CHAPTER 1 娱乐 PLEASURE 1
1-Ⅰ 休闲 LEISURE ACTIVITIES 2
1．TGIF! 今天是快乐星期五！ 2
2．This is the life! 这才是人生！ 4
3．You deserve a break today! 值得为自己放一假！ 5
4．Miller time? 去喝一杯吗？ 6
5．A couch potato 沙发上的马铃薯：懒虫 7
6．Shop till you drop. 疯狂“血拼”。 8
7．He's the life of the party. 他是聚会的灵魂人物 9
8．The more the merrier. 多多益善。 10
9．I need another vacation. 我得再休一次假。 11
1-Ⅱ 饮食 WINING AND DINING 12
10．That hits the spot. 真好吃！ 12
11．You are what you eat. 吃什么像什么。 13
12．Eat,drink,and bemerry,for tomorrow we die. 及时行乐。 14
13．A martini-shaken not stirred. 一杯马丁尼——用摇的，别搅拌。 15
14．Here's looking at you,kid. 这杯敬你，亲爱的。 16
15．In wine there is truth. 酒后吐真言。 18
16．Don't eat oysters unless there is an R in the month. 吃牡蛎一定要趁鲜。 19
1-Ⅲ 旅行 TRAVEL 20
17．How was your flight? 旅途顺利吗？ 20
18．A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 登高必自卑，行远必自迩。 21
19．When in Rome,do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。 22
20．See Naples and die. 到过那不勒斯，死而无憾。 24
21．Toto,I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any-more. 托托，我们好像不再是在堪萨斯州了。 25
22．Having a wonderful time.Wish you were here. 美好时光，希望与你共享。 26
23．Getting there is half the fun. 抵达目的地已是乐趣的一半。 27
24．To boldly go where no one has gone before. 勇敢做开路先锋。 28
25．Travel broadens the mind. 旅行能增广见闻。 30
26．Thursday's child has far to go. 星期四出生的孩子旅程漫长。 31
CHAPTER 2 生活型态 LIFESTYLE 33
2-Ⅰ 健康 HELTH 34
27．An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 每天吃苹果，不必上诊所。 34
28．Feed a clod and starve a fever. 着凉得多吃，发烧得挨饿。 35
29．Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise. 早睡早起的人享有健康、财富和智慧。 36
30．Laughter is the best medicine. 笑声是最佳良药。 38
31．Time is a great healer. 时间是最好的治疗。 39
32．Bless you! 多保重！ 40
33．Everyday and in every way I'm getting better. 正在好转。 42
34．Do as I say,not as I do. 听我的劝，别跟我学。 43
2-Ⅱ 金钱 MONEY 44
35．Time is money. 时间就是金钱。 44
36．Money talks. 有钱能使鬼推磨。 45
37．He's laughing all the way to the bank. 他一路笑着到银行。 46
38．Money doesn't grow on trees. 赚钱不容易。 47
39．He has the Midas touch. 点石成金。 48
40．Penny-wise and pound-foolish. 小事精明，大事糊涂。 50
41．Take the money and run. 得手就走；拿了再说。 51
42．Don't leave home without it. 出门别忘了它。 52
43．Rob Peter to pay Paul. 挖东墙补西墙。 53
2-Ⅲ 处世智慧 WISDOM 54
44．Roll with the punches. 逆来顺受。 54
45．Go with the flow. 顺其自然。 55
46．The squeaky wheel gets the grease. 会吵的小孩有糖吃。 56
47．Life begins at forty. 人生四十才开始。 58
48．What will be,will be. 该来的总是会来。尽人事，听天命。 60
49．Honesty is the best policy. 诚实才是上策。 61
50．When in doubt,do nothing. 不做没有把握的事。 62
51．See no evil,hear no evil,speak no evil. 非礼勿视，非礼勿听，非礼勿言。 64
52．Live and let live. 推已及人。 65
CHAPTER 3 人际关系 RELATIONSHIPS 67
3-Ⅰ 恋爱 IN AND OUT OF LOVE 68
53．Opposites attract. 互补。 68
54．Like attracts like. 物以类聚。 69
55．Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的。 70
56．Men*Women-you can't live with them,you can't live without them. 男人／女人——你无法与他们共处，却又不能缺少他们。 71
57．The way to a man's heart is through his stom-ach. 要抓住男人的心，先抓住他的胃。 72
58．Tall,dark,and handsome. 又高，又黑，又帅。 73
59．All's fair in love and war. 爱情与战争之前，人人平等。 74
60．Love means never having to say you're sorry. 爱永远不必说抱歉。 76
3-Ⅱ 职场 AT WORK 78
61．Welcome aboard! 欢迎！ 78
62．It's not what you know,but who you know. 重点不是你懂什么，而是你认识谁。 79
63．Another day,another dollar. 又过了一天，又挣了一元。 80
64．It's lonely at the top. 高处不胜寒。 81
65．Hired,tired,and fired. 被录用，劳碌工作，然后被炒鱿鱼。 82
66．Be nice to people on your way up because you' meet them on your way down. 得意时善待他人，因为走下坡时还会碰面。 83
67．With friends like that,who needs enemies? 有朋如此，何须敌人？ 84
68．A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。 85
69．That's the Peter Principle. 尸位素餐。 86
70．There's always room at the top. 人往高处走。 87
3-Ⅲ 家庭 AT HOME 88
71．It runs in the family. 家族血统。 88
72．Like father,like son. 有其父必有其子。 89
73．Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。 90
74．Charity begins at home. 慈善从家庭开始。 91
75．There's no place like home. 金窝、银窝不如自己的狗窝。 92
76．There's a skeleton in every closet. 家家有本难念的经。 94
77．Home is where the heart is. 家是心之居所。 95
78．A Man's home is his castle. 家是男人的城堡。 96
79．He's the black sheep of his family. 害群之马。 97
CHAPTER 4 性格 HUMANNATURE 99
4-Ⅰ 幽默 HUMOR 100
80．See you later,alligator. 待会儿见，鳄鱼。 100
81．It's Monday,all day. 今天星期一，一整天。 102
82．All of me. 全身上下。 103
83．Fame at last! 总算出名了！ 104
84．We can't keep on meeting like this. 我们不能老是这样碰面。 105
85．How did you do it?*With difficulty. 你是怎么办到的？／历经万难。 106
86．．．．and so on and so forth and so fifth! 没完没了！ 108
87．Age before beauty! 长者优先！ 109
4-Ⅱ 顽固 STUBBORNNESS 110
88．Old habits die hard. 积习难改。 110
89．If you can't beat'em,join'em. 如果无法改变他们，就加入他们。 112
90．Never say die. 绝不放弃。 113
91．Wild horses couldn't drag me away. 野马也拖不动我。八抬大轿都请不动我。 114
92．You can lead a horse to water,but you can't make it drink. 你可以把马拉到水边，但不能强迫它喝水。 115
93．You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 无法教老狗玩新把戏。 116
94．little strokes fell great oaks. 铁杵磨成绣花针。 117
95．The show must go on. 节目总得继续。 118
96．Hang in there! 撑下去！ 119
4-Ⅲ 欲望 GREED 120
97．You can't take it with you. 生不带来，死不带去。 120
98．you can't have your cake and eat it too. 鱼和熊掌，不可得兼。 122
99．The more you have,the more you want. 欲望是无止境的。 123
100．Greed．．．is good. 欲望是好事。 124
101．The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. 篱笆外的草总是比较绿。 126
102．Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. 不要杀鸡取卵。 128
103．The last of the big spenders! 铁公鸡！ 129
CHAPTER 5 焦点 SPOTLIGHTS 131
5-Ⅰ信息 INFORMATION 132
104．Are you on-line? 你上网吗？ 132
105．Bad news travels fast. 坏消息传得快。 133
106．Everyone has his fifteen minutes of fame. 每个人都有机会成为15分钟名人。 134
107．Any publicity is god publicity. 任何宣传都是好宣传。 135
108．It's the tip of the iceberg. 冰山一角。 136
109．Truth is stranger than fiction. 真相比虚构更怪诞。 137
110．Everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask. 所有关于性，你一直想知道而不敢问的有关性爱的事。 138
111．It goes in one ear and out the other. 左耳进右耳出。 140
112．Don't call us,we'll call you. 请等候通知。 141
5-Ⅱ 商务 BUSINESS 142
113．We're number2! We try harder! 我们排名第二！我们比他们更努力！ 142
114．I'll make him an offer he can't refuse. 我将提出令他无法拒绝的条件。 143
115．Don't put all your eggs in one basket. 别将全部的鸡蛋放在同一个篮子里。 144
116．There's no such thing as a free lunch. 天底下没有白吃的午餐。 146
117．There's no business like show business. 再没有比演艺界更棒的行业了！ 147
118．It's business as usual. 照常营业；日子照过。 148
119．Business before pleasure. 公事优先。 150
120．We enjoy doing business with you. 承蒙贵公司的惠顾。 151
5-Ⅲ 政治 POLITICS 152
121．Go ahead,make my day. 放马过来吧！ 152
122．Read my lips. 仔细听好。 154
123．Where's the beef? 牛肉在哪里？ 156
124．Don't get mad,get even. 别张狂，反击！ 158
125．Politics makes strange bedfellows. 政治没有永远的敌人。 159
126．Big Brother is watching you. 老大哥正盯着你看。 160
127．This is the mother of al battles. 这是关键性的一战。 161
CHAPTER 6 生存 SURVIVAL 163
6-Ⅰ 困扰 TROUBLES 164
128．I have a bad feeling about this. 我有不好的预感。 164
129．It's a hard act to follow. 难以为继；无可取代。 165
130．It's survical of the fittest. 适者生存。 166
131．It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. 大海捞针。 167
132．Out of the frying pan into the fire. 跳出热锅，掉入火中，每况愈下。 168
133．It never rains but it pours. 不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。 169
134．What goes around comes around. 因果报应。 170
135．Don't cross the bridge before you come to it. 别操之过急。 171
136．If anything can go wrong,it will. 该来的躲不掉。 172
6-Ⅱ 学习 LEARNING 174
137．Eureka! 发现了！ 174
138．Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。 176
139．She's a walking dictionary. 她是本活字典。 177
140．Never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。 178
141．There's no royal road to learning. 学习没有捷径。 179
142．If at first you don't succeed,try,try again. 一次不成，再接再厉。 180
143．All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩乐使人呆笨。 182
6-Ⅲ 运动精神 SPORTING SPIRIT 184
144．Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 184
145．Go for the gold! 夺金牌！ 185
146．Go for it! 加油！ 186
147．Winning isn't everything:it's the only thing. 胜利不是全部，而是惟一。 188
148．Show them what you're made of! 让他们瞧瞧你的真本事！ 189
149．No pain,no gain. 天下事没有不劳而获的。 190
150．It's not over till ti's over. 不到最后关头，成败难卜。 192
6-Ⅳ 希望 HOPE 194
151．Tomorrow is another day. 明天又是新的一天。 194
152．Ican finally see the light at the end of the tun-nel. 我终于看到隧道终点的亮光。 196
153．It will all come out in the wash. 最终都会清楚的。 197
154．Every cloud has a silver lining. 乌云之后总有阳光。事情总有一体两面。 198
155．When the going gets tough,the tough get go-ing! 不屈不挠，再接再厉。 199
156．Let's keep our fingers crossed. 让我们祈祷吧。 200
157．It was a blessing in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 201
158．If you can make it here,you can make it any-where. 如果你在这里能成功，到哪里都做得到。 202