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它们还是名字吗?
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广告招租，e-mail:yesize@hotmail.com 如同“陈世美”在中文里就是“负心郎”的代名词，美国俚语中大量的表达方式中也涉及了名字。由于政治，历史，宗教，文化，日常生活的原因，姓名演义在英文交流中的应用既频繁又生动。现小举几例如下： 1．We can pay you $300 a week, minus 10% for Uncle Sam of course. Uncle Sam: 美国政府。 2．When Nancy was younger, she was a plain Jane; now she was a really Betty. plain Jane：相貌平常的女子，Betty: 美女。那么一般普通的男子呢？Plain Joe. 3．I’m sorry I can’t go play basketball with you because I got a charley horse on my leg. charley horse：（脚，腿）抽痉。 4．My father bought me a Lazy Susan for the dining room table. Now we can reach the salt and pepper without asking. Lazy Susan： 餐桌上的转盘 5．We have a John Doe in the hotel. He has no ID card and has lost his memory. John Doe：没有身份的人，失忆的人 6．I feel so sad after I receive the Dear John letter from my girlfriend. Dear John letter： 绝交信 7．Nature calls and I have to go find a john. John： 厕所 8．She’s sluttish as a hooker and doesn’t stop trying to find a john for herself. John： 嫖客。这句话的意思是：她贱得如同一个妓女，好象就想给自己找个嫖客。 9．I ate too many potato chips; I think I’m going to Ralph. Ralph： 呕吐。 10．I need your John Hancock on this form. John Hancock： 签字。 11.Susan called the police because she saw a Peeping Tom in her garden. Peeping Tom：有偷窥症的人 12.Mike is a real Doubting Tom that he just doesn’t anything I told him. Doubting Tom： 多疑的人，好怀疑的人。 13.She thought her husband had a lover, so she hired a private dick to follow him. private dick： 私人侦探 14.She deserves a good spanking on the fanny. Fanny： 臀部，屁股 15.Shit! My fridge’s on the fritz again. on the fritz，fritz out: （物品）烂了，坏了 16.I thought Lily should break up with his boyfriend because he was a real Don Joan and went out with several other women the same time. Don Joan： 唐璜，风流男子 此外诸如Achilles" heel（致命弱点），Narcissism（自恋癖）, Trojan（勤劳的人）, Cinderella（丑小鸭）….. 等来自与神话传说或小说故事的姓名演义更是比比皆是。若能在与“Native English Speaker” 实际交流中加以巧妙运用，无疑会让让你的口语增色不少。
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