David's English lessons

--------7th May， 2008--------

to slurp your soup:making noise when drinking soup

eat your soup (for western people)

don't eat with your mouth open (to children)

wannabe Chinese:want to be a chinese,but can't 可以当名词用：he's a Chinese wannabe. 有一个奖项：“赶超偶像”奖（Wannabe Award）

hypocritical:伪善 注意发音

mash:被爱慕的人（片名：风流医生俏护士. 英文名：MASH ） 当然，原意是：把…捣成泥; 压碎 （mashed food, baby food）

poor [puə] pour [pɔ:] pull [pul]

puddle 水坑 paddle 浆

vegan [ˈvedʒən]:people who don't use animal production 注意不是 virgin [ˈvə:dʒin]

I only eat a small amount of meat

it's a round trip/ one-way trip

lice/louse/lousy

lice are lousy.

我晕车了 I have car sickness (或者 car-sick)

我会晕车 I get car sickness

我头很晕 I feel dizzy

我晕 faint (有虚弱的意思)

刘姥姥 got the giddy feeling after entering Daguanyuan 带着欢愉的晕眩（giddy with joy） --------May 13,2008--------

He is the backbone of the organization. （鱼没有脊椎吗？fishbone）

I am lying down/laying my body on the ground.

don't throw pearls to swines. [pə:l] [swain] 别给猪戴珠宝！别对牛弹琴！

grovel [ˈɡrɔvəl]:get his knee down to beg sth. （I will not grovel to anyone）(he groveled to his girlfriend not to leave him.)

I begged her not to go. 我恳求她不要去。（beg sb. to do sth.）

a set phrase :口头禅

禅：contemplation 或者翻译成Zen