　　　　Salted duck egg

豆浆　　　　　Soybean milk

　　　　　饭类
白饭　　　　　Plain white rice

油饭　　　　　Glutinous oil rice

糯米饭　　　　Glutinous rice

卤肉饭　　　　Braised pork rice

蛋炒饭　　　　Fried rice with egg

地瓜粥　　　　Sweet potato

面 类

馄饨面　　　　Wonton & noodles

刀削面　　　　Sliced noodles

麻辣面　　　　Spicy hot noodles

麻酱面　　　　Sesame paste noodles

鴨肉面　　　　Duck with noodles

鱔魚面　　　　Eel noodles

乌龙面　　　　Seafood noodles

榨菜肉丝面　　Pork , pickled mustard green noodles

牡蛎细面　　　Oyster thin noodles

板条　　　　　Flat noodles

米粉　　　　　Rice noodles

炒米粉　　　　Fried rice noodles

冬粉　　　　　Green bean noodle

三字经英译

人之初　性本善　性相近　习相远
Men at their birth,
are naturally good.
Their natures are much the same;
their habits become widely different.

苟不教　性乃迁　教之道　贵以专
If follishly there is no teaching,
the nature will deteriorate.
The right way in teaching,
is to attach the utmost importance
in thoroughness.

昔孟母　择邻处　子不学　断机杼
Of old, the mother of Mencius
chose a neighbourhood
and when her child would not learn,
she broke the shuttle from the loom.
窦燕山　有义方　教五子　名俱扬
Tou of the Swallow Hills
had the right method
He taugh five son,
each of whom raised the family reputation.

养不教　父之过　教不严　师之惰
To feed without teaching,
is the father's fault.
To teach without severity,
is the teacher's laziness.

子不学　非所宜　幼不学　老何为
If the child does not learn,
this is not as it should be.
If he does not learn while young,
what will he be when old ?

玉不琢　不成器　人不学　不知义
If j ade is not polished,
it cannot become a thing of use.
If a man does not learn,
he cannot know his duty towards his neighbour.

为人子　方少时　亲师友　习礼仪
He who is the son of a man,
when he is young,
should attach himself to his teachers and friends;
and practise ceremonial usages.

香九龄　能温席　孝于亲　所当执
Hsiang, at nine years of age,
could warm (his parent's) bed.
Filial piety towards parents,
is that to which we should hold fast.

融四岁　能让梨　弟于长　宜先知
Jung, at four years of age, 'Y')
could yield the (bigger) pears.
To hehave as a younger brother towards elders,
is one of the first things to know.

首孝弟　次见闻　知某数　识某文
Begin with filial piety and fraternal love,
and then see and hear .
Learn to count,
and learn to read.

一而十　十而百　百而千　千而万
units and tens,
then tens and hundreds,
hundreds and thousands,
thousands and then tens of thousands.

三才者　天地人　三光者　日月星
The three forces,
are heaven, earth and man.
The three luminaries,
are the sun,the moon and the stars.

三纲者　君臣义　父子亲　夫妇顺
The three bonds,
are the obligation between soverign and subject,
the love between father and child,
the harmony between husband and wife.

曰春夏　曰秋冬　此四时　运不穷
We speak of spring and summer,
we speak of autumn and winter,
These four seasons,
revolve without ceasing.

曰南北　曰西东　此四方　应乎中
We speak of North and South,
we speak of East and West,
These four points,
respond to the requirements of the centre.

曰火水　木金土　此五行　本乎数
We speak of water, fire,
wood,l and earth.
These five elements,
have their origin in number.

曰仁义　礼智信　此五常　不容紊
We speak of chairty, of (??hear ??) and of duty towards one' neighbour,
('??' an error in my original copy. I can't figure out what it is.)
of propriety, of wisdom, and of truth.
These five virtues,
admit of no compromise.

稻粱菽　麦黍稷　此六谷　人所食
Rice , spike, millet, pulse
wheat, glutinous millet and common millet,
These six grains,
are those which men eat.

谜语十则

1.Have you heard the saying: what goes up must come down? Well what goes up and never goes down?

2.My thunder comes before my lightning. My lightning comes before my rain. My rain dries up all the land it touches. What am I?

3.You can see it, but you can't touch it. It may disappear, but has never really left you. It grows throughout the day. What is it?

4.What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?

5.I have holes on the top and bottom. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. I have holes on my left and on my rig. What am I?

6.A word I know, six letters it contains, Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains. What is the word?

7.What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

8.What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?

9.Light as a feather, there is nothing in it; the strongest man can't hold it for much more than a minute?

10.What two words have the most letters in it?

谜语十则谜底

keys

1.your age

2.I'm a Volcano.

3.shadow

4.Eat or Ate

5.a sponge

6.dozens

7.a river

8.a keyboard

9.breath

10.post office