《英语有关红色》PPT课件.ppt

,红色red,无论是在英语国家还是在中国，红色往往与庆祝活动或喜庆日子有关。因为日历中，这些日子常用红色字体。因此，red letter day，指的是“纪念日”或“喜庆的日子”。红色还指“负债”或“亏损”，因为人们总是用红笔登记负数。于是就有了这些词组：red figure：赤字red ink：赤字red balance：赤字差额red cent：一分钱；red gold：纯金；red tip on stock market：指股票市场的最新情报,汉语中常用的带“红”字的词语，翻译成英语，可不一定用“red”。例如：红糖：brown sugar红茶：black tea红榜：honour roll红豆：love pea红运：good luck红利：dividend红事：wedding,1)red carpet(迎接贵宾用的)The president was treated to the red carpet in Rome.总统在罗马受到了隆重的接待。(2)red-letter day 纪念日 喜庆的日子It was a red-letter day in the history of Chinese revolution.这是中国历史上值得纪念的日子。(3)red-handed 正在作案的 A thief was caught red-handed in the act of breaking open alock.一个窃贼在砸开锁时被当场抓获。(4)face red 脸红You said that l am very good.ls my face red?你说我很好，真使我难为情了。(5)see red暴怒；激怒When he started criticizing my work,l really saw red.当他批评我的工作时，我就冒火、发脾气。,(6)red-tape 繁文缛节的There is too much red-tape in obtaining an identity card.领身份证的手续实在太繁琐了。(7)be in the red 赤字 They had to sell the firm because for years they had operated it in the red.因为经营这家公司几年来一直亏损，所以他们只好把它卖掉。(8)out of the red 扭亏为盈Well soon be out of the red.我们很快就会扭亏为盈。(9)paint the town red痛饮狂欢Every time he comes to New York,he wants to paint the town red 每次来纽约，他都要痛饮一番。,thank you,