Anti-Procrastination **This passage is actually translated from Chinese. I'd like your feedback so as to better my translation ability. So nitpick it your hardest. Original story is located here: http://www.douban.com/note/252618174/** The first time I saw him was that afternoon. I was passing my last ten minutes in the consultation room, getting a rock ready to smash my feet. Then he pushed open the door and came in. My rock was held up in the air, but I had no choice but to return it to the drawer. He looked on edge, his eyes darting uncontrollably, making me first diagnose him as a manic-depressive. I immediately pulled out the script from drawer #4 and adopted the corresponding posture and bearing. I leaned my upper half slightly forward, most importantly placing my elbows in a T-shape. This posture is said to be fastest at getting manic-depressive patients to share their troubles. I strictly adhered to these standards, and said “Hello” with the standard tone of voice. I’m not well, he said. I’m really not well. I’m here for of an important matter, an important matter relating to my personal fate. It’s almost too late. I needed to find you. You must save me. “Hm?” I hesitatingly deciphered his quickly-spoken words for a series of external symptoms but had no way of judging just what it was. This matter started with each morning three years ago. You can’t imagine how difficult mornings are for me, yet they’re incredibly simple for you all. Getting out of bed. I’m talking about getting out of bed. Just getting out of bed. For me, this is incomparably harder than Einstein discovering the Pauli Exclusion Principle… “It wasn’t Einstein.” Sorry, what did you say? “It wasn’t Einstein. It was Pauli.” You mean…? “The Pauli Exclusion Principle wasn’t discovered by Einstein. It was Pauli. Look, you already said it, sir.” Okay. But that’s of no importance. I became aware of two mistakes I made. One was cutting off the patient’s narrative, the second was carelessly calling them “sir.” This wasn’t a fine start. It could make diagnosis and treatment incredibly bothersome. But that’s how things were, so let’s hear what he has to say for the moment. ... **There's more to the story, but it's too long to put it all here.**

新闻翻译练习：28 March 2014 – UK current account deficit near record high at £22.4bn 28 March 2014 – UK current account deficit near record high at £22.4bn 2014年3月28日——联合王国的账户缺乏接近打破记录的两百二十四亿欧元 The UK's current account deficit was larger than expected in the final quarter of last year, official figures have shown. 官方数据表示联合王国目前的账户缺乏在第四节比预料的还要大。 The deficit in the three months to December was £22.4bn, only marginally lower than the all-time high of £22.8bn recorded in the previous quarter. 在12月份的前三个月里缺乏是两百二十四亿欧元，只稍微低于上一节记录的空前高端——两百二十八亿欧元。 Economists had expected the UK's deficit to narrow to about £14bn in the final three months of the year. 经济专家曾预料联合王国的缺乏在去年的最后三个月里缩小到一百四十亿欧元左右。 One analyst described the deficit as "worryingly large". 一位分析师描述缺乏为“焦虑地大”。 The current account deficit for the year was £71.1bn, equal to 4.4% of UK GDP and slightly lower than the highest current account deficit of 4.6% of GDP recorded in 1989, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. 国家统计局表示，这一年的目前账户缺乏是七百十一亿欧元，等于联合王国的国内生产总值的百分之四点四，也微微低于1989年纪录的国内生产总值的最高账户缺乏的百分之四点六。 The UK's trade deficit with the rest of the world - the difference between the value of goods and services the country imports versus what it exports - narrowed to £5.7bn in the fourth quarter from £10bn three months earlier, the ONS said. 联合王国与世界的贸易逆差——国家进出口品的价值的差别——从三个月前的一百亿欧元缩小到第四节的五十七亿欧元。 The fall in the trade deficit was partly attributed to Britain's dominant service sector - which accounts for nearly 80% of UK economic growth - which recorded a surplus in the quarter of £1.4bn. 贸易逆差的降低部分归因于英国占优势的服务行业。服务行业占英国经济增长的百分之八十，也在节里记录了十四亿欧元的顺差。 The UK's trade deficit in goods also narrowed by £3bn. But this was the result of falling imports rather than any increase in exports. 而且，联合王国的产品逆差也缩小了三十亿欧元，但这是归因于进口品的降低，不归因于出口品的增加。 ------------------------------------- 后来查到： Current account deficit = 经常账(户)赤字 上面的好多句子算是直译的，大概写得也不够官方、正式，请吹毛求疵修改！^_^

13年11月07日：搭讪也是个正经事 我好久没有写italki日记，所以我要向老朋友说“好久不见”，向新朋友说“很高兴认识你！” 我这两年特别关注中文口语能力和听力，也一直为汉语水平考试准备单词表等等。但是我慢慢发现了能说能听并不够好，我也要练习写作。所以，请你们严格地纠正我的文章与写作，我看到差点算骂人那样严格的评论，我也不会难过，只会高兴！我很想写得深入、科学、合理一些，也要开始用高级的词语，所以请以这个要求评论。谢谢！ 我打算每天或每隔天读一篇文章，写总结和读后感，有时也会写个“读前感”哈哈。 我今天读的文章叫做“搭讪也是个正经事”。 读前感 这篇文章好像会讨论搭讪的好与坏，分析男生和女生之间在搭讪过程中的意图。以我的经验，许多女生认为搭讪就是为了上床，也不会产生真正的情爱，因为搭讪的前提一般是美丽的外表而已，所以是件肤浅的事。但是我觉得一般男人不会扫射地去搭讪女生，因为他要在每次搭讪之前好好集中勇气，想好与当时情况最恰当的套词，然后全心投入搭讪，希望不会发生意外。 总结 “搭讪也是个正经事”这篇文章提了埃里克•韦伯在1970年出版的《把妹指南》中的一些搭讪方式和等级。这本书将搭讪分为了几个技术等级：初级、中级、高级和大师级。初级的搭讪技术指那些性格尴尬的男孩会用的：直接拦住女孩，结结巴巴地说她美丽然后问电话号码。大师级的搭讪技术就太完美了，达到这个程度的男孩一般很有口才，也知道如何调好女孩的感情，让她在很短的时间内觉得男的很熟悉，是她的菜。 文中提及许多要注意的点，比如男生应该在搭讪之前至少照照镜子，观察自己的衣服、头发和脸有没有缺点。“如果看见一张油脸、顶着不清爽的乱发，脚蹬一双脏球鞋，那还是先回家，下次再战吧。” 而且，行动时也不要前方拦住，因为这样会使女孩紧张，感觉你在打断她在做的事。然后，跟女孩讲话时不要像调查人员问一大堆不深入的问题，譬如工作、学校、朋友等等。与其这样减低你给她的印象，不如和她谈起经历过的神奇的事和自己的感受。这样才会深化你的人，让她觉得你不像填满着资料的交友网页，而觉得你人有气质、魅力和兴趣。 读后感 我读这篇文之后想我好像学了点东西！虽然我现在不怎么需要学搭讪女孩的技巧，我还是联想到这些资料对我的帮助。我读了一半那时刻就意识到很多很多人际关系是靠外表建立的。你想你在什么场面不受对方的外表的影响，你肯定想不出！虽然有人说“别以封面判断书 (Never judge a book by its cover)”，人类还特别关心别人的外表，我们的行动出于基因本能和脑袋的配置。我们自然而然地判断出周围是不是危险、一个人能不能跟我相处。读这篇文章之后，我意识到不仅要在搭讪过程中练好口才、弄好外表、给对方看你最亲切的自己，我们要永远保持这个好样子。

语法练习 请你们纠正我的表达方式和语法错误，谢谢。 ^_^ 不禁 看蝙蝠侠、变形金刚等电影里的英雄事迹时，我不禁大哭起来；大人物对正义表现出的献身真令人佩服。 这女孩着凉发病时不禁打喷嚏。 向人家耳朵里大喊一声，对方不禁退缩。 当闻到外面宜人的芳香时，我眼前不禁闪过小时候的快乐时光。 我在林彪堕机的周年晚会时不禁感到同志们的大苦。 犯不上 我觉得，你犯不上为了公交车的座位跟他争吵。 记者看来宾的反应时一说“为别人的处境犯不上流泪”就被炒鱿鱼了。 为了买一件时髦裤子犯不上花一个月的薪水，对吧？ 腐败的法官说：“我邻居的小孩经常离家出走，我犯不上为了到处找他再浪费私人时间！那我怎么要找你的呢？” 为了美丽的外貌犯不上做整形那么不自然的事。 殊不知 从我小的时候，爸爸一直从事餐饮业，殊不知在我出生前他是个天体物理学家和天文学家！ 克拉克·肯特在外表上是普通商人，殊不知他换衣服就变成超人！ 哈利波特在最后那本书里需要毁坏伏地魔所有的魂器才能杀掉他，殊不知，哈利波特自己的伤痕也就是他的魂器之一！ 狗都会游狗爬式，殊不知这只也会蛙泳！ 酒吧外面总是人声鼎沸，付门票的队里挤满客人，殊不知里面也要排队买喝的！（但这实在很正常了。）

“本質”與“本性”滴~~區~~別~~~呢~~~~~~~~？ 這兩個有沒有大的區別？我想了個半天，還覺得是一樣的意思 --- 某事物或人本來的性質對吧？哎，我快暈死 我很不好意思在上面裝可愛嘻嘻

滑溜溜的意思是什麽？ 只是說很滑么？還是有更深的意思？ 謝謝

說一個人“不夠有效”有什麽意思？ 最近聽到一首嘻哈的歌，歌詞包括：“我覺得你的男友不夠有效？我要跟你見個面，請你吃飯。。。” 什麽的。 說一個人“不夠有效”是什麽意思？說他對那個人不夠好嗎，錢不夠，不夠帥么？ 謝謝

口号、标语、和座右铭有区别吗？