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An endless balancing act

It is a process of doing several jobs at the same time and making sure all jobs are done well, equally well. 2014-06-13 11:11

用英语聊聊“快闪”

记得几年前在网上看到火车站一帮人聚在一起大跳Michael Jackson的歌，感觉热血沸腾，融合了创意、准时、激情、随意和舞蹈的一种活动，近两年向创意和意义发展，不再是简单的跳舞了。 2014-06-13 10:15

Time to call time on cheap, strong alcohol

To call time on something is to say time is up, the game is over and let’s call it a day. 2014-06-10 10:49

Worth the candle?

It means the gains made from getting some job done won’t be enough to buy the oil burnt from the lamp during the process. 2014-06-06 11:35

常坐飞机的人需要学的口语

常出差或旅行的人都得准备几句口语随身携带，和Leon一起来学学吧！ 2014-06-05 15:23

Ebbs and flows

It is used to describe things in life that are affected by such cycles of high and low, up and down. 2014-05-30 14:50

拜金女的“功能型爱情”

《生活大爆炸》有一集讲到男主人公Raj因为本身是个富二代，但因不能和女孩子说话所以他的好友Penny为她找了一位deaf girl，但这个女孩子只爱Raj的钱。于是有了今天的文章，讲讲和拜金女相关的口语。 2014-05-28 12:14

Train of thought

Train of thought, which, by the way, means a series of connected thoughts developing in one’s mind. 2014-05-27 14:42

Fair game

Fair play? That means behavior that’s in accordance with rules of a game. 2014-05-23 14:38

英文词典急需的外来语(下)

继续上周的话题，这周仍然收录了5个非常有意思的词语，如Kintsukuroi，日语，原意是用金银修复有破损的陶艺品，寓意是经过破损而修复的事物更美。 2014-05-21 14:22

Smoke and mirrors?

Smoke and mirrors, you see, stand for deception, something that blurs or distorts facts. 2014-05-20 11:02

Long leash?

When the website is given a “long leash”, it means they have a lot of freedom to publish what they want. 2014-05-16 10:52

英文词典急需的外来语(上)

我个人最喜欢的英文网站是Stumble upon，把互联网上好玩有意思的东西汇聚到一起，而且你每点击一下stumble，下一个页面是什么你是无法提前知道的，就有种奇遇的好玩感觉。 2014-05-14 15:11

More Pinocchios?

If people call someone a Pinocchio, they believe this person is very prone to telling a lie. 2014-05-13 16:48

Road map to get back to profitability?

A road map here is a metaphor. What they have is not a map of roads, but a clear and detailed business plan . 2014-05-09 10:47

少喝点酒吧，同桌的你

前两天去看了电影《同桌的你》，看到他们在吃毕业聚餐的时候都喝得很醉，想起了自己大学毕业时第一次大口喝酒的时候。今天聊聊喝酒买醉的口语。 2014-05-07 13:26

Bad taste?

If you do something that is described as in bad taste, you do something that is unpleasant, displeasing, discomforting. 2014-05-06 10:54

雾霾和吸烟，该担心哪个？

北京平均的PM2.5水平相当于每人每天吸烟六分之一支，而中国每两个男人就有一个人抽烟，这比雾霾吓人的多。所以真正需要做的是少油盐的饮食和不吸烟。 2014-04-30 08:40

Give him the glad hand?

They shake hands with him in public, saying “Glad to meet you” and so forth but the next moment they’re cursing him with closed teeth. 2014-04-29 10:50

In the cards?

If we say something is in the cards, we mean to say that they’re likely to happen. 2014-04-25 11:32

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Raymond Zhou

周黎明，Raymond Zhou,中国日报资深专栏作家，用地道英语撰写社会、娱乐等题材的评论文章。

张欣

中国日报资深专栏作家，用地道英语撰写词汇解读文章，选用国外的报刊例句加深读者对词汇的理解。

刘菲

留学服务网络尚友公司（www.sharewithu.com）业务拓展高级经理。本科就读于耶鲁大学戏剧专业，期间获得多项国家级、州级、校级写作奖励。

Leon

尚友论坛频道主编，以热门美剧、电影等作为素材，用生动的语言撰写轻松有趣的口语文章。

王银泉

中国日报网特约专栏作家，英语专业教授，硕士生导师，国内知名公示语翻译研究专家。