青年参考：短句解析

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　　1. These judges are mad twice over !　这些法官是癫上加癫的！

　　　解析：意大利总理Silvio Berlusconi(西尔维奥·贝卢斯科尼)向来口没遮拦，他8月底在撒丁岛(Sardinia)度假，竟然向两名英国记者说，意大利的法官都是疯子，很疯癫。

官司缠身的贝卢斯科尼的讲话明显政治不正确(politically incorrect)，引起国内舆论的强烈批评。Mad作"疯癫"解，说人疯癫也可用crazy，美国俚语中常用gaga。twice over意为"事情发生两次"或"加倍"，如The subscription was covered twice over.(捐款超出了一倍)

　　2. "I feel now rather as if I was coming to after a heavy blow to the head." "现在我感觉像头部受到重击后苏醒过来一样。"

　　　　解析：很多人都知道，有一个国王，为了爱情，放弃了王位，这就是历史上有名的英皇爱德华八世退位事件。最近首次公开的英国已故皇太后一批书信向我们展示了她对于1936年退位危机引发的政治风暴的看法(A collection of previously unpublished letters from the late Queen Mother have given a personal insightsintosthe turmoil surrounding the 1936 abdication crisis.)她在其中一封写给好友、前坎特伯雷大主教科兹莫·戈登·兰格的信中(The letters by the Queen Mother were addressed to her friend Cosmo Gordon Lang，then archbishop of Canterbury)，她详细描述了爱德华八世"不爱江山爱美人"，为了娶美国离婚女人沃丽斯·辛普森而退位时，她是感到何等痛苦(The Queen Mother described how miserable she felt when he resigned the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.)她在信中说，"我认为1936年12月那些日子的震动完全能使人昏倒，同时，我那段时间由于幸运(指她的丈夫即爱德华八世的弟弟能当上英国国王--解析者注)而不知所措。回到现实中相当难受。" ("I think the shock of those terrible days in December was literally stunning and a merciful numbness came over me at the time. The return to life was rather unpleasant.")Come to是"恢复知觉、苏醒"(to recover consciousness)之意。例如，That's about all I remember，until I came to in a life-raft.(那差不多就是我记得的全部过程，后来我就在救生筏上苏醒过来。)

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　　培根《论爱情》节选

　　You may observe，that amongst all the great and worthy persons (where of　the memory remaineth，either ancient or recent) there is not one，that hath been transported to the mad degree of love: which shows that great spirits，and great business，do keep out this weak passion. You must except，nevertheless，Marcus Antonius，the half partner of the empire of Rome，and Appius Claudius，the decemvir and lawgiver; whereof the former was indeed a voluptuous man，and inordinate; but the latter was an austere and wise man: and therefore it seems (though rarely) that love can find entrance，not onlysintosan open heart，but alsosintosa heart well fortified，if watch be not well kept.

　　It is a strange thing，to note the excess of this passion，and how it braves the nature，and value of things，by this; that the speaking in a perpetual hyperbole，is comely in nothing but in love. Neither is it merely in the phrase; for whereas it hath been well said，that the arch-flatterer，with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence，is a man's self; certainly the lover is more. For there was never proud man thought so absurdly well of himself，as the lover doth of the person loved; and therefore it was well said，That it is impossible to love，and to be wise. Neither doth this weakness appear to others only，and not to the party loved; but to the loved most of all，except the love be reciproque. For it is a true rule，that love is ever rewarded，either with the reciproque，or with an inward and secret contempt.

　　原味时事

　　美国中央情报局招聘锁匠执行重要任务　

　　　　　　WASHINGTON(Reuters) - Know your way around a lock? Then the CIA wants you: "The Central Intelligence Agency is seeking locksmiths to work with the best minds in the country while performing a mission critical to our nation，" the CIA said in a recent job posting on its website，www.cia.gov .

　　Skill in making lock parts is an asset for prospective CIA lock-smiths. "Knowledge of electronic and manual safe lock servicing，electricity，and alarms is ideal. Knowing how to operate machinery to fabricate lock parts and tools will be beneficial，" the CIA job posting said.

　　拉丁歌王瑞奇·马丁声称不敢近女色　　　

　　Ricky Martin claims he's too shy to approach women - but doesn't usually have to bother. He says the perception that he's a womaniser is completely wrong，as he would never make the first move. The singer has re-appeared on the music scene after a three year break with his new all-Spanish album Almas del Selencio.

　　When asked if he would ask a woman out，he told German FHM: "Absolutely not. I'm much too shy for that - I could never approach a woman." But he added: "I usually don't have to make the first move." He said he likes women to have nice eyes and hands.

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　　Really Tough

　　　Three little boys were talking about how tough they were."I'm so tough I wear out a pair of shoes every week，" said the first little boy.

　　"Why，that's nothing，" said the second boy，"I wear out a pair of blue jeans every day."

　　　"You guys aren't so tough，" piped up the third，"I wear out my grandma and grandpa in an hour."　

　　Friend for dinner

　　"Honey，" said this husband to his wife，"I invited a friend home for supper."

　　"What? Are you crazy? The house is a mess，I haven't been shopping，all the dishes are dirty，and I don't feel like cooking a fancy meal!""I know all that."

　　"Then why did you invite a friend for supper?"

　　"Because the poor fool's thinking about getting married."

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