学英语，每人每日一句

mikelee19

kukupants 发表于 2016-6-22 18:13
I see. How old are the boys and girls?

one is 3, the other is 1

bigcrow

linegar 发表于 2016-6-23 20:45
百里挑一
【误】one in a hundred
【正】one in a thousand

西人的礼仪也比国人夸张一点，见面熊抱加锅贴，国人也就三尺之外拱拱手道个万福。

mikelee19

linegar 发表于 2016-6-23 20:45
百里挑一
【误】one in a hundred
【正】one in a thousand

very interesting

mikelee19

bigcrow 发表于 2016-6-23 22:38
西人的礼仪也比国人夸张一点，见面熊抱加锅贴，国人也就三尺之外拱拱手道个万福。  ...

nose connecting with nose

linegar

      
          我有一个舒适的家
       【误】 I have a cozy family
　　【正】I have a cozy home

　注： family 和 home 虽然翻译成汉语时都是“家”，但它们在英语中却不是同义词.
　　    family 主要指家庭成员；而 home 主要指居住地.

mikelee19

why is Denmark the best country in the world?

- $20 the minimum wage
- 33- hour work week
- free university
- free childcare
- free healthcare

mikelee19

linegar 发表于 2016-6-24 20:54
我有一个舒适的家
       【误】 I have a cozy family
　　【正】I have a cozy home

cozy, new word to me

linegar

Brexit = Britain + exit
英国 +离开 = 主张脱欧的人
称为brexiter

bigcrow

Sydneysiders wake to coldest morning this year as winter hits
寒冬来袭，悉尼人一觉醒来迎来今年最寒冷的早晨

linegar

Alma mater = 母校
妈妈她 = 母校
这个词太好记了
　

mikelee19

linegar 发表于 2016-6-25 20:29
Brexit = Britain + exit
英国 +离开 = 主张脱欧的人
称为brexiter

new word

tina50

mikelee19 发表于 2016-6-24 23:26
why is Denmark the best country in the world?

- $20 the minimum wage

Why is it called Denmark?

tina50

bigcrow 发表于 2016-6-26 11:23
Sydneysiders wake to coldest morning this year as winter hits
寒冬来袭，悉尼人一觉醒来迎来今年最寒冷 ...

学Sider
Sydneysiders
Perthsiders
West sider

tina50

linegar 发表于 2016-6-27 20:25
Alma mater = 母校
妈妈她 = 母校
这个词太好记了

I haven't been back to my alma mater, high school, in at least 3 years.

bigcrow

tina50 发表于 2016-6-28 06:38
I haven't been back to my alma mater, high school, in at least 3 years.

I haven't been back to my alma mater, primary school, in at least 50 years.

kavin_uic

hu017

学习

linegar

go a long way to explain ------ 说来话长

mikelee19

love is blind

mikelee19

tina50 发表于 2016-6-28 06:12
Why is it called Denmark?

I copied from facebook

linegar

Reunion 团聚
Family  reunion 家庭团聚

mikelee19

I find politics boring

kukupants

It's so freaking cold this morning.

mikelee19

first time tp know freaking

mikelee19

the secret  to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without  measure

kukupants

mikelee19 发表于 2016-6-30 21:24
first time tp know freaking

Sometimes people use freaking to replace the word "fuxking".

Instead of saying "fucxing good" try saying "freaking good"

mikelee19

freaking good

mikelee19

kukupants 发表于 2016-6-30 23:37
Sometimes people use freaking to replace the word "fuxking".

Instead of saying "fucxing good" try ...

many tks

kukupants

mikelee19 发表于 2016-7-1 23:48
many tks

You are most welcome mate.

kukupants

mikelee19 发表于 2016-7-1 23:48
many tks

Have you voted?