1884.How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin. 你如何判断一个人是不是共产主义者？答案是他是一个读马列书的人。你如何判断一个人是不是反共人士？答案是他是一个懂马列的人。
1885.Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.人们普遍相信，政治是第二个最为古老的职业，我发现，政治与第一个最古老的职业非常相似。第一个最古老的职业是妓女。政治与妓女这一行当相似，因为都要出卖自己，一个出卖自己的肉体，一个出卖自己的灵魂。
1886.The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. 政府对经济的策略可以用简单的几句话来概括：如果它动，就让它纳税；如果它动不停，就立法限制它，如果它不动了，就给它补贴。it指企业。
1887.The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, I’m from the government and I’m here to help.英语里九个令人生畏的词是：我是官员，让我来帮你。这句话的意思是，如果让政府部门来干预私人生活领域，情况只会越来越糟。
1888.If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party. 如果苏联允许第二个政党成立的话，苏联仍旧是一个一党制的国家，因为人们都去跑去加入第二个党了。这话是讽刺第一个党的腐败无能。
1889.There are no easy answers’ but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right. 答案不易，但答案简单，那就是我们必须有勇气来从事我们确信道德上正确的事业。
1890.Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face. 在圣经封面下你可以找到人类所遇到问题的全部答案。
1891.American people are not the problem, American people are the answer. 美国人民不是问题，美国人民是答案。这是奥巴马的话，但有着里根的痕迹。(在中国，人是问题，所以要把人消灭于萌芽状态。)
1892.Teacher X’s political view often causes a stir. 信老师的政治观点常常引起风波。也有用commotion来替代的：The dog ran through the church and caused quite a commotion. 那条狗在教会横冲直撞，大家一时惊慌失措。
1893.He is good at diverting focus of talks. 他很擅长转移话题。divert attention 转移注意力。Ruling government is frantically trying to divert the focus on the massacre to other directions, for obvious reason.因为显而易见的原因，现政府正拼命试图转移人们关注大屠杀的视线而去扯其他问题。
1894.Their attempts to sweep the scandal under the rug were not very successful. 他们企图遮盖丑闻，但并不成功。They are trying to sweep the real issue under the rug. 他们试图掩盖真实的问题。
1895.He is good at the attorney’s rhetoric, which masks the real issue. 他熟悉律师的那套辞令，就是把真正的问题掩盖过去。
1896.We are in a full-court press trying to get more cash. 我们正全力以赴争取更多的现金。Obama is doing full court press with the Health Care. 奥巴马全力以赴要让医疗改革过关。 a full-court press, 是篮球防守术语，一般含义是“全力以赴地去做”。
1897.Rents: " How is University?"
You: " It is full on, I have 2 assignments due tomorrow and a 4 hour lab this evening, exams next week, a cold coming on, no money, no food in the house and everything is just full on!" Rents: 大学生活怎样啊？你：一言难尽，明天要交两门作业，今晚四个小时的实验，下周几门考试，又患了感冒，身无一文，家里揭不开锅，什么事都被我遇上了。full on 全有，尽全力。She was a full-on platinum blonde by 20. 她20岁时最向往的就是一头淡金色头发。
1898.full name 全名，英美人的全名一般有三个词，first name 名, middle name 中间名, last name 姓，例如布什总统的全名是：George Walker Bush，你称呼一个人时，要不然就直接说出名（第一名字），要不然就在姓前加个抬头，很少称呼人的中间名，如果有人把一个人的名字-中间名-姓一同称呼出来，那就是警告的口吻说话了，中文有时也有这样的味道。John William Smith, you get your butt down here this instant! 约翰威廉史密斯，你马上给我滚过来。Lily Ann Williams, what do you think you are doing young lady? 莉莉安威廉，你到底在干什么，我的姑奶奶！
Person A: I gotta go, my Mum just used my full namePerson B: Ouch, hope you aren"t grounded for long.A：我得走了，我老妈刚喊我全名了。B：那不得了，但愿你不被罚站太久。be grounded 受罚关在房间不许出来，罚站。
1899.These are the core values I hold: integrity first, service before self, excellence in all I do. 这是我坚守的核心价值观：诚信第一；先人后己；任何事都要干得出色。
1900. Our school has three pillars: character development, academics and athletics. 我们学校办学有三大原则：品格培养，学习及体育。
1901.God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 神说要有光就有光。（创世纪1：3）
a)Light provides the energy necessary for life. 光生命提供了必要的能量。
b)Star Trek fans longing to travel at warp factor 9, faster than light(FTL). 星球大战的影迷们幻想能以超光速的速度去周游宇宙。
c)In light of what you have told us, I think we must abandon the project. 根据你给我们提供的情况，我觉得我们必须放弃这个项目。In light of the clerk’s rudeness, we didn’t return to that shop. 因为有个营业员粗鲁无礼，我们不再光顾那家商店。
d)I see the situation in a different light.我对这个局面有不同的看法。
e)Can you throw some light on the question? 能不能就这个问题给点提示？
f)This journalist is brave and he brought the Sanlu scandal to light. 这个记者很猛，他把三鹿丑闻爆了光。
g)light 打火机；Please pass the light to me. 请把打火机递给我一下。
h)After a 12-hour shift, nurse Trudy came home and she was out like a light in no time at all. 值班12个小时后，楚蒂一回到家倒在床上就大睡起来。（她入睡速度如同光速。）
1902.Yaoming is basking in the national spotlight as the best player. 姚明是最佳球员，红遍全国。
1903.He studied this subject for ten years, and finally it gets its moment in the limelight. 他潜心研究这个题目十年了，终于成果引起了轰动。
1904.We should respect the dignity in the twilight of life.我们应该维护老年人的尊严。