内容简介
1 教育
1 一纲多本―the blind leading the blind
2 十二年基础教育―put the cart before the horse
3 升学主义―to seek a hare in a hen's nest
4 职业教育―to each his own
5 补习―pay one's dues
6 尖子班―Man is a product of his environment
7 资源班―Education is a right, not a privilege
8 批判性思考―jump on the bandwagon
9 在家教育―have a mind like a steel trap
10 胎教―If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
11 才艺学习―Jack of all trades, master of none
12 语言学习―connect the dots
13 公职考试―Diamonds are made under pressure
14 广设大学―a drop in the ocean
15 研究所―There are plenty of fish in the sea
16 出国留学―quality over quantity
17 企业实习―been there, done that
18 打工度假―He that travels far knows much
2 社会问题
1 废除死刑―There are two sides to everyquestion
2 多元成家―Do unto others as you would havethem do unto you
3 少子化―First comes food then morality
4 老龄化―go begging
5 安乐死―Circle of Life
6 性别平等―A can hold a candle to B
7 高龄失业―Lost time is never found again
8 赋税―nibble away at something
9 城乡差距―The sky's the limit
10 核能发电―pour/throw money down the drain
11 居住―The rich get richer, the poor gohungry
12 劳动权益―someone is out of touch with reality
13 民主政治―too many cooks in the kitchen
14 资本主义―There is no such a thing as a free lunch
15 环境保护―blaze a trail
3 日常生活
1 网络―get it over with/fast and furious
2 低头族―by force of habit
3 网络购物―Maslow's hierarchy of needs
4 社交封闭―go big or go home
5 垃圾袋收费―Pinch a penny until it screams
6 公共运输系统―plant pears for your heirs
7 食安问题―ill-gotten gains/filthy lucre
8 水资源―Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not everyman's greed
9 空气污染―daylight robbery
10 土壤污染―someone would sell his/her ownmother for something
11 渔业过度捕捞―give an inch and take a mile
12 医美整形―does not live up to one's reputation
13 癌症―man proposes, God disposes