今天的学习材料来自于陈德彰编著的《热词新语翻译谭(五)》。 1. 时髦词 vogue word 2. 老年人 seniors, advanced in age 3. 没有时间概念have no sense of time 4. 不因年老而忧伤 unconscious of one’s aging 5. 不服老 not reconcile to aging 6. 产院 maternity hospital 7. 输在起跑线上 lose the game at the starting 8. 剩女 leftover woman 9. 世界末日 doom’s day 10. 暮气 lethargy 11. 衣垮身懈 feel lazy and wear loose/unfitting clothes 12. 人生苦短 Life is but a span. 13. 年近古稀 approaching seventy 14. 垂暮 aging 15. 对美好的追求 pursue for the better 16. 人生的乐趣 pleasure of life 17. 与时俱进 move/keep up with the times 18. 有年龄代沟 generation gap because of age 19. 阅尽人世 read all the world 20. 憧憬 long for, look forward to 21. 奇丑无比 as ugly as can be 22. 养生之道 way of keeping good health 23. 补药 tonic 24. 瑜伽 yoga 25. 自由行 do-it-by-yourself travel, back-pack travel 26. 碌碌平生 seemingly always on the run and busy all one’s life but accomplish little 27. 衰 senile 28. 波兰女诗人辛波丝卡(Wislawa Szymborska, 1923-2012) 我是我自己的障碍. I am my own obstacle. 29. 心灵状态 state of mind 30. 人生春色中的一缕东风 a thread of breeze in the depth of spring 31. 人生永远没有太晚的开始。No beginning has ever been proved to be too late. |
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