英语笑话 | 你怎么对那个老妇人那么感兴趣呢？
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.
小罗伯特向他妈妈要两分钱。
英译汉常见错误 | in one's (Sunday) best 穿着最好的衣服
in one's (Sunday) best（英国俗语）意为“穿着最好的衣服”，句中可省去Sunday,即Charles is in his best。
小词详解 | grin
Grin vs Grim
伊索寓言 | The Sheep and the Pig
It is easy to be brave when there is no danger.
英语演讲 | Stokely Carmichael: Black Power Address at UC Berkeley
The question is, Will white people overcome their racism and allow for that to happen in this country? If that does not happen, brothers and sisters, we have no choice but to say very clearly, "Move over, or we’re going to move on over you."
英语前缀 | en- ③ 使成某种状态、致使……、使之如……、作成……
enrage
英 /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/ 美 /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/
使异常愤怒、激怒、触怒
短篇小说 | My Late Senatorial Secretaryship
I am not a private secretary to a senator any more I now. I held the berth two months in security and in great cheerfulness of spirit, but my bread began to return from over the waters then--that is to say, my works came back and revealed themselves.
英语词根 | via, vid = see （看）
improvident
英 /ɪmˈprɒvɪdənt/ 美 /ɪmˈprɑːvɪdənt/
不顾将来的、没有长远打算的、挥霍的、不节俭的
区别辨析alarm、fear、fright、horror、panic、terror与dread
alarm、fear、fright、horror、panic、terror与dread这些名词均含“恐惧、惧怕、惊恐”之意。
英语笑话 | 最近感觉很疲惫的服刑囚犯
A convict’s wife asked the prison warden to give her husband an easier job.
一名罪犯的妻子请求监狱长给她丈夫一份轻松的工作。
英译汉常见错误 | in no time 马上，立刻，很快
in no time 意为“马上”、“立刻”、“很快”。
小词详解 | agitate
Snape looked agitated; but when he spoke again he sounded as though he was trying to appear cool and unconcerned.
斯内普似乎有些紧张，说话时却努力装出冷淡和漠不关心的样子。
