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aide n.助手
Ex-Bush aide wins Indiana GOP governor nod.
布什前幕僚获得共和党提名竞选州长。

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My dad is a jack-of-all-trades, and he has had many different jobs.
我爸是个每件事都略知一二的人，他做过许多份不同的工作。

jack-of-all-trades 为名词，指的是“对每件事情都大约懂一点皮毛的人”，原版的句子应该是 jack of all trades, master of none. 相对于中文里的“样样通，路路通”，用来形容一个人似乎懂很多事，但其实每一样事情都不是非常清楚。演变都后来为了方便，就将原句的后半部 master of none 省略。

<每日一笑>
A beautiful young woman about to undergo a minor operation is lying on a gurney in a hospital corridor awaiting the medical staff.

A man in a white coat approaches her, lifts up the sheet, and visually examines her naked body. he walks away and confers with another man in a white coat. the second man then approaches the girl and performs the same examination.

When a third man approaches her, she ask impatiently,"These examinations are fine, but when you going to start the operation?"

He shrugs and says,"Your guess is as good as mine,lady. We're just here to paint the halls."
一个即将做小手术的美女躺在医院走廊的担架床上，等待着医务人员。

一个白大褂走近她，掀起床单，仔细的查看了她的裸体。然后他走过去和另一个白大褂交换了意见，另一个白大褂也走过来对女子进行一样的查看。

等到第三个白大褂走过来，她忍不住问：“查看了这么多，你们究竟什么时候开始手术呀？”

白大褂耸了耸肩说：“我也不知道，女士。我们只是到这里来粉刷走廊的。”

<每日一文>
Inanna's Journey[依拉娜之旅]

Inanna was a goddess. One day, she heard her sister, the queen of the underworld, crying. Her husband had died.

"I must go to my sister's husband's funeral," Inanna told her servant. "If I do not return in three days, ask the gods for help."

When Inanna arrived at the outer gates of the underworld, the gatekeeper ran to tell the queen about the goddess. The queen hated her sister, so she told him: "Open the seven gates, but as my sister enters each gate, take away one of her royal garments."

When the gatekeeper opened the first gate, he grabbed the crown from Inanna's head. It was the same at the other gates. At each one, the gatekeeper took away another piece of Inanna's jewelry, and at the seventh gate the gatekeeper removed her royal robes.

Naked, Inanna entered the underworld and walked into her sister's throne room. Inanna looked at her sister, and saw the eye of death staring back.

"Sister," the queen said, and struck Inanna dead.

Three days later, Inanna's servant went to ask the gods for help. First she went to the God of the Air, but he could do nothing.

Then she ran to the God of the Moon, but he shook his head.

At last she visited Enki, the God of Wisdom. From beneath his fingernails, Enki took some dirt. With this he created two flies. "Go to the underworld and give this to Inanna," he instructed the insects, giving them a bottle filled with the food of life.

The flies slipped through the seven gates of the underworld. When they reached the throne room, they heard the queen crying. The flies echoed her words with compassion, and compassion was what the queen craved most.

In gratitude, she offered them any gift they desired.

"Give us Inanna's body," the flies said.

The queen gave them Inanna's body, and they fed the goddess the food of life. Inanna rose again, and returned to heaven and Earth.

Now, Inanna spends six months of every year in the underworld, and when she returns to Earth, spring comes with her.

[ 本帖最后由荷兰剑客于 2005-12-9 09:13 AM 编辑 ]

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