下周就要過(guò)年了。今天，Jenny, Jason就要分享喜氣洋洋、吉祥可愛的蛇年英語(yǔ)祝福！

Pun: 雙關(guān)語(yǔ)，比如“蛇么都好”

A play on words: 文字游戲

Homophones: 同音字

十二生肖

Chinese zodiac和Chinese Animal sign都可以，前者更符合英語(yǔ)表達(dá)習(xí)慣

What’s your Chinese zodiac/animal sign? 你的生肖是什么？你屬什么？

The year of the snake: 蛇年

It’s my Chinese zodiac year:本命年

I’m a snake: 我屬蛇，注意一定要數(shù)量詞a

Calling someone a snake is a negative portrayal of their personality. But when talking about the Chinese zodiac, it’s a completely different story: 比喻一個(gè)人是蛇是對(duì)其性格負(fù)面的描述。但談?wù)撋ぞ屯耆橇硪换厥隆?/p>

蛇年祝福

Greetings for the year of the snake: 蛇年祝福語(yǔ)

The puns don’t work in English: 蛇的雙關(guān)語(yǔ)在英語(yǔ)里不能同樣用

Lost in translation: 無(wú)法翻譯

祝你蛇年蛇么都好: Wishing you all the best (in everything you do) in the year of the snake.

蛇么都好: Good/wonderful in every possible way

蛇么都有：Have everything you will ever want/desire

想蛇么，有蛇么: Get everything you wish for/Whatever you wish for, you shall have

蛇么都發(fā)：Make money in all kinds of ways/in everything you do

蛇么都不怕：Have no fear/fear nothing at all

點(diǎn)蛇成金: Turn anything into gold

蛇我其誰(shuí): If not me, then who?/Who else but me?

蛇機(jī)妙算：Always ten steps ahead of everyone

蛇通廣大：Extremely resourceful and capacable/can get anything done

蛇氣揚(yáng)揚(yáng)：Healthy, energetic and vigorous/

嘶嘶如意：May all your wishes come true/all your hopes be fulfilled/everything goes according to your wishes

蛇不得你: Can’t let go of you

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