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2006年12月22日 总第[308]期 |
图片新闻：Santa Claus dives at Ocean
Park |
Santa Claus dives at Ocean Park
潜水的圣诞老人
A diving Santa Claus feeds the fish at an
aquarium（水族馆）at the Ocean Park in
Hong Kong December 20, 2006, as part of the park's Christmas
celebration.
(source:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn)
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语海识趣：Smell
a Rat |
cost An arm and
a leg
非常贵
圣诞节到来的时候要给心爱的人买礼物，有些人"不惜血本“给女朋友买一条上千块钱的名牌围巾，或者给男朋友花万把块钱送一条腰带，
确实“耗资不菲”，英语中用cost an arm and a leg来比喻“付出昂贵代价”。
这个流传已久的比喻最早的书面形式是在1956年出现在20世纪上半期当红女星比莉•好乐黛（Billie Holiday）的自传Lady Sings the Blues，她在书中写道：“Finally she found someone
who sold her some stuff for an arm and a leg.”显然，好乐黛并不是这个短语的发明者，只是随手拿来用了，但她的小说确实为这个短语做了免费宣传，使之进一步发扬光大。
cost and arm and a leg很可能脱胎于另一个古老的说法“I'd give my right arm
for”，后者可以追溯到19世纪中叶，表示说话人愿意为某事做出巨大牺牲。由“一只右臂”发展到“一臂一腿”，看来还真的是“舍不得孩子套不住狼”啊。
很不错，我还想看更多！
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| 影视英语：How the
Grinch Stole Christmas |
How the grinch stole christmas
圣诞怪杰
剧情简介：在一个名叫Whoville
的小镇, 人们都生活得恬静愉快, 也都很喜欢过圣诞节, 除了一个人，这个人就是"圣诞怪杰",
他是一个暴躁的绿色怪物，住在小镇旁的一个山顶上。他痛恨圣诞节, 恨不得让整个节日停止下来。于是，他去邮局破坏邮件的投递,
吓唬街上在节日中购物的行人. "圣诞怪杰"发誓要彻底破坏圣诞节,
他打扮成圣诞老人,骑着用废铜兰铁敲打出来的雪橇,到每个镇上人的家里偷盗。这部影片给大家讲述了"圣诞怪杰"是如何领会到圣诞节真正意义的故事。它想要告诉大家，人们应该相互理解,
要领会圣诞节的真正意思, 并防止圣诞节的商业化。
Narrator: Then he slunk to the icebox.
The Grinch (slunk)
Narrator: He eyed the who's feast. He took the who-pudding. He
took the roast beast. 他看到了一个人家的美餐。他拿了某个人家的布丁。他拿走了烤肉。
The Grinch (Hike)
Narrator: He cleaned out that icebox as quick as a flash. Why,
that Grinch, He even took their last can of who-hash. Then he
stuffed all the food up the chimney with glee. （他把冰箱一扫而空。哦,
那个鬼他连最后一罐马铃薯泥都不放过。然后他把所有的食物从烟囱送出去。）
And now…
Grinned the Grinch: I'll stuff up the tree. （"圣诞怪杰"笑着说：我要把圣诞树送上去。）
Narrator: And the Grinch grabbed the tree. And he started to
shove, when he heard a small sound like the coo of a
dove.（"鬼精灵"抓住树，当他听到了一声小鸟般清脆的声音，便开始往烟囱上爬。）
Cindy: Excuse me.
Narrator: The grinch had been caught by this tiny who daughter,
who'd got out of the bed for a cup of cold water.
（"鬼精灵"被这个"刚好起床喝水"的小女孩逮到了。）
Cindy: Santa Clause? What are you doing with our tree?
Narrator: But you know, that old Grinch was so smart and so slick.
He thought up a lie, and he thought it up quick.
The Grinch: Why my sweet…little tot.
Narrator: The fake Santa Clause lied.
The Grinch: There's a light on this tree that won't light on one
side. So I'm taking it home to my workshop, my dear. I'm taking it
home, I'll fix it up there, And I'll bring it back here.
（圣诞树上一边有一颗灯泡坏了。所以我要带回家去修理，亲爱的。我把它带回家, 我回去把它修好，再把它送回来。）
Cindy: Santa, what's Christmas really about?
The Grinch: Vengeance! Er, I mean, presents, I suppose.
Cindy: The kid hmm, I was afraid of that.
Narrator: And his fib fooled the child. Then he padded her head,
and he got her a drink, and he sent her to bed.
（他骗过了小女孩。然后拍了拍小女孩的头，帮她拿了杯水，叫她回去睡觉了。）
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科技橱窗：Gadget Freak: The Must-have Gadgets
of 2006 |
Gadget
Freak: The Must-Have Gadgets of 2006
2006年7大必备新奇产品
Looking for great tech gear? Check out these magnificent seven.
Santa isn't the only one who's been making a list and checking it
twice. Over the last year hundreds of gizmos have passed through
Chez Freak, but only a handful inspire sincere gadget lust.
These devices all share certain traits: They serve a real need
(read: not yet another iPod accessory). They're innovative. Most
important, they're simple to use. Plug them in, turn them on, and
they work. The way it should be.
 iRobot
Dirt Dog（iRobot智能家用吸尘器）
Meet man's new best friend. iRobot's Dirt Dog is a sweeper designed
for use in basements and garages. Just push the "Clean" button and
stand back. It scuttles about picking up wood shavings, loose
screws, and other weekend workshop detritus. The $130 price is worth
howling about, too.
MusicGremlin（MusicGremlin无线音乐播放器）
With the Wi-Fi-enabled MusicGremlin, you can download songs from any
hotspot and then legally swap them with your buddies online. Sure,
navigating through songs could be easier, and $300 (plus $15 a month
for the music service) is pricey for a device with only 8GB of
storage. But being able to download virtually any song, anytime,
anywhere, is wicked cool.
 Pure
Digital Point and Shoot Camcorder（纯数码摄像机拍点)
This pocket-size digital videocam lets you capture 30 minutes of
decent-looking video in its 512MB of flash memory and then transfer
the clips to your PC via a clever USB "arm" that swings out from the
base of the unit. The camera's built-in software allows you to
manage videos, e-mail downsized clips to friends, or share your
masterpieces on Google Video with just a few clicks. The features
are bare-bones--only 2X zoom, 640-by-480 clips, and minimal playback
options on a 1.5-inch LCD--but then again, so is the $130 price.
PowerSquid Surge3000 Calamari
Even I find it odd how excited I am about this $80 power strip. Yes,
it really looks like a squid: Six tentaclelike plugs extend to
handle power bricks without blocking other sockets, and its surge
protection (up to 3240 joules) keeps your pricey gear from getting
fried. Two plugs even light up so you can find them in the dark.
It's ideal for geeks with too many gadgets and nowhere to plug them.
 Sony
Reader (Sony电子书)
This device redefines the electronic book. Sony's glare-free screen
and E Ink technology are amazing, the unit is push-button easy to
use, and its 7-by-5-inch size strikes the perfect compromise between
a PDA and a laptop. The $350 Reader can hold around 80 books in its
64MB of memory, and more when you add a Sony Memory Stick or an SD
Card. Sony launched with about 10,000 titles in its proprietary
e-book format (the unit also reads text, Acrobat, and Word files).
Pricing and availability of titles will vary, but the gizmo itself
is terrific. (For details, see our review.)
Zvox 325
One wire--that's all the Zvox 325 ($349) needs to produce booming
audio from your TV, MP3 player, or DVD machine. Just plug in this
VCR-size speaker unit and connect it to the device's headphone jack.
Two knobs let you control volume and switch from stereo to
surprisingly good surround sound. It's simplicity itself.
PicoCricket (PicoCricket新型数码玩具）
I got this robotics kit for my 7-year-old daughter, but soon I was
fighting her for it. PicoCricket ($250) combines Lego pieces and
fuzzy pipe cleaners with sophisticated light, motion, and sound
sensors. Kids build their own toys and then program them to respond
to stimuli by dragging and dropping "PicoBlocks"--brightly colored
shapes that represent different chunks of object-oriented code. So,
for example, you can build a flower that plays music when the sun
rises, or a birthday cake that lights up when you touch it. You'll
need about 30 minutes with Pico's quick-start guide to master the
basics, but far longer before you're willing to let your kids have
at it.
A Merry Geekmas to all, and to all a good night.
(source:
http://www.articlesbase.com/)
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译苑撷英：
《幽梦影》——林语堂译 |
幽 梦 影
林语堂译
《幽梦影》为清初安徽歙县人张潮所作，是语录体的小品文章，内容风雅。全书共219条人生的领悟和自然的静赏，用幽静的态度去观察人生与自然，享受那种艺术家对生活所拥有的感受和体验。此书在写作的过程中即得到清初120余位大学者和艺术家的赞赏和评点，影响极大，感人至深。其译文由博通中西的林语堂先生执笔。林先生著有《生活的艺术》一书，也是充满睿智的小品佳作，对于如何理解和翻译张潮此书自然有深刻体会。
 人生之一
情之一字，所以维持世界；才之一字，所以粉饰乾坤。
（吴）雨若曰：世界原从情字生出。有夫妇然后有父子，有父子然后有兄弟，有兄弟然后有朋友，有朋友然后有君臣。
Passion holds up the
bottom of the universe, and the poet gives it a new
dress.
Yujo: All human life begins with love between man and
woman, from which the other human relationships
such as between father and
son and between brothers follow.
人生之二
情必近于痴而始真，才必兼乎趣而始化。
（陆）云士曰：真情种，真才子，能为此言。
（顾）天石曰：才兼乎趣，非心斋不足当之。
（尤）慧珠曰：余情而痴则有之，才而趣则未能也。
Love is not true love without a form of madness. A
literary artist must have zest in life to enter into
nature's spirit.
Yunshih: Here speaks a born lover and artist.
Tienshih: Shintsai really understands the zest of life
besides being a literary artist.
[Miss] Hueichu: I think I know the passion of love, but I
have not the zest combined with talent.
人生之三
律己宜带秋气，处世宜带春气。
One should discipline oneself in the spirit of autumn
and live with others in the spirit of spring.
人生之四
能闲世人之所忙者，方能忙世人之所闲。
Only those who take leisurely what the people of the
world are busy about can be busy about what the people
of the world take leisurely.
人生之五
人莫乐于闲，非无所事事之谓也。闲则能读书，闲则能游名胜，闲则能交益友，闲则能饮酒，闲则能著书。天下之乐，孰大于是？
（陈）隺山曰：然则正是极忙处。
（尤）悔庵曰：昔人云，忙里偷闲，闲则而偷，盗亦有道矣。
（李）若金曰：闲固难得，有此五者，方不负闲字。
Of all things one enjoys leisure most, but because one
does nothing. Leisure confers upon one the freedom to
read, to travel, to make friends, to drink, and to
write. Where is there a greater pleasure than this?
Hoshan: Then you are really busy.
Huei-an: The proverb says,
"Steal leisure from business. " It can be stolen
methodically.
Jochin: Those five things
make leisure really worthwhile.
人生之六
妾美不如妻贤，钱多不如境顺。
（张）竹坡曰：此所谓竿头欲进步者。然妻不贤安用妾美，钱不多那得境顺。
（张）迂庵曰：此盖谓两者不可得兼，舍一而取一者也。又曰：世固有钱多而境不顺者。
I think it is better to have an understanding wife than
a pretty concubine, and better to have peace of mind
than wealth.
[Nephew] Chupo: There is no limit to desires. How can
one expect to have a pretty concubine without first
having an understanding wife? And how can one have peace
of mind without plenty of money?
Yu-an: He means a choice of alternatives. And there are
indeed people with plenty of money but no peace of mind.
(source:
http://bbs.exue.com/)
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