1. a black slate

干凈的黑板（新的一天，新的開始）

I have a black slate. = I have a new record without any bad things on it.

例子：I am looking forward to having a black slate at my new college. All new teachers and new classes are people that I have not met before. (轉到新的大學，我盼望有一個新的開始。新的老師，新的課程。學校里的人我都還沒有見到過。）

2. 活學活用

中譯英：在世博英語世界里，每天都有一個新的開始。

英譯中：How to Be a Successful Language learner?

"Learning a language is easy. Even a child can do it!"

Most adult who are learning a second language would disagree with this statement. For them, learnig a language is a very difficult task. They need hundreds of hours of study and practice, and even this will not guarantee success for every adult language learner.(待續）

1. bright

聰明，靈光

He is bright. = He is very smart and learns quickly.

她很聰明，學的很快。

（例子）：Ask Frank that question. He might know the answer because he is really bright.

那個問題去問法蘭克，他很聰明，說不定他知道答案。

2．活學活用

中譯英：他是不是一個聰明的小孩。

英譯中：Language learning is different from other kinds of learning. Some people who are very intelligent and successful in their fields find it difficult to succeed in language learning. Conversely, some people who are successful language learners find it difficult to succeed in other fields.（待續）

1．Flash in the pan

淘金盆里的反光（空歡喜一場，好景不長）

The band was a flash in the pan. = That band was popular for a short time but then was not at all.

這個產品是淘金盆里的反光。

（例子）：That girl was a flash in the pan. We went to two dates but then her ex-boyfriend convinced her to come back to him and I had no chance.

2.活學活用

中譯英：我希望這件事對我來說，不是空歡喜一場。

英譯中：Language teacher often offer advice to language learners:“Read as much as you can in the new language." "Practice speaking the language every day." "Live with people who speak the language." "Don't translate - try to think in the new language." "Learn as a child would learn; play with the language."