虎年来啦
Chinese New Year's Eve:除夕、大年夜
Chinese New Year's Day: 初一
Over the Chinese New Year holiday/break: 过年放假期间
The year of the tiger: 虎年
Tiger year:虎年(口语也能接受。但其它生肖年,比如狗年,说dog year就很奇怪。要说The year of the dog.)
I'm a tiger:我属老虎
It's my animal year:今年是我的本命年
There are 2 tigers in my family: 我家有两个属虎的
Tiger year stamp: 虎年邮票
Controversy: 争议
Some people think the tiger looks sad on the official tiger year stamp:有人觉得虎年邮票上的老虎看上去很低落
It looks real: 但是很真实
It's not a cute cartoon image: 不是可爱卡通路线
What about Tiger as a name? Tiger这个名字怎么样?
It's a great name especially if you are a tiger: 如果你是属老虎的,这个名字真是太好了
For most Americans, the name is closely associated with Tiger Woods: 对大多数美国人来说,看到这个名字就想到老虎伍兹
这些词形容老虎最合适
Mighty: 强大、威武的
Majestic:雄伟、有气势、威严的
Awe-inspiring:令人生畏的、威武的
Ferocious:勇猛的
老虎俚语
Tiger idioms: 老虎相关的俚语
Not a large number of tiger idioms in English: 英语里老虎相关的俚语不太多
Many come from Chinese idioms or proverbs: 很多是从中文成语、谚语翻译到英语的
Paper tiger: 纸老虎(来自中文,意思和中文一样)
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount: 骑虎难下(同样来自中文,意思和中文一样)
The lady or the tiger: 无法解决的问题(来源于英语同名短篇小说)
Wishing you a happy, healthy, and prosperous year of the tiger!
祝大家虎年大吉!如虎添翼!属虎的听众们,留言报个到吧!
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