描述
翻阅美国报刊杂志和收听美国英语广播，最让外国读者和听众感到困难的，就是里面大量与时事新闻紧密相联的成语、俗语和俚语。它们有的历史悠久，有的却刚刚衍生出几年，尚未被各类辞典收入。尤其让外国人头疼的是，由于不了解这些词语的历史背景，即使查出释义，也往往很难记住。 本书正是针对这个问题，根据美国之音中文台播出的一套名为“Idioms in the News”的教学节目编辑而成的。这套节目分为55讲，每讲介绍并详细讲解了几个在政治、时事和世界局势方面美国人常用的成语、俗语和俚语，同时辅以从报刊或广播电视报道中挑选出的例句，介绍这些词语的历史渊源、演讲过程及其在生活其他方面的应用。语言浅显易懂，例句形象生动，原汁原味。对希望学习地道美国英语，要求扩大对美国社会了解的读者，本书将是个巨大帮助。 读者可在收听“Idioms in the News”这套节目时把本书作为文字教学材料，也可把它与中国对外翻译出版公司出版的《美国成语俗语》一起，作为阅读美国报刊杂志及书籍的常备工具书。
目录
1 Deadpan;To Tread Water;To Rearrange(免费使用）
2 To Buck Someone Up;To Take Somebody to the Woodshed
3 On the Ropes;To Get to the Heart of Something;Lame Duck
4 Arm-twisting;Back-room Deal;Break-even Deal
5 Cliffhanger;To Clear the Final Hurdle;To Cross the Finish Line
6 A Shotgun Marriage;A Marriage Made in Heaven;To Play Cop;to Play God
7 Achilles Heel;Off the Wall;Off the Beam
8 Tour de Force;Pink Slip;Sin Tax
9 Light at the End of the Tunnel;On the Lam;Linchpin
10 Yellow Ribbon;Yellow Pages;Yellow Journalism
11 To Water Down;Straitjacket;To Have the Upper Hand
12 To Pull Up Stakes;The Deck Is Stacked Against Someone;Fast Track
13 To Pin Hopes on Something;Last-ditch;To Rub Someone the Wrong Way
14 To Cross One's Fingers;Backwater;To Speak One's Mind
15 Bean Counting;To Bleed Red Ink;To Stir Up a Hornet's Nest;Full of Beans
16 To Play Ball;Nuts and Bolts;To Throw In the Towel
17 To Take Stock of;Second Wind;Wind;Wish List
18 A Last Hurrah;Rough-and-Tumble;One-boat or Two-boat Trip
19 The Shoe Is on the Other Foot;Kid Glove Treatment;Blow-Hard
20 The Buck Stops Here;Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk;To Jump on the Bandwagon
21 Cabin Fever;To Be Snowed Under;Out of the Woods
22 To Wear One's Heart on One's Sleeve;The Way to a Man's Heart;To Open One's Heart
23 To Skate on Thin Ice;To Break the Ice;To Put on Ice
24 High-five;Second to None;Monday-morning Quarterback;Twenty-twenty Hindsight
25 To Close Ranks;Up for Grabs;Murphy's Law;At the Eleventh Hour
26 A Slap on the Wrist;To Eat Crow;to Short-circuit
27 Ghost Employees;Sweetheart Deal
28 To Dress to the Nines;To Burn a Hole in One's Pocket
29 Kickbacks;A Roll of the Dice
30 Underdog;A Long-shot;Dark Horse
31 Slapdash;Across-the-board;Back-of-the-envelope
32 In Cahoots with;To Pay Lip Service;Hare-brained
33 Smoking Gun;Cash Cows;Piggyback
34 To Get a Kick out of;Sticker Shock;A Stiff Upper Lip
35 Crunch Time;Job Lock;A Shot in the Arm
36 To Hunker Down;To Hold the High Ground;Trench Warfare
37 Out to Lunch;To Be Backed into a Corner;Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea;To Spell Out
38 Comeback Kid;To Be Saved by the Bell;Benchwarmer
39 To Bring to One's Knees;A Leg Up;On Tenterhooks
40 Swing Voters;Down to the Wire;In over One's Head
41 To Bring Home the Bacon;Cliffhanger;The Burning Question
42 True Blue;Buzzword;Bounceback
43 Misson Creep;Hotbed;Well-heeled
44 Football Widow;Nail-biter;Back on Track
45 Empty Suit;To Tune Out;Basket Case
46 To Run Scared;To Spin One's Wheels;Bumper Crop
47 Hogwash;To Take the Point;To Walk a Tightrope
48 Behind the Eight-ball;Dear John Letter;Payback Time
49 To Jump the Gun;To Stick One's Neck Out;To Grit One's Teeth
50 Acroee-the-board;To Raise a Red Flag;At the Drop of a Hat
51 Gimmick;To Scope out;Elbow Room
52 A Jump Start;Cracker-jack;Up-and-coming
53 Hype;Hoopla;Plug
54 Hacker;Geek;Snail Mail
55 Talking Heads;Sound Bites;Stake-out