地道日常英语,精彩情景呈现

yping88

yping88 发表于 4-7-2013 23:35

                               
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I wouldn't in any chance miss out on the happenings in this column, just make this comment to reliev ...

Wish the same back to you, @MICHELLE07  

I'll see you tomorrow then!

yping88

Who would turn the blind eyes on the opportunity to open the page into the future? Heehee

yping88

You blow my mind
I was thrown off by these questions


One of my colleagues walked in while everyone was busy. He cracked up us all by saying: Hey guys, are you working hard or hardly working?

yping88

Today is My colleague's birthday, when being asked how old he is, he said: I am 23 years young.

Overnight, one of the patients was really confused and wandered about, the staff handed over him as: He was off the tree overnight.

MICHELLE07

以后问别人多大: How young are you?

Could you explain more for "He was off the tree overnight. "?

yping88

"Off the tree" means a bit crazy and showed some unreasonable behaviors. Hope this helps, @MICHELLE07

yping88

以后问别人多大: How young are you?

I guess that's the smart way to go at it!

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 5-7-2013 20:06

                               
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以后问别人多大: How young are you?

I guess that's the smart way to go at it!

不过似乎只有对很小的人, 问年龄才不唐突失礼.

10几岁以下的人吧.

是吗?

除非比较熟悉的人.

yping88

Keep somebody on toes 忙得脚不连地
It crossed my mind 我想到过这个，表示某事在脑海中一闪而过

sucewang

Many thanks for Michelle and Yping!
It is very useful and valuable English practice!
I found it and read 57 floors today. I will keep on reading when I have time.
There are many famous sayings in China:
'It is never too old to learn.' ' Where there is a will, there’s a way. '
English is not my native language. I will live to learn and learn to live!

MICHELLE07

sucewang 发表于 6-7-2013 11:24

                               
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Many thanks for Michelle and Yping!
It is very useful and valuable English practice!
I found it an ...

惊喜呀!
王姐写得非常棒!!
非常流利自然.

yping88

您在主题 地道日常英语,精彩情景呈现 的帖子被 sucewang 评分 威望 +50 点
这个手电筒的相声太经典了，翻译得原汁原味，复制了。谢谢啊！

Go for it, @sucewang I wasn't quite sure of how the original one exactly put, but I remembered the essence of it.

So glad that you like it, maybe later on, you can visit this column regularly and post something interesting: Joke, your beautiful thoughts (You have been my long-lasting aquaintance in FreeOz, I am quite impressed with your beautiful mind) and so on.

Enjoy your weekend!

yping88

Having said that (尽管那么说/尽管那样，意指以上所说的跟下文相反的事实), Australia still stands itself out in many other culturally diversified countries in a sense: Fair work, fair go; Every culture is treated with respect!

For what it's worth (不管怎么说吧，意指一分为二地看问题/客观地评论所发生的不愉快的/不幸的事儿), you take it as a wake-up call for you, that still means you won!

yping88

My work always involves repositioning and transferring patients, there are some simple instructions we might need in daily life as well. Please read the following ones:

There you go--转向对面 we instruct patient to turn away from us towards the opposite direction
Back you come--转向我这面 turn back towards us

Up you go--你要向上移动了 When we lift patient up in a hoist, we remind them what's happening
Down you come 你要向下来了 When the hoist is about to go down

All above instructions, we can use them in different contexts as well.

yping88

What do you see in him/her 你看上他/她那一点了

It's beyond me 我不能理解/超出。。。的范围

It will do the trick 这样能解决那难题/把这个事儿办了

I can make do without  没有那些帮助/条件/便利，我也能把这事儿办了

That will do 那样就成/就行

yping88

Shed a little idea on what a civilian enjoys! All three pics credit is to ping!

I kept them to myself for quite a while now. In this rainy and windy day, I guess it will be selfless of me to share them with you all.

Feel free to enjoy them and no string attached! Teehee

yping88

She was tipped over the edge  她被惹得大为光火
Feel the weight of something  掂量某事的轻重/份量，衡量责任的轻重
Bring someone undone 将某人解职
scream from top of the lungs 绝望地/歇斯底里地叫喊
Be out of question 没问题/当然了/确定无疑
Be out of the question 不可能， 根本谈不上

yping88

At-fault car accident 车祸事故的责任方
Be at fault doing something 做某事的犯错方
Same difference 没啥区别
Try not to be exclusive/try to be inclusive 试着将所有人都收纳进来
To top it off  还有比。。。更好的

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 6-7-2013 18:40

                               
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She was tipped over the edge  她被惹得大为光火
Feel the weight of something  掂量某事的轻重/份量，衡 ...

Be out of question 没问题/当然了/确定无疑
Be out of the question 不可能， 根本谈不上

这一组高中的时候学过. 容易混淆呢.

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 6-7-2013 12:20

                               
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My work always involves repositioning and transferring patients, there are some simple instructions  ...

人人都爱说 here you go

我居然又制造了一个500楼!

yping88

Own up to the mistake 对过错负责，承认错误
Take something on board 学会/掌握了某事， 或者承担对某过错的责任/肩挑什么责任

For instance:

For this relationship to break up, I own up to it, I didn't commit to it enough!

Ever since I started my nursing career in Australia, I have been picked up so many different approaches, concepts and such. It has been a long process for me to take them all on board, but I will be getting there.

As a senior nurse in the team, if something happens when it shouldn't have, I should take this on board and look at what I could've done differently!

yping88

MICHELLE07 发表于 6-7-2013 19:54

                               
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Be out of question 没问题/当然了/确定无疑
Be out of the question 不可能， 根本谈不上

I got confused too all the time. I put them up there for a reminder for me as well.

yping88

Council stuff will be always Johnny-on-the-spot (随时都可能出现的人) when it comes to parking fines.

（Not sure how Johnny was brought in this expression, but that's what it was）

Bottomless pit  无底洞

Be stung (被盘剥/敲竹杠) left, right and center (完完全全地/各处)  

yping88

A tongue-in-cheek propose 半开玩笑的求婚/不认真的

Be left in the dark  什么事儿都不知道

Be born out of wedlock  非婚生子

yping88

I haven't done a lot of traveling around Australia yet so far, but I have been around a bit in Victoria. Among all the places I have been to, I would like to single out (特意挑出) The Great Ocean Road to talk about.

What strikes me to core (使我的心灵感到震撼的) is not only the spectacular views of it, also the soul-touching history attached to it!

Until now, I presume that I can get everybody who's been there on board (去过的人们都会同意我的说法) about how a breath-taking (令人惊叹的) the scene is. But what I would like to touch on is its history and the people who made it.

The Great Ocean Road was built after World War One and ran wildly (狂奔) about 300 kilometers all the way from Geelong to Warrnambool, Victoria.

Post World War One, those survived soldiers returned to their homeland, limbs missing, physically exhausted, heart broken from losing countless mates, psychologically striken (招受精神上的创伤) by cruel battles. Many of them suffered from the post traumatic stress syndrome and depression, and many others could hardly function in civilian life.

However, what hit them more was that there was no more jobs available due to the great economy recession, every family was doing their best to combat a battle against starvation.

So, after surviving the filed battle defending their country and their belief, they had to fight a different battle defending their civil existence (贫民的生存). Soon after they were reunited with families and their loved ones, they had to say goodbye again and got redeployed to the coastal mountains to build a path that could possibly be beneficial to the generations to come (后来的一代又一代人).

(I have never considered this project a profit-driven (以赢利为目的的) one, since no any level of government ever made money out of it).  


  

yping88

Even since I have been there, I felt deeply how Australians feel about their forefathers. In ANZAC day, I have never doubted how sincere Australians are towards those fallen soldiers and war survivors, I have never suspected how genuine their respect is towards those war heroes, how grateful Australians are to the sacrifice those heroes made and still do until today.

Here is my sincere salute to those who lost their lives during various wars to defend my adopt country, to those who sacrifice their own comfortable life to defend their democratic values and beliefs!  

yping88

Just recommend a few comedy shows if you are interested:

Gray's anatomy
Everybody loves Raymond
Big bang theory
Becker

Talk show: Dr. Phil

newozer

yping88 发表于 7-7-2013 14:19

                               
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Just recommend a few comedy shows if you are interested:

Gray's anatomy

谢谢分享。。。

raymond......俺不喜欢他说话滴嗓音。。。
big bang.......很欢乐。。。典型滴理科幽默。。。语速有点偏快。。。

yping88

MICHELLE07 发表于 6-7-2013 19:56

                               
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人人都爱说 here you go

我居然又制造了一个500楼!

"There you go" means "You got it" as well, depending on what the context is!

yping88

newozer 发表于 7-7-2013 23:28

                               
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谢谢分享。。。

raymond......俺不喜欢他说话滴嗓音。。。

I, too, think "Big bang theory" is faster than I can follow. But I just try to put my listening on test, a bit struggling, but I will get there!

You never know what you are capable of until you actually take yourself out of your comfort zone and put yourself through the challenges!