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So called 常用口语

科普一下下, 娱乐...

 

thousand times no! 绝对办不到！
Don't mention it. 没关系，别客气。
Who knows! 天晓得！
It is not a big deal! 没什么了不起！
How come… 怎么回事，怎么搞的。
Easy does it. 慢慢来。
Don't push me. 别逼我。
Come on! 快点，振作起来！
Have a good of it.玩的很高兴。
It is urgent. 有急事。
What is the fuss？ 吵什么？
Still up？ 还没睡呀？
It doesn't make any differences. 没关系。
Don't let me down. 别让我失望。
God works. 上帝的安排。
Don't take ill of me. 别生我气。
Hope so. 希望如此。
Go down to business. 言归正传。
None of my business. 不关我事。
It doesn't work. 不管用。
I'm not going. 我不去了。
Does it serve your purpose？ 对你有用吗？
I don't care. 我不在乎。
Not so bad. 不错。
No way! 不可能！
Don't flatter me. 过奖了。
Your are welcome. 你太客气了。
It is a long story. 一言难尽。
Between us. 你知，我知。
Big mouth! 多嘴驴！
Sure thin! 當然！
I''m going to go. 我這就去。
Never mind. 不要緊。
Can－do. 能人。
Close－up. 特寫鏡頭。
Drop it! 停止！
Bottle it! 閉嘴！
Don''t play possum! 別裝蒜！
There is nobody by that name working here.這裡沒有這個人。
He neither drinks nor smokes. 他既不喝酒也不抽煙。
Break the rules. ?#96;反規則。
How big of you! 你真棒！
Poor thing! 真可憐！
Nuts! 呸；胡說；混蛋
Make it up! 不记前嫌！
Watch you mouth. 注意言辞。
Any urgent thing？ 有急事吗？
How about eating out？ 外面吃饭怎样？
Don't over do it. 别太过分了。
Can you dig it？ 你搞明白了吗？
I'm afraid I can't. 我恐怕不能。
You want a bet？ 你想打赌吗？
What if I go for you？ 我替你去怎么样？
Who wants？ 谁稀罕？
December heartbeat. 黄昏恋。
Follow my nose. 凭直觉做某事。
Cheap skate! 小气鬼！
Go to hell！ **吧！
Come seat here. 来这边坐。
Good luck! 祝你好运！
Gild the lily. 画蛇添足。
Make it. 达到目的，获得成功。
I'll be seeing you. 再见。
He has an ax to grind. 他另有企图。
I wonder if you can give me a lift？ 能让我搭一程吗？
It is raining. 要下雨了。
Can I have this. 可以给我这个吗？
I might hear a pin drop. 非常寂静。
Why are you so sure？ 怎么这样肯定？
Is that so？ 是这样吗？
Don't get loaded. 别喝醉了。
Stay away from him. 别*近他。
Don't get high hat. 别摆架子。
Right over there. 就在那里。
Doggy bag. 打包袋。
That rings a bell. 听起来耳熟。
Sleeping on both ears. 睡的香。
Play hooky. 旷工、旷课。
I am the one wearing pants in the house. 我当家。
It's up in the air. 尚未确定。
Side dish. 配菜。
I am all ears. 我洗耳恭听。
Get cold feet. 害怕做某事。
Good for you! 好得很！
Go ahead. 继续。
Help me out. 帮帮我。
Let's bag it. 先把它搁一边。
Lose head. 丧失理智。
Talk truly. 有话直说。
He is the pain on neck. 他真让人讨厌。
Do you have straw？ 你有吸管吗？
You bet! 一定，当然！
That is a boy! 太好了，好极了！
It's up to you. 由你决定。
The line is engaged. 占线。
My hands are full right now. 我现在很忙。
Don't make up a story. 不要捏造事实。
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 小别胜新婚。
She make a mess of things. 她把事情搞得一塌糊涂。
Get an eyeful. 看个够。
He has a quick eye. 他的眼睛很锐利。
Shoot the breeze. 闲谈。
Tell me when! 随时奉陪！
It is a small world! 世界真是小！
Not at all. 根本就不（用）。
Let's play it by ear. 让我们随兴所至。
Wait and see. 等着瞧。
Why so blue？ 怎么垂头丧气？
What brought you here？ 什么风把你吹来了？
Hang on! 抓紧（别挂电话）！
Leave me alone. 别理我。
Chin up. 不气 ，振作些。
You never know. 世事难料。
High jack! 举起手来（抢劫）！
Why die she marry a man old enough to be her father？
她为什么要嫁给一个年龄与她父亲相当的男人？
I stay at home a lot. 我多半在家里。
She'll be along in a few minutes. 他马上会过来。
I'm not it a good mood. 没有心情（做某事）。
He is a fast talker. 他是个吹牛大王。
I'm bored to death. 我无聊死了。
Bottoms up! 干杯！
Daring! 亲爱的！
Here we are! 我们到了！
I lost my way. 我迷路了。
She is still mad at me. 她还在生我的气。
I'll get even with him one day. 我总有一天跟他扯平
Hit the ceiling. 大发雷霆。
She's got quite a wad. 她身怀巨款。
I don't have anywhere to be. 没地方可去。
I'm dying to see you. 我很想见你。
I swear by the god. 我对天发誓。
Nothing tricky. 别耍花招。
You might at least apologize. 你顶多道个歉就得了。
Price is soaring, if it goes on like this, we shall not be able to keep the pot boiling.
物价直线上升，这样子下去，我们锅里可没什么东西煮饭。
None of you keyhole. 不准偷看。
Come on, be reasonable. 嗨，你怎么不讲道理。
When are you leaving？ 你什么时候走？
You don't say so. 未必吧，不至于这样吧。
Don't get me wrong. 别误会我。
You don't seem to be quite yourself today. 你今天看起来不大对劲。
Do you have any money on you？ 你身上带钱了吗？
What is you major？ 你学什么专业？
My girlfriend and I broke up. 我和我的女朋友吹了。
It was something that happens once in the blue moon. 这是千载难逢的事。
It is a deal！ 一言为定！
I'll kick you ***. 我将炒你鱿鱼。
Dinner is on me. 晚饭我请。
Say hello to everybody for me. 替我向大家问好。
Not precisely! 不见得，不一定！
That is unfair. 这不公平！
We have no way out. 我们没办法。
That is great! 太棒了！
You are welcome! 别客气！
I have to be late and keep my date waiting. 我不喜欢迟到而让别人久等。
Would you mind making less noise. 能不能小声点。
It doesn't take much of you time. 这不花你好多时间。
Not in the long run. 从长远来说不是这样的。
It is of high quality. 它质量上乘。
There is nobody by that name working here. 这里没有这个人。
He neither drinks nor smokes. 他既不喝酒也不抽烟。
He pushes his luck. 他太贪心了。
Break the rules. 违反规则。
How big of you! 你真棒！
Poor thing! 真可怜！
Nuts! 呸；胡说；混蛋！
Blast! **！
Boy! （表示惊奇，兴奋等）哇！好家伙！
Get out of here! 滚出去！
I can't make both ends meet. 我上个月接不到下个月，缺钱。
It can be a killer. 这是个伤脑筋的问题。
Dead end. 死胡同。
Take a seat! 请坐！
Here ye! 说得对！
You ask for it! 活该！
You don't say! 真想不到！
Fresh paint! 油漆未干！

Just passed the BmmB candidacy exam and I feel like writting something about it so that the new fella BMMBers have a general idea about it.

 

Part 1. TA

Teaching assistant is a part of you Candidacy exam. I have not heard of anyone that has problem with the TA evaluation for the Candidacy. However, you may want to do what you are responsible for when you are assigned with a certain TA. Different TA has different schedules. My TA is Micro 342 which involves supervising experiments and grading reports. It will take 1) half a day per week to supervise undergraduates' experiments; 2) a couple of hours per week to do pre run which may not be every week; 3) a couple of hours to grade the reports. A typical class site is about 20 students. The professors are Dr. Grove and Dr. Padala. They are nice. The experiments cover the PCR, DNA cloning, transformation, kinetics, PH measurement, buffer making, protein isolation (anion/cation exchange column), MM equilibrium, etc. It is a little bit time consuming. However, you won't have problems with the techniques and the supervisors usually.

 

Part 2. 2 pages research sum

When you enter the second year of the BMMB program you are expected to turn in a two-page summary of your research work. The references are put into a third page. You will need to do that before the start of the fall semester of the second year. Within these two pages, you need to describe the general pictures and details of your research work. The advisor will help you review this before you turn it in to Linda. Please keep in mind that most of the professors won't event remember that since they are very busy. So please check with him/her during the summer break in advance, to see if they have any particular demand for the content or formula of your summary. You typically need to read about 8-10 papers to write it. (That is how many papers the other people cited as their references and of course the more the better).

 

Part3. Presentation

After everyone has turned in their sum, Dr. Porter will give you an envelop containing your TA evaluation and a letter describing what you need to do for the oral candidacy exam and who are in your candidacy committee. Your committee members are assigned by Dr. Porter and your mentor is not within them. You need to contact your committee members to make an appointment when everyone of the 3 (usually three professors in your committee) professors can attend. This is usually the most time consuming part since they are busy. However, they will give you some choices to choose from according to my experience. After you have made the time, you need to reserve a room and a projector for your exam with Linda. Exactly 3 week before your exam, you will get the paper from the Chair of your committee and you can start to prepare. This paper is selected by the Chair from the 3 or 4 papers offered by your advisor to the committee.

You need a one-page sum (with references on an extra page) of the paper you are given, one week before the Exam day. Linda will probably remind you of that and you need to send the sum via email to Linda on week before the Exam Day. (You need to describe the idea of the paper and you need to include your own opinion of the logic and conclusion of the paper. Just be critical!!)

You need a PPT describing the paper you are given. The candidacy exam itself will last usually somewhere between 1.5 hours or 2 depending on your committee. You will know the result right after that.

You need to prepare the Chalk talk of your own research project.

 

Some tips:

1.       Bring some drinks or snakes for the committee.

2.       Come earlier to make sure that the project and computer work.

3.       You need usually about 25-30 slides of PPT.

4.       They will ask you questions whenever they want, so prepare to be interrupted from the very beginning.

5.       They are interested in your background of science (biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology etc.) as well as the complete understanding of the paper.

6.       Please make sure that you understand every single word you put on your slides because they will test you those and that is usually where their questions are from.

7.       Do not “bullshit”…( Just think about their question, if you do not know, admit it or tell them where you may find the answer, do not try to make things up.)

8.       Know the background of your committee members and pay attention to that when you prepare your slides as well as when you present. You need to cover the level of all your audience.

9.       They will appreciate if you can be critical about the paper’s data and give them your own opinions rather than merely present what is on the paper.

10.   You will be asked to leave the room before and after the exam so that they can talk about you.

11.   You need to be able to chalk talk your own project and this is usually a minor part since they are getting tired after your presentation (I spent 1 hour and 15 minutes on the presentation of the paper, and no more than 20 minutes on my own research.)

12.   You will know the result right away.

13.   You need to dress formally ( at least business casual).

14.   You are not supposed to get help from your advisor but you can ask anyone else in the lab.

15.   Do a mocking presentation a couple of days before will help a lot.

16.   For dear Chinese fellows:  please do not talk too fast and make sure that you understand their questions before you answer them.

17.   You have a second chance to take it if you did not pass at the first time within the same semester.

 

Good luck.

 

 

To those who may see...

 

From: Jeff Knapp

Date: Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 6:41 AM
Subject: Thank you so much for a wonderful event!
To: PSUCFAEVENT@gmail.com

To all of the wonderful members of the Penn State Chinese Friendship Association:

On behalf of my wife and our Chinese daughter, Hai Ning, I would like to send our most heartfelt thanks for an absolutely wonderful experience last evening at your Chinese Cultural Festival! We had so much fun and we truly felt the beauty and warmth of the Chinese culture. Our daughter already cherishes the Chinese Opera mask she got to make, the patience of Li-Li, who helped her do a papercut of a monkey (thanks Li-Li!), the calligraphy of her name in classical Chinese characters, and having tea with the young woman from Foshan, Hai Ning's home city!

It was so well-organized and fun. Please forward this to anyone who was involved, to let them know how deeply we appreciate the chance to help our daughter learn more about her beautiful culture and the wonderful people who have allowed us to become a family! We will be mailing a contribution to your association this evening and we hope you will continue this event in the future.

Thank you again!
Jeff Knapp
Assistant Librarian, Penn State Altoona

 

实验: 依旧努力在证明老板的假说是错误/正确的道路上努力着, 逐渐发现这个lab的逻辑和魅力

学业: 10月30号的candidacy, 过与不过貌似都是好消息吧, 期待着 ( Pugh, August, Golbeck 三位巨头将决定我的命运)

身体: 最近由于很忙碌, 没有太多时间锻炼了, 还是很怀念打网球, 羽毛, 溜冰的日子; 刚刚和很多战友一起flu了一周, 基本应该好转了, 呵呵, 高矮胖瘦基本没变

感情: 这么久了, 还是一个人, 晃吧, 谁让咱是双鱼座呢, 老爹老妈不要急就好了

CFA: 学生会用掉了很多的时间和精力, 一直在不断的给自己增加着经历和快乐

 

 

 

 

顺便, 今天一个bus出了故障, 挡在路中间, 在小chen同学的协助下, 藕客串了一次交警, 居然疏通了一下杜塞等待的车辆, 还有美国司机同胞招手致谢, 感觉不错.