Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass ,leaves on trees. It is also the color of growing plants.
在自然界中绿色是一种非常重要的颜色,它是草和树叶的颜色,它也是正在生长的植物的颜色.
Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh, and growing . Sometimes, it describes something is not yet ripe or finished. 有时,单词绿色意味着年轻,新鲜,正在生长.有时它也描述一些不熟或是没有完成的东西.
For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed .A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today – a person who is new to a job .
例如,生手就是一个没有经验,面对一个新环境的人,在15世纪,greenhorn 是一只年幼的牛它的角还没有长大,一个世纪后greenhon是一个没有作战经验的士兵.到了18世纪,greenhorn才有了今天的意思,一个面对新工作的人.
About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities back east. The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
大约在100年前,greenhorn在美国西部是一种很流行的表达方式。年长者用它来去描述一个刚从东部城市过来的人。这个生手缺乏在艰难的城市中生存的技能。
Someone who has ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds. 一个拥有可以种植好植物的人被称为有一个绿色的拇指。这种表达式起源于19世纪早期。
A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that plants grow quickly and well, You may say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
一个拥有绿色拇指的人像是有魔术的效果一样可以让植物长的非常好。你可以说住你隔壁的女人有一个绿色的手指,如果你花园时的花都死了,然而她花园的花以开了很久。
The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The plants produced much large crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumb.
绿色的革命是很多年前给新品种的大米或是其它谷物发展的名字。这些植物可以有更高的产量。绿色革命是一些拥有绿色拇指的农业科学家努力工作的结果,
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful emotion,
jealousy. The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space, it is an expression used about 400 years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play called Othello.
绿色也是用来描述强烈感情色彩的颜色,例如嫉妒。绿眼睛的怪兽并不是一个来自外太空可怕的怪物,它只是一种表示方法,400年前莎士比亚曾在他的Othello剧中用到。
It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. A young man may suffer from that green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. That green-eyed monster may affect you friends if you get a pay rise but she does not.
它用于描述一个不高兴的情感,当一个人拥人他想要的东西的时候。一个年轻人可能会饱受绿眼怪兽的折磨,如果他的女朋友开始和其他人约会。那个绿眼睛的怪兽也会影响你的朋友如果你的工资增加了,而她的却没人增加.
In most places in the world, a green light is a signal to move ahead. A green light on a traffic signal means your car can continue on. In everyday speech, a green light means approval to continue with a project. We want you to know that we have a green light to continue this series next week.
在世界很多的地方,绿灯是一个向前走的信号。在交通灯中绿色代表你的可以继续走。在日常的交流中,绿灯意味着你的方案通过了。
我们想让你知道下周我们会继续讲述这一系例故事。 (纯属个人爱好,不喜勿喷)