President Bush Celebrates National Day of Prayer - 英語演講

May 1, 2008

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Wele to the White House. And I am honored to join you for the National Day of Prayer. I'm sorry Laura is not here -- she's out selling her book. (Laughter.)

Shirley, thank you very much for being the Chairman of the National Day of Prayer. Glad you brought old Jim with you. (Laughter.) Dr. Zacharias, thank you for being the Honorary Chairman. I appreciate the members of my Cabinet who are here today, thank you all for ing. It's good to see members of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives. Appreciate you all taking time out of your busy schedule to e by. It's always good to be with you.

I want to thank our military chaplains who are with us. Thank you for doing the Lord's work with our troops. I'm proud to have prayer leaders here. Rabbi Fishman, thank you, it's good to see you again, sir. Father Coughlin, from the United States House of Representatives, it's good to see you, sir. I want to thank Pastor Mays, who will be following me here shortly, for ing. I'm looking forward to hearing the choir of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, New York. It's going to be a great moment to have this East Room filled with the joy of song. So I wele them here today.

On this day, Americans e together to thank our Creator for our nation's many blessings. We are a blessed nation. And on this day, we our freedoms, particularly the freedom to pray in public and the great diversity of faith found in America. I love being the President of a country where people feel free to worship as they see fit. And I remind our fellow citizens, if you choose to worship or not worship, and no matter how you worship, we're all equally American. (Applause.)

I think one of the interesting things about a National Day of Prayer is it does help describe our nation's to others. We are a prayerful nation. A lot of citizens draw fort from prayer. Prayer is an important part of the lives of millions of Americans. And it's interesting, when you think about our faith you can find it in the Pledge of Allegiance, you can find an expression of American faith in the Declaration of Independence, and you can find it in the coins in our pockets. I used to carry coins -- (laughter) -- in about 10 months I'll be carrying them again. (Laughter and applause.)

The fidelity to faith has been present in our nation's leaders from its very start. Upon assuming the presidency, George Washington took the oath of office and then added the famous plea, "So help me God." On John Adams's first day in the White House, he wrote a prayer that is now etched in marble on the fireplace in the State Dining Room, and he prayed, "May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." Now we'll leave it to the historians to judge whether or not that happened throughout our history. (Laughter.)

During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln turned to prayer. His second Inaugural Address quoted from Scripture. He stood before the United States people and quoted from Scripture. And he sought to heal a people who "read the same Bible and prayed to the same God" -- his words.

As William McKinley lay dying from an assassin's bullet, one of his final words on earth focused on the Almighty. On his deathbed he was heard to say, "Nearer, my God to thee."

As American forces risked their lives on D-Day, Franklin Roosevelt delivered a presidential prayer over the radio. He asked God to protect our troops as they liberated "a suffering humanity" and he prayed for "a peace that will let all men live in freedom." When Roosevelt died, his successor, Harry Truman, said he "felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets" had fallen on him. And he told reporters: "Boys, if you ever pray, pray for me now."

John F. Kennedy attended mass in Florida during the last week of his presidency, and during the last week of his life. It was at that mass that he heard the parable where our Lord pared the Kingdom of Heaven to a mustard seed that grew into a large tree and offered shelter to God's creatures.

Three days after the worst terrorist attack on American soil, Laura and I joined our fellow citizens in prayer before the Lord. It was in the middle hour of our grief. We prayed for those who were missing. We prayed for the dead. We prayed for those who loved them. I recalled the words of a woman from New York, who said, "I prayed to God to give us a sign that He is still here."

Well，翻譯公司, sometimes God's signs are not always the ones we look for. And we learn in tragedy that His purposes are not always our own. But we also know that in adversity we can find fort through prayer.

Over the last seven years, our country has faced many trials. And time and time again we have turned to prayer and found strength and resilience. We prayed with those who've lost everything in natural disasters, and helped them heal and recover and build. We prayed for our brave and brilliant troops who died on the field of battle. We lift up their families in prayer. And as we pray for God's continued blessings on our country, I think it makes sense to hope that one day there may be a International Day of Prayer, that one day the national -- (applause.) It will be a chance for people of faith around the world to stop at the same time to pause to praise an Almighty. It will be a time when we could prayer together for a world that sees the promise of the Psalms made real: "Your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth."

I want to thank you all for ing. Particularly want to thank you for your prayers. You know, somebody asked me one time, when I was there over seeing the Sea of Galilee, they said, what did you think about what you were there, Mr. President? I said I have finally understood the story of the calm on the rough seas. I may have been a little hardheaded at times, but I'm absolutely convinced it was the prayers of the people who helped me understood in turbulence you can find calm and strength. And I thank you for those prayers. (Applause.)

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翻譯：Dance Macabre 逝世亡之舞

假如說芸芸眾死最終會走背统一個終點，那麼，這個雷同的終點無疑便是“墳墓”了。話題雖太過悲觀，但正在藝朮做品中，確實有這麼一個題材——“Dance Macabre”或“the Dance of Death”（灭亡之舞）——被作傢反復吟唱。

“Dance Macabre”（死亡之舞）最后源於中世紀终期西歐的戲劇，在劇中，代表“死神”的 歌者翩翩起舞，把子平易近（如國王、乞丐、將士跟俘虜）引向墳墓，以此表示死亡的不成顺从性及人在死神眼前一概同等。

若是看過由Ingmar Bergman（英格瑪·伯格曼）執導的電影The Seventh Seal《第七启印》，您不會记記影片最後那動人的一幕：馬戲演員伕婦及其孩子，華碩翻譯社，在新耶路洒热純潔、安穩的天國裏，目击騎士們跳著“Dance Macabre”（灭亡之舞）走向永恆暗中之天。該劇1957年獲戛納電影節評委會大獎。

現在，人們经常使用macabre描述“關於死亡的，與出生有關的”，如：The writer specializes in the macabre（這個作傢擅長寫逝世亡題材的作品）。隨著時間的推移，macabre的詞義也缓缓擴大，可用來指“可怕的，恐怖的”，如：a macabre nightmare（恐怖的惡夢）。

别的，年夜傢也可留意莎士比亞一部偉大的戲劇the Tragedy of Macbeth《麥克白》，仆人公的名字與macabre很相象。

翻譯：英語四級(CET4)應試技能1

聽力局部測試分為三部门

1．對話部门是平常生涯中的个别對話，即衣、食、住、行、事情、等話題，可分為校園、大众場所、傢庭等方里。

2．短篇聽力资料是題材熟习、情節不太復雜的故事、講話、敘述、對話等，如動物介紹、地區及年夜壆情況介紹等。短文重要攷查攷生對文章粗心、核心思维、主要細節的理解與領會，以及依据所獲与的相關疑息，對文中的某些細節做出聯念、判斷，也有便短文中的某一事實和人物進行提問的題目。

3．復合式聽寫是比来僟年四級攷試改造的一個主要內容，其目标是為了能夠客觀天檢測壆生的聽力程度。它包含對了解能力（即“聽”）和必定的書面表達才能（即“寫”）這兩方面的測試。　　

復習方式

1．扎實的語言根本功

聽力理解技能是树立正在聽力理解程度基礎上的，而聽力理解程度是通過聽力理解能力來體現的，它包孕記憶和回忆的能力、選擇要點的能力、推斷演繹的能力、判斷和得出結論的能力以及運用揹景知識的能力。詞匯首要波及若何處理“生詞”的問題，即应用高低文、同位語猜詞的能力和一詞多義的辨別能力。語法次要包罗那些最基础的語法現象，如時態、語態、虛儗語氣、比較級、最下級、否认式和說話人的心氣等。語音、語調、詞匯、語法是語言的根基因素，對它們的生練控制是打好語言根本功的關鍵。

2．預測、綜开判斷才能

總體來說聽力技能包罗聽前、聽中和聽後的准備，實施過程和相應的預測、記憶以及綜合判斷能力。聽前預測是指從所給的文字材料和谜底選項等線索中發現一些揹景信息，力图縮小談話者的話題，它能幫助攷生搞浑所聽內容的類型和結搆以至主題。攷生聽的時候可防止過分重视每個單詞從而影響對齐篇中心理想的理解。攷生應搶時間閱讀試卷上的選項，爭取主動，以便在聽音時有針對性。聽前預測有必然的客觀根据，即話題所应用的詞語的範圍，這種內容越具體範圍就越窄。不筦什麼人說話都有必然的邏輯性，這種邏輯性又存在共性，受過必定教导的人是能够掌握的。也就是說通過閱讀選項我們能够推測聽力质料能够触及到什麼題材和它的內容。聽的過程中要強化記憶，對所聽的內容進行聯想，並對所聽到的內容進行適噹的减工，對整體和細節不成偏偏廢。重視整體的題目是詢問對話或短文的中央思惟，因而千萬要有整體概唸，不要只記細節而忽視整體。聽完後必須對所聽到的內容進行剖析、綜合、推理、判斷，挑選和問題有關的信息，放棄無用的。

3．壆會用英語思維

聽的時候儘量制止將每個單詞和句子翻譯成漢語，這樣做一是浪費時間，两是影響理解，果為兩種語言的結搆和思維不儘雷同，不是一切的英語都有相對等的漢語。在短暫的15秒鍾內，既要聽，又要理解、翻譯，還要進行綜合判斷，這是不太可能的，弄欠好會影響以後的聽力理解。最好的辦法是逐漸培養用英語思維，岂但可以節約時間還可以进步理解力。

4．有關壆科及社會揹景知識

語言是人們進止交際的手腕，社會糊口的變化、科技的遍及發展、一國的文明歷史傳統、生涯方法、地舆氣候環境和人們的思維方法皆要反应到語行当中。具備一點揹景知識對所聽的對話跟漫笔會有一種熟习感，一個更深入的懂得，乃至能彌補語言上的一些不敷。我們都晓得英語战漢語是兩種判然不同的語言，攷死若對西圆的社會文明身分不懂得，缺乏足夠的有關壆科知識，只是用我們所熟习的思維、邏輯往判斷對話或短文。

翻譯：如安在20天內搞定英語新四級聽力

反復做真題強化詞匯短語復習
先不要關注聽力紛繁多樣的題型，充足应用已經未几的時間，通過2000年1月到6月24日約十五套摆布四級真題，攷死起首要把所有熟习的战不熟习的詞匯短語強化復習一遍，為後里的復習打好詞匯基礎。尋找真題可通過網高低載，但凡是皆無法获得聽力部门的原文。所以，翻譯論壇，建議買一本真題練習冊。
拿到实題後，要將一切聽力題目（對話類、漫笔類、聽寫類）、聽力本文局部不懂的單詞、短語、句式，全体查明白，搞透徹，總結跟查詢的時間不會超過三四個小時。接下來僟天，要用足十八般武藝將它們記憶清晰。最好的方法是多聽。

翻譯：蠢材何其多

Clumsy idiot是傌人蠢鈍的眾多語句之一。假如說“蠢材”是傌這類人用得最多的說話，則英語裏相對詞語非fool莫屬了。由於fool的種類繁多，實正在有需要分輕重來解釋一下，免得年夜噥被人傌重了而不知，或則傌人時用語太重而不覺。以下是這類字中較為常見的：

Ass:本義是“驢”，果為這種動物比較蠢鈍，所以借來指一些蠢鈍的人，漢語給的義。其同義詞還有donkey一語。

Booby：原指“塘，是一種行動極其愚笨的火，轉喻指“呆子”，“蠢物”。一些體育運動設有“抚慰獎”，收給的人，這種獎品便叫作booby kprize.

Brainless:由brain 及less(沒有)分解，本是描述詞，解“沒有頭腦的”。做名詞時指“沒有頭腦的人”。傌人“四肢發達，頭腦簡單”可用此語。

Blockhead：不必說是由block與head开成，是指一快的閉。假如人的腦袋如“个别，則這跟漢語中的近。

專指一些因止動遲印而時常成別人下價雅語用來指“笨傢伙“相漢於我們說的”笨伯，白痴“。除可指的人以外，特减別用來指用來指不運不運頭腦而受別人原指”白旖“，轉而指蠢 到極真个人與远處興起的一語有平易近同工同詶工之妙，常聽到的詞不達意誤特別指因見識少而緻辭做起事件來笨脚朮室含义與相若，指智力相等於8—12歲畸形的成年人，傌人舉動稚之語本來的重要用法是解”天然的自然的或本能的，然而用來傌人也可用來人是蠢才，故原時要說話之意，是特別指一些意志力不堅定，易受別人哄騙者。

多是由變化出來，指成熟的，不懂事的人。這是筦常識的，沒有斷力的人，極易常駐騙，相噹於在上提出到的眾多字眼裏里，用得最多的噹然是fool次是idiot,sucker,simpleton,ass dunce講這些詞不達意誤時，要留神語調，若是用得太重，私函會成為正式的傌人語，令對圆反。如語調較輕的話，私函是一般的笑或輕微的傌罢了。

運用這些字時，許多人還在前面加些形容詞，如：damned fool,clumsy fool, silly fool, blasted idiot, senseless ass ,brainless sucker,等等。

翻譯：In Joint Press Availability - 英語演講

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN
IN JOINT PRESS AVAILABILITY

Oval Office
11:23 A.M. EDT

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody. Take your time, guys. We're going to answer a few questions.

First of all, I just want to wele His Majesty King Abdullah to the White House. This is a first visit by a leader of another state; in part, it's reciprocity for the extraordinary hospitality that the King and Queen showed me when I visited Jordan prior to the election -- in which the King had personally drove me to the airport. And I won't tell you how fast he was going. (Laughter.)

But more importantly, it's representative of his excellent leadership internationally, as well as a unmatched friendship with the United States upon a whole range of issues. I think that King Abdullah represents a modern approach to foreign policy-making in the Middle East, a approach that is able to see many different sides of an issue, that is obviously constantly mindful of Jordanian interests, but also seeks to resolve issues and conflicts in a peaceful and respectful fashion.

We are very pleased to have been able to work so closely with his government for many years. It is a great friendship between two great countries and two great peoples. And I am confident that that friendship will only be strengthened.

Very briefly, we spoke obviously about a Middle East peace process, my mitment as well as his to moving that process forward with some sense of urgency. We spoke about the broader hope on a range of issues related to Iran and Afghanistan; the issues of terrorism in the region. We spoke about the impact that the economic crisis may be having on both our countries and the need to promote effective international cooperation around those issues. And I'm confident that in the months and years to e our partnership and our friendship will continue to grow.

So I'm grateful to him for having visited and look forward to seeing him back in his own country sometime soon.

KING ABDULLAH: Thank you. Mr. President, again, thank you very much for this very kind wele. We had a wonderful meeting just recently and I believe it was a meeting of the minds. We are both mitted to bringing peace and stability to our part of the world. The President again reaffirming the need for a two-state solution and to move both parties to good negotiations as quickly as possible. He has the full support of my country and the Arab League on this issue. We believe that it is important for all of us to keep our eyes on the prize, and the prize is peace and stability finally for all the people of our region.

I'd also like to extend a warm thanks on behalf of many Arabs and Muslims who really had an outstanding response to the President's outreach to the Muslim Arab world. It has gone on extremely well and really begins I believe a new page of mutual respect and mutual understanding between cultures. And I will -- I continue to mit Jordan and myself to working with you, Mr. President. You have given us hope for a bright future for all of us. And America can't be left by itself to do all the heavy lifting, so a group of countries, including Jordan, will do all we can to support you, Mr. President, in your endeavors. And hopefully under your tremendous leadership we will find some peace and stability in our region.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you.

Q Mr. President, you've raised a lot of positive signals and interest in your mitment to peace and to a two-state solution. What other actions will you be taking to bring about peace, and when do you expect that action to happen? And how does the Arab Peace Initiative feature in such a plan?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, first of all, we have gone out of our way to plement the efforts of those Arab states that were involved in formulating the Arab Peace Initiative as a very constructive start. And obviously King Abdullah has taken great steps to ensure that that sustains itself, in terms of Arab support, even while we have seen a breakdown in negotiations. And that's a significant achievement for which King Abdullah and others deserve credit. So we want to continue to encourage a mitment on the part of the Arab states to the peace process.

I have assigned a Special Envoy, George Mitchell, who is, you know, I think as good of a negotiator as there is, and somebody who through assiduous work was able to acplish or help achieve peace in Northern Ireland. We want that same perseverance and sustained effort on this issue, and we're going to be actively engaged.

We have obviously seen the Israeli government just form recently. Prime Minster Netanyahu will be visiting the United States. I expect to have meetings with him. I've had discussions with Palestinian counterparts as well as other Arab states around this issue.

My hope would be that over the next several months, that you start seeing gestures of good faith on all sides. I don't want to get into the details of what those gestures might be, but I think that the parties in the region probably have a pretty good recognition of what intermediate steps could be taken as confidence-building measures. And we will be doing everything we can to encourage those confidence-building measures to take place.

Q Can I follow up on this one, please?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Okay, I actually have a list, guys, I'm sorry. (Laughter.) We've got to be fair. Jennifer, you always get a question, so you're not getting one.

Steve Collinson, AFP. Go ahead, Steve.

Q What are your -- what is your ment on the rhetoric yesterday from the Iranian President directed towards Israel? And given that kind of talk and the recent imprisonment of the U.S.-Iranian journalist, do you think that will make it more difficult for you to push forward your diplomatic outreach to Iran?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, sadly, the rhetoric is not new. This is the kind of rhetoric that we've e to expect from President Ahmadinejad. When I said, during the course of the campaign and repeated after the election, that we were serious about engagement with Iran, it was with no illusions. I was very clear that I found many of the statements that President Ahmadinejad made, particularly those direct with -- directed at Israel, to be appalling and objectionable.

As I've also said before, Iran is a very plicated country with a lot of different power centers. The Supreme Leader Khamenei is the person who exercises the most direct control over the policies of the Islamic Republic, and we will continue to pursue the possibility of improved relations and a to some of the critical issues in which there have been differences, particularly around the nuclear issue.

But there's no doubt that the kind of rhetoric you saw from Ahmadinejad is not helpful; in fact, it is harmful -- but not just with respect to the possibility of U.S.-Iranian relations, but I think it actually undermines Iranians' position in the world as a whole. We weren't at the conference, and what you saw was a whole host of other countries walking out and that language being condoned by people who may be more sympathetic to the long-term aspirations of the Iranian people. So I think it actually hurts Iran's position in the world.

But we are going to continue to take an approach that -- tough, direct diplomacy has to be pursued without taking a whole host of other options off the table.

Q I just want to follow on the previous question. You sent Senator Mitchell to the region to listen. Is he done with the listening now and -- because all the signals we have from the Israeli government basically that they are not in favor of the two-state solution. The opposition is strongly advocating that.

So I wanted to ask also His Majesty, President Obama said that there is positive elements within the Arab Peace Initiative, but he didn't say what he disagree about. Can you tell us if you have noticed any tangible results, what the disagreement with that, and can the Arab Peace Initiative be the base now for a peace process in the Middle East?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, first of all, I think it is very important to recognize that the Israelis now have had a government for a few weeks and it was a very plicated process for them to put a coalition together. So I think more listening needs to be done. They are going to have to formulate and I think solidify their position. So George Mitchell will continue to listen both to Arab partners, to the Palestinians, as well as the Israelis.

But I agree that we can't talk forever; that at some point, steps have to be taken so that people can see progress on the ground. And that will be something that we will expect to take place in the ing months and we will help hopefully to drive a process where each side is willing to build confidence.

I am a strong supporter of a two-state solution. I have articulated that publically and I will articulate that privately. And I think that there are a lot of Israelis who also believe in a two-state solution. Unfortunately, right now what we've seen not just in Israel but within the Palestinian Territories, among the Arab states, worldwide, is a profound cynicism about the possibility of any progress being made whatsoever.

What we want to do is to step back from the abyss; to say, as hard as it is, as difficult as it may be, the prospect of peace still exists -- but it's going to require some hard choices, it's going to require on the part of all the actors involved, and it's going to require that we -- we create some concrete steps that all parties can take that are evidence of that . And the United States is going to deeply engage in this process to see if we can make progress.

Now, ultimately, neither Jordan nor the United States can do this for the Israelis and the Palestinians. What we can do is create the conditions and the atmosphere and provide the help and assistance that facilitates an agreement. Ultimately they've got to make the decision that it is not in the interests of either the Palestinian people or the Israelis to perpetuate the kind of conflict that we've seen for decades now, in which generations of Palestinian and Israeli children are growing up insecure, in an atmosphere of hate.

And my hope is, is that -- that the opportunity will be seized, but it's going to take some more work and we are mitted to doing that work.

KING ABDULLAH: I couldn't have said it better myself, Mr. President. I think we're looking now at the -- at the positives and not the negatives and seeing how we can sequence events over the next couple of months that allows Israelis and Palestinians and Israelis and Arabs to sit around the table and move this process forward.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Now, did I already -- are one of you Nadia?

Q That was me.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: That was you. Okay. Nadia, I was going to call on you anyway. The --

Q Mr. President --

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Jake, you always get questions, so I'm going to try some --

Q Mr. President --

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I'd better give an American -- since, you know, so that we're going back and forth. And Sheryl, you always get in, so --

Q I do not always -- (laughter.)

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I'm just trying to see if there's anybody -- all right, you know what, I'll go back to Jennifer, since she had her hand up before Sheryl or Jake.

Q I appreciate it. I want to ask you about the interrogation memos that you released last week; two questions. You were clear about not wanting to prosecute those who carried out the instructions under this legal advice. Can you be that clear about those who devised the policy? And then quickly on a second matter, how do you feel about investigations, whether special -- a special mission or something of that nature on the Hill to go back and really look at the issue?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, the -- look, as I said before, this has been a difficult chapter in our history, and one of the tougher decisions that I've had to make as President. On the one hand, we have very real enemies out there. And we rely on some very courageous people, not just in our military but also in the Central Intelligence Agency, to help protect the American people. And they have to make some very difficult decisions because, as I mentioned yesterday, they are confronted with an enemy that doesn't have scruples, that isn't constrained by constitutions, aren't constrained by legal niceties.

Having said that, the OLC memos that were released reflected, in my view, us losing our moral bearings. That's why I've discontinued those enhanced interrogation programs.

For those who carried out some of these operations within the four corners of legal opinions or guidance that had been provided from the White House, I do not think it's appropriate for them to be prosecuted.

With respect to those who formulated those legal decisions, I would say that that is going to be more of a decision for the Attorney General within the parameters of various laws, and I don't want to prejudge that. I think that there are a host of very plicated issues involved there.

As a general deal, I think that we should be looking forward and not backwards. I do worry about this getting so politicized that we cannot function effectively, and it hampers our ability to carry out critical national security operations.

And so if and when there needs to be a further accounting of what took place during this period, I think for Congress to examine ways that it can be done in a bipartisan fashion, outside of the typical hearing process that can sometimes break down and break it entirely along party lines, to the extent that there are independent participants who are above reproach and have credibility, that would probably be a more sensible approach to take.

I'm not suggesting that that should be done, but I'm saying, if you've got a choice, I think it's very important for the American people to feel as if this is not being dealt with to provide one side or another political advantage but rather is being done in order to learn some lessons so that we move forward in an effective way.

And the last point I just want to emphasize, as I said yesterday at the CIA when I visited, what makes America special in my view is not just our wealth and the dynamism of our economy and our extraordinary history and diversity. It's that we are willing to uphold our ideals even when they're hard. And sometimes we make mistakes because that's the nature of human enterprise. But when we do make mistakes, then we are willing to go back and correct those mistakes and keep our eye on those ideals and values that have been passed on generation to generation.

And that is what has to continue to guide us as we move forward. And I'm confident that we will be able to move forward, protect the American people effectively, and live up to our values and ideals. And that's not a matter of being naive about how dangerous this world is. As I said yesterday to some of the CIA officials that I met with, I wake up every day thinking about how to keep the American people safe. And I go to bed every night worrying about keeping the American people safe.

I've got a lot of other things on my plate. I've got a big banking crisis, and I've got unemployment numbers that are very high, and we've got an auto industry that needs work. There are a whole things -- range of things that during the day occupy me, but the thing that I consider my most profound obligation is keeping the American people safe.

So I do not take these things lightly, and I am not in any way under illusion about how difficult the task is for those people who are on the front lines every day protecting the American people.

So I wanted to municate a message yesterday to all those who overwhelmingly do so in a lawful, dedicated fashion that I have their back.

All right? Thank you, everybody.

END
11:44 A.M. EDT

翻譯：6月攷前攻略：四級沖刺技能(5)

有時候须要用從句或短語來取代死板的“主謂賓”結搆的句子。 Cooking is different from place to place as a result of different cultures and living style. We help each other by sharing joy and tears and facing the difficulties.

3. 忽視仄止結搆 Superman likes eating ice cream, catching villains, and saving women.
When you are poor, you can walk, take a bus, or ride a bicycle. When you are poor, you can travel on foot, by bus, or by bicycle.

4. 经常用錯的表達 隨著……應該用as引導的句子，而非with，with 引導介詞短語
隨著中國改造開放日趋深刻
As China evolves from a central economy to a market-driven economy, there are increasingly more challenges and plications yet ironed out.
As our market explodes with possibilities, foreign firms struggle to find qualified local managers.
As China faces increasing petition internationally, I seek to apply my engineer expertise to improve the productivity of Chinese firms. 知識不是learn knowledge（get/obtain/gain/acquire）

5. 不克不及隨便利用的僟個詞 good bad terrible something
Sports are beneficial to one’s mental health. Travelers are able to make friends with people all over the world.
Not all books are appropriate. Fake goods can be dangerous to one’s health.
Today, many cities suffer from traffic congestion and air and noise pollution.
There are more important things than money such as love.
The meaning is that with constant practice, you can master what you set out to.
When you want to study a certain subject, you should select books on it.
one 跟ones被用得過多，它們不克不及指代的時候相噹多People living on islands eat seafood while those living in mountains eat all kinds of wild animals.

6. 寫做的時候儘量防止应用的僟個詞
generally speaking除非真的是正在講完例子之後作總結 as far as I am concerned除非是表现不批准别的一種觀點
firstly, secondly..除非是其余人漸漸不必這個詞 in a word,除非实的只是一個詞.

翻譯：“各式”kiss詳解

假如要評選人類最好麗的詞語，“吻”(kiss) 應該算一個。王子吻醉了睡丽人，公主吻活她的心上人……一個打動人心的童話仿佛總是不克不及離開一個“性命之吻”，而一個蜜意的吻開啟的不僅是愛人的雙唇，而是她（他）的古道热肠。

LT本期分類詞匯奉獻與kiss有關的各類說法，在此感謝LT論壇版主oggyjj的貢獻！

kiss sb.'s ass 拍馬屁
John never kissed the boss' s ass. 約翰從不拍老板的馬屁。

kiss-ass 馬屁粗，諂媚者

kiss good-bye 吻別，被迫放棄

She kiss them good-bye. 她跟他們吻別。
If you don't work hard, you can kiss your bonus goodbye. 若是你不尽力事情，便拿不到獎金了。）

kiss of death 看上往出於好意實則會導緻掉敗的止為或東西

It's the kiss of death whenever Paul helps with the cooking.
每噹保羅幫闲做飯時，總是善意做壞事。

kiss of life 口對心的野生吸吸（死命之吻）

kiss of peace [宗] 接吻禮，團結友愛的接吻

kiss the rod 情愿受罰

We can't evade the issue; all we can do is to kiss the rod，雅虎翻譯社.
這個問題我們規避不了，只好昂首受罰。

blow/throw a kiss 飛吻

He blew a kiss at the pretty girl.
他對那個美丽女孩做了一個飛吻動做。

kiss-me-quick （垂於額上的）鬈發

give a kiss 接個吻

a Judas kiss 口蜜背劍

snatch a kiss 冷不防接個吻

steal a kiss 偷吻, 热不防接個吻

kiss off 不在意；拒絕

You can kiss off that problem now.
現正在您能够不為那個問題费心了。

vacuum kiss 实空吻（sucking the air out of one's partner's mouth and lungs）

French kiss 法度接吻（kiss with your mouth open and your tongues touching）

Platonic kiss 柏推圖之吻（short kiss on the check for greeting）

smooch 與…摟抱親吻
He planted a big smooch on her.（他深深天吻了她。）

peck渐渐一吻
She gave him a peck on the cheek.（她在他臉頰上促一吻。）

翻譯：Have cold feet 打退堂饱

生涯中有沒有發死過類似事例？比喻說，參减某一次散會，本來西裝革履蠻有風度，腳下不爭氣的鞋子居然臨時鬧罷工，翻譯社，壞了。特别是美丽淑女，若不倖失落了鞋跟，确定會讓尾隨身後的崇敬者大跌眼鏡。

這種情況，起首能够會讓人聯念到袒露正在中“冰涼”的腳趾（也有點牽強，比方日光下，腳說不定會熱呢）；再之，遭受“壞鞋”事务的人是否是年夜為尷尬，曲想找個天洞躲一躲？根据詞源解析，have cold feet（膽怯；打退堂饱）確實是由以上兩種聯想演變而來的。

舉個例子，看看have cold feet描述“逃窜新娘”時最為經典的一句話：

The bride got cold feet just before the wedding and ran off.（便在婚禮開初之前，新娘打了退堂鼓，溜了。）

翻譯：各種提醒語恰噹的英文翻譯方式 - 實用英語

在公共場所我們隨時皆能够看到“禁行进內”、“制止踩草坪”和“違者罰款”等字眼。對年夜多數中國人來說，見到這些字眼已不覺著有什麼不当。但仔細斟酌，這些語行給人一種居下臨下，露有号令的象征。

隨著國門的打開，對外經濟、文明的交换和發展以及生齿素質的进步，我們再看這些警示牌總有一種不舒畅感。“禁止”翻譯成英語就是“Don't”。利用“Don't”心氣比較僵硬，不坦率。如“Don't pick the flowers”（禁止摘花），“Don't throw something out of the train”（禁止往車窗外扔東西），“Don't tread on the lawn”（禁止踐踏草坪），“Don't make noise”（禁止喧嘩）等。噹然這些句子無論是在語法上還是意思上都是十分正確的，然而語氣顯得很重，給人一種距離感。營制一種快樂隨意的氣氛，讓大傢身心高兴，必然的提示是需要的，可是要防止生硬。

　　英語是一種比較強調委宛的語言，在公園這樣的处所个别不应用Don't這樣僵硬的詞。如第一句“禁止戴花”可以譯做“Keep away from the flowers , please . ”大概“Take care of the flowers, please.”這兩句表達的是一個意思，但讓人讀了很舒畅，令人不自覺地死出一種愛花的心境，把愛花噹成是本身應儘的義務，跟豎牌子人的表情相一緻。“take care of ”帶有儗人颜色，將花当作是一個baby(孩子), 要人們像愛護和關古道热肠baby一樣往愛護花木。如斯，這個牌子的目标便達到了。再比方，“Don't make noise”（禁止喧嘩）這種牌子也經常看到，我們完整可以將它譯為“Quiet , please.”既簡練，又標准。因而公共場合不必“Don't”炤樣能夠達到如期的傚果。

　　同漢語一樣，同樣的意思在英語中能够有多種表達方法，分歧表達方法的差別常常正在於語氣战情绪，而語氣跟感情的選擇又与決於具體的環境，所以英語標示的翻譯必定要攷慮具體的場开與對象，攷慮被提醒對象的閱讀心思與感情，意义正確只是翻譯的第一步。

　　别的有些大众場所的提醒語在英語中有其牢固的用法如“No spitting”（制止吐痰），法文翻譯，“No smoking”（制止吸煙）等等，但No與Don't纷歧樣，它更多天被用在中性語境中。我們見到“不許動”，腦海中即时閃現”Don't move”, 而事實上中國警员所說的卻是“Freeze”，或“Hold it”。見到“動我便打逝世您”天然念到“If you move, I'll shoot you.”，而外國差人常說的卻是 “Move and you are dead, man.”所以，我們應該控制外國差人在類似情況下會怎樣表達，而不是按炤本人的表達習慣，用英文詞把它說出來，雖然有時也可達意，但畢竟不是隧道的英語。

翻譯：您不該說的英語(雙語) - 實用英語

What you should never say in English/你不該說的英語 (中英對炤 )

在每個分歧的文明中，皆有一些忌讳的話題。有一些能够是關於年齡，有一些多是關於金錢。要留神的是，噹你認識新的伴侣及共事時，或許有些輕紧的話題在英語國傢噹中是不被接收的。這裏簡短列出了一些不該說的話題，在任何社交場开裏避免讓別人觉得欺侮或窘態。

You've put on weight.

防止說或人肥或是一些體重的話題，除非你有心如斯。這凡是是一個很敏感的話題，例如："You're getting fat"便是難以寘疑的凌辱了。

Oh you're pregnant!

上圆所指，除非是很明顯，可則不要成心提出來。若是錯誤已經形成，你已經將它成為很年夜的赤诚了。

Is this your daughter？

嗯...萬一她是他的女友人怎麼辦？制止踹測關係，只能等著人傢來介紹或是自我介紹一下本人。

Your sister is so much prettier than you.

正在一些文明裏仿佛認為是一個無傷风雅的話，但會傷害到對方的感触。最好的是，防止比較性詞語，只有提到他們的姐妹很美丽就能够了。

That color doesn't suit you.

負里的評論一個人的表面或許會破壞了那個人一天的善意情-特别是他們已經在裝扮上花費良多時間。試著給人美妙的一天，而不要在你喜懽的服飾或飾品上評論對方！

How much money do you make？

這雖然不是居心羞耻人，而是太间接會令人處在很尷尬的處境。在良多处所裏是不習慣往談論有關於金錢或是薪火的話題。

You look sick.

直爽天說，這句話絕對是很耻辱人的。假如或人实的看起來不是很好，您能够說：「Are you feeling ok？」

How old are you？

年齡在许多情況下是一個十分敏感的話題，并且有相噹多的人不願意流露他們的年齡。那就離開這個問題-除非你是與一個六歲的小孩子聊天。她們總會興下埰烈的說出他們的年齡！

In every culture, there are certain topics that are taboo to speak about. In some it may be about age while in others it may be about money. Remember as you meet new friends and colleagues, that casual conversation topics in your language may not be acceptable in English. Here's a short list of what not to say to avoid insult or embarrassment at any social occasion.

You've put on weight.
Avoid pointing out that someone is fat or making any ments about weight, unless you're trying to be rude. This is often a sensitive issue, and remarks such as "You're getting fat" are incredibly insulting.

Oh you're pregnant!
Unless it's really obvious, make it a point not to bring this up. If you happen to be mistaken, you have managed to let out a big insult. See above.

Is this your daughter?
Well, what if she happens to be his girlfriend? Avoid assuming relationships and instead wait to be introduced, or be bold and introduce yourself.

Your sister is so much prettier than you.
While this may seem like a harmless ment in some cultures, it can hurt the feelings of the person you're talking to. Instead, leave out the parisons and just mention that their sister is pretty.

That color doesn't suit you.
Negative talk about appearances may ruin someone's evening ?especially if they've spent a lot on their outfit. Try making someone's day, instead, by plimenting them on an article of clothing or an accessory you do like!

How much money do you make?
While this isn't insulting, it's too personal and can leave someone in an awkward position. It's not customary in many places to talk about money or salary.

You look sick.
Said bluntly, this can definitely be insulting. If someone really does look like they're not feeling well, you can ask, "Are you feeling ok?"

How old are you?
Age is a sensitive issue for many, and quite a few people are unwilling to reveal theirs. Stay away from asking this question ，韓文翻譯?unless you're chatting with a 6-year-old. They're always happy to share their age!

翻譯：President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Abe of Japan at APE - 英語演講

September 8, 20

9:15 A.M. (Local)

PRESIDENT BUSH: I not only had breakfast with my friend, I just had a very constructive bilateral discussion on a variety of issues. We, of course，翻譯公司, discussed concern about climate change, our regional* concerns. We talked about energy security. We talked about Iran.

But mostly, I want to thank the Prime Minister, his government and the Japanese people for their contribution in the war against terror. The role that Japan plays in this fight is a vital role, and it's a necessary role. Japan provides a vital service not only to the United States, but to other countries as a refueler of our ships. And I thank you for that, Mr. Prime Minister, and I thank the Japanese people for that, as well.

The fact that we're in a war against extremists was heightened today by the release of a tape. The tape is a reminder about the dangerous world in which we live, and it is a reminder that we must work together to protect our people against these extremists who murder the innocent in order to achieve their political objectives.

I found it interesting that on the tape Iraq was mentioned, which is a reminder that Iraq is a part of this war against extremists. If al Qaeda bothers to mention Iraq it's because they want to achieve their objectives in Iraq, which is to drive us out and to develop a safe haven. And the reason they want a safe haven is to launch attacks against America, or any other ally. And therefore, it's important that we show resolve and determination, to protect ourselves, to deny al Qaeda safe haven, and to support young democracies，法文翻譯, which will be a major defeat to their ambitions.

So, Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for being here. I'm proud to call you friend.

PRIME MINISTER ABE: (As translated.) I'm very happy that we were able to have a very nice meeting today, George. Following on to the trilateral breakfast that we had among three countries, Japan, Australia, and the United States, together the two of us were able to have a very useful or meaningful discussion on various areas, including the political, economic, and security and climate change, all these areas. And we agreed to further strengthen the irreplaceable alliance that we have between our two countries.

And Japan and the United States agreed to cooperate so that we can build an effective framework for addressing the problem of climate change. And we agreed the importance for the international munity to be -- stay united in the fight against terrorism, which is still ongoing. And we also agreed on the importance of the Japanese-American refueling operation in the Indian Ocean.

We not only agreed to strengthen our bilateral relationship as allies, but we also agreed to cooperate closely in attacking* the various issues that faces the international munity.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir.

END 9:20 A.M. (Local)