第一篇 形形色色的人
1． 一根筋兒 one track-minded. 別跟他較勁了。他一根筋，你還不知道？
Stop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
2.出眾的人 a lulu 要說漂亮，我們公司新來的秘書可算是個(gè)相貌出眾的女孩子了。
Talking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.
3.兩面派 two-faced 我知道怎樣對(duì)付兩面派，而且一眼就能看出誰是一貫兩面討好的人。I know how to handle two-faced people and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds.(注：run with the hare and hunt with the hounds指人兩面討好，不得罪任何一方的做法。)
4．傻大個(gè)兒 a lummox 聽說那個(gè)傻大個(gè)兒把他們公司的買賣搞得一團(tuán)糟。
It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.
5.收破爛兒的人 a rag man 那些收破爛兒的人走街串戶，有時(shí)也能掙不少錢。
Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.
6.鄉(xiāng)巴佬 a hayseed 她說她決不會(huì)嫁給一個(gè)鄉(xiāng)巴佬，不管他多有錢。
She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.
7.不三不四的人riff-raffs 老張的家里總來些不三不四的人，可想而知老張不是什么好東西。
There are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.
8.受氣包兒 doormat 她天生就是個(gè)受氣包兒，什么事都不敢說個(gè)不字
She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.
9.面無表情的人 a deadpan 和那些面無表情的人在一起工作真讓人憋氣。
You feel choked to work with those deadpans.
10.掃帚星 a jinx 有人說那個(gè)女人是個(gè)掃帚星，誰跟她結(jié)婚誰倒霉。
She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.
1． 一根筋兒 one track-minded. 別跟他較勁了。他一根筋，你還不知道？
Stop reasoning with him. Don’t you know he is one track-minded?
2.出眾的人 a lulu 要說漂亮，我們公司新來的秘書可算是個(gè)相貌出眾的女孩子了。
Talking about being pretty, our company’s new secretary is indeed a lulu.
3.兩面派 two-faced 我知道怎樣對(duì)付兩面派，而且一眼就能看出誰是一貫兩面討好的人。I know how to handle two-faced people and can even tell at the first glance who are in the habit of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds.(注：run with the hare and hunt with the hounds指人兩面討好，不得罪任何一方的做法。)
4．傻大個(gè)兒 a lummox 聽說那個(gè)傻大個(gè)兒把他們公司的買賣搞得一團(tuán)糟。
It is said that the lummox has loused up their company’s whole business.
5.收破爛兒的人 a rag man 那些收破爛兒的人走街串戶，有時(shí)也能掙不少錢。
Those rag men going from door to door sometimes may also earn quite a handsome sum of money.
6.鄉(xiāng)巴佬 a hayseed 她說她決不會(huì)嫁給一個(gè)鄉(xiāng)巴佬，不管他多有錢。
She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed, no matter how rich he was.
7.不三不四的人riff-raffs 老張的家里總來些不三不四的人，可想而知老張不是什么好東西。
There are always riff-raffs hanging around in LaoZhang’s home, which gives you the feeling that Lao Zhang is not a good guy.
8.受氣包兒 doormat 她天生就是個(gè)受氣包兒，什么事都不敢說個(gè)不字
She’s born doormat ,afraid of going against anything.
9.面無表情的人 a deadpan 和那些面無表情的人在一起工作真讓人憋氣。
You feel choked to work with those deadpans.
10.掃帚星 a jinx 有人說那個(gè)女人是個(gè)掃帚星，誰跟她結(jié)婚誰倒霉。
She’s said to be a jinx, who would bring bad luck to whoever she marries.