时下最流行的英语俚语、短语 第五季

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1、MoreChinesearepreferringtolatemarriage,withanincreasingnumbertyingtheknotafterreaching25,accordingtostatisticsissuedbytheMinistryofCivilAffairsonWednesday.ThenumberofChinesegettingmarriedbetween20and24yearsoldmadeupthelargestproportion,accountingfor35.5percentof

2、lastyear'stotalmarriageregistrations.Thefigurehasdecreasedbyabout1.1percentagepointsannually.Meanwhile,the25-29agebracketsawanincreasingnumberofmarriageregistrationslastyear,upby0.8percentagepointsfromthepreviousyearto34.2percent.ThelegalageformarriageinChinais2

3、2formalesand20forfemales.文中的latemarriage就是“晚婚”的意思，也可以说成是marryatalateage。类似的表达法还有latearrival迟到、晚点；latespring晚春；latework晚期作品；thelate19thcentury十九世纪末；latepayment逾期付款；latehour深更半夜。此外，文中还有一些表达法值得一学。第一段的tietheknot为习惯用法，意思是“结婚”、“喜结良缘”；theMinistryofCivilAffairs民政部；还有第二段

4、的marriageregistration意思是“结婚登记”。Morethan60millionstudentsandteachersatChina's80,000middleschoolsexperiencedaspacelessonbyChina'sfirstteacherinspacefrommorethan300kilometersaboveEarth'ssurfaceonThursday.FemaleastronautWangYapingcarriedoutfundamentalphysicsexperime

5、ntsonboardtheorbitingTiangong-1spacemodule.Sheinteractedwithmorethan330studentswhogatheredataclassroomoftheHighSchoolAffiliatedtoRenminUniversityofChinainBeijing.文中的spacelesson就是“太空授课”的意思了。lesson就是“一节课”的意思，与之搭配的常见动词词组有：attendalesson去上课；conductalesson授一堂课（=giveal

6、esson）；havealesson有课（要上）；preparealesson备课；receivealesson上（某人的）课；skipalesson逃课。lesson还有“教训”、“经验”的意思，如absorblessons吸取经验（=drawlessons）；givesomebodyalesson给某人一个教训等。TouristsatabeachinSanyaCitywereaccusedofcontributingtothedeathofastrandeddolphinbymistreatingit,liftin

7、gitoutofthewaterandposingwithitinphotographsthatwerepostedtotheInternet.Onlinepicturesdonotshowanyonetryingtostoptheabuse.Angrynetizenscondemnedthemforusingadolphinasaphotographyprop.SomenetizenssaiditshowsChinesetourists'uncivilizedhabits.文中“stranded”是搁浅的意思，引申为

8、“处于困境的”，如thestrandedpassengers滞留的旅客。文中netizen译为“网民”，是net（网）和citizen（市民）组合而成的新兴词汇，类似的表达有sitcom情景喜剧（situation情景+comedy喜剧），brunch早中饭（breakfast早饭+lunch午饭）和medicare医疗保健（me