世界節(jié)假日博覽 第10期:相反日

　　Opposite Day is on January 24th each year. It is a strange but fun day. Whatever you say on this day must be the opposite of what you mean. If you say ‘yes’, you mean ‘no’ and viceversa. If someone tells you‘You don’t look so good today,’ you say ‘thank you’. Or perhaps that should be ‘No thank you’. If you have ever tried this for yourself, it can be quite confusing, although it is fun. Children love playingthis as a game and usually end up in non-stop laughter. Some psychologists have said that playing using opposite meanings is a good “philosophy course” for kids – it gets them thinking. It could also be the day when ‘opposites attract,’ which means two people who have totally different characters start a relationship.
　　人們?cè)诿磕甑?月24日來(lái)慶祝相反節(jié)。這是一個(gè)有點(diǎn)奇怪又有趣的節(jié)日。不管你這天說(shuō)了什么都要反著說(shuō)。如果你說(shuō)“是”，那么你的意思就是“不是”，反之亦然。如果某人告訴你‘你今天看起來(lái)不太好’，你應(yīng)該說(shuō)‘謝謝’。或許你應(yīng)該說(shuō)‘不，謝謝’。如果你還沒(méi)有嘗試過(guò)，盡管這很有趣，但是你會(huì)感到非常困惑。孩子喜歡將它當(dāng)成一種游戲，通常的結(jié)果是不停的大笑。許多心理學(xué)家認(rèn)為說(shuō)反話對(duì)孩子來(lái)說(shuō)是一門(mén)很好的“心理課程”，可以幫助他們思考。這天也許會(huì)成為‘異性相吸’的一天，及時(shí)是兩種性格截然不同的人也可能會(huì)建立戀愛(ài)關(guān)系。
　　Opposite Day can be a very useful day for students. This is a good time to get out vocabulary notebooks and find the antonyms, or opposites, to different words. Students could focus onprefixes that are used to give a word an opposite meaning. For example ‘un’ in ‘unhelpful’ and ‘unnecessary’, or ‘il’ in illegal’ and ‘illogical’. There are many more. Actually, Opposite Day reminds me of a little verse I learntas a child. Here it is: “One bright morning in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back, they faced each other. Drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise, and came to arrest the two dead boys. If you don't believe this story’s true, ask the blind man - he saw it too!” Confusing? Why not make your own opposite story?
　　相反節(jié)對(duì)于學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)可能會(huì)非常有用。這一天，學(xué)生會(huì)翻出詞匯書(shū)，查找反義詞。學(xué)生很有可能會(huì)關(guān)注詞語(yǔ)的前綴來(lái)獲得相反的意思。例如‘un’有‘unhelpful’和‘unnecessary’，‘il’有‘illegal’和‘illogical’。還有很多。其實(shí)，相反節(jié)讓我想起了我小時(shí)候?qū)W到過(guò)的一首小詩(shī)。詩(shī)文是：“夜半時(shí)分的早上，兩個(gè)死人起床打斗。他們面對(duì)面。拔出了劍，向?qū)Ψ缴錃?。一名聾子警官聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了噪音，抓住了兩名死者。如果你不相信這個(gè)故事是真實(shí)的，那就問(wèn)問(wèn)這個(gè)失明的人吧，他看到了一切。”覺(jué)得困惑嗎?為什么不動(dòng)筆也寫(xiě)一篇相反的故事呢?
　　1.in the middle of the night 午夜
　　例句：My Hell Week began in the middle of the night.
　　我的魔鬼訓(xùn)練周是在午夜開(kāi)始的。
　　2.draw sword 拔劍
　　例句：Saul said to his armor-bearer, 'Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.'
　　Saul吩咐拿他兵器的人說(shuō)，拔出刀來(lái)，殺了我，免得那些未受割禮的人來(lái)凌辱我。
　　3.start a relationship 開(kāi)始新戀情
　　例句：I'm flattered that you asked, but I'm not ready to start a relationship right now.
　　你是一個(gè)很好的男人/女人，但我實(shí)在太忙了，沒(méi)有準(zhǔn)備好和別人建立到長(zhǎng)期、穩(wěn)定的戀愛(ài)關(guān)系。
　　4.vice versa 反之亦然
　　例句：A blocking queue in which each insert operation must wait for a corresponding remove operation by another thread, and vice versa.
　　這是一個(gè)阻塞隊(duì)列，其中，每個(gè)插入操作必須等待另一個(gè)線程的對(duì)應(yīng)移除操作，反之亦然。