1 takes one for the team

為了全隊(duì)挨一下（為了集體的利益，犧牲個人利益）

He always takes one for the team. = He always sacrifices his own interests for the group's better interest.

他總能為了集體的利益而犧牲個人的利益。

（例子）I took one for the team when my pay was lowered but the company could expand.

把我的薪水調(diào)低了，公司以此有了更多的資金擴(kuò)展業(yè)務(wù)。這是我為了公司的利益，犧牲個人的利益。

2 活學(xué)活用

中譯英：在現(xiàn)時代，我們是否還要發(fā)揚(yáng)這種犧牲個人利益的精神呢？

英譯中：Through Word Parts

Now for the next step. Often new words contain one or more parts, which, if recognized, provide specific help with meaning. Suppose you read that someone "had a preference for reading travel books." The context certainly isn't too helpful. But do you see a prefix, suffix, or root that you know? Well, there's the familiar prefix pre-, meaning "before" look back at the context and try inserting "before." Reading travel books apparently comes "before" other kinds of reading. Yes, a preference is something put "before" something else.

3 語法 構(gòu)詞法

（2）構(gòu)成形容詞的后綴有：-able -ible -al -ful -less -ish -ive -ous -an -ic -ly -y -ant -ent -ary -en等。

例如：available, suitable, responsible, permissible, natural, national, powerful, faithful, fearless, useless, selfish, childish, collective, decisive, famous, continuous, American, European, historic, scientific, friendly, lively, thirsty, noisy, significant, pleasant, dependent consistent, secondary, imaginary, golden, wooden等

1 grasp for straws

抓稻草（絕望中掙扎）

He was grasping for straws. = He was guessing desperately or searching for answers without many clues.

他完全不知道答案，所以正在瞎猜，這是絕望中掙扎。

例子：Right now the police are only grasping for straws, but they think that they will soon know who the killer was .

現(xiàn)在警方不過是在瞎猜，但是他門覺得不久就能猜出殺人犯是誰。

今天我想說一下現(xiàn)在很流行的一樣外設(shè)：“跳舞毯”。昨天幫一位朋友去買了一條，在市場里兜了半天。終于以55圓的價錢買下了（一定要狠狠的砍！）。回家試了一試，感覺不錯。如果大家在電腦前忙碌了半天，可以用此物放松一下神經(jīng)，做一下鍛煉吧。是物有所值的。

1 landslide

山崩（壓倒性的勝利）

The election was landslide. = One person won the election very easily.

一位候選人大獲全勝。

例子：At work, we decided to vote for where we want to eat, and pizza won by a landslide.