透过俚语学习托福词汇:你能弄明白么?

　　俚语小故事⑥blown your own horn自吹自擂
　　Xiao Zhang just graduated from university and was hunting for a job.One day he was driving a car to go on an outing with several friends.They were caught in a traffic jam downtown,so they had to wait patiently in their car.They began to talk one after another about their experiences in looking for a job and exchange ideas on how to write a curriculum vitae.
　　One of his friends patted Xiao Zhang on the shoulder and said:"You should blow your own horn!"
　　As soon as that friend finished speaking,a burst of sounds of horn was heard.His friend quickly stopped him:’Hey, what will be you doing? Sounding your horn is forbidden here ,otherwise fines will be imposed.Did you see the sighbroad ’Don’t Horn’ over there?"
　　Xiao Zhang felt wronged and said:" Didn’t you ask me to blow the horn? I thought you wanted me to sound the horn to hurry the unmoving car in front."
　　Later Xiao Zhang figured out that "blow your own horn" means "publicize or boast one’s abilities or achievements ." There his friends meant that Xiao Zhang should not modest but show off his strong points and merits when writing his resume.
　　小张刚从大学毕业，正在找工作。一天他与几个朋友一起开车出游。在市区遇上了交通堵塞，他们只好耐心地坐在车中，朋友们纷纷谈找工作的经历，以及怎样写个人简历。
　　其中一位朋友拍着小张的肩膀说：“You should blow your own horn！”
　　话音刚落，只听到阵阵的喇叭声。朋友急忙制止：“喂，你干什么？这里不准鸣喇叭，违者罚款。你看到那块‘Don’t horn！’（请勿鸣喇叭）的牌子吗？”
　　小张委屈地说“不是你叫我blow the horn吗？我还以为你想让我按喇叭催前面停着不动的车呢？”
　　后来小张弄清楚了，原来“blow the horn”有“自吹自擂”的意思。在这里，小张的朋友是指写简历的时，不要谦虚，而要展示自己的长处和优点。。
　　calling card “电话卡”---“特点、特征。”采集者退散
　　I　was describing a friend whom I met at the supermarket the other day to my American friend Susan, for Susan also knew her. However, Susan could not think of whom I was talking about form beginning to end. She asked me :“What’s her calling card?” What she said kept me in the dark .I wondered what this had to do with the calling card of that friend. Did Susan have the ability of recalling whom her friend was by the calling card that her friend was using?
　　After I queried her about it ,Susan couldn’t help laughing and explained that “calling card” could also have the meaning of “distinguishing features or characteristics” of a person beside meaning “telephone card.”
　　我向我的美国朋友苏珊描述前一天我在超市遇到的一个朋友。这个朋友她也认识。可是，苏珊却始终想不起来我说的是谁？她问我：“What’s her calling card?”我丈二和尚摸不着头脑，这关那个朋友的电话卡什么事呢？通过她朋友使用的电话卡而想起她的朋友是谁，苏珊有这种能力吗？
　　待我提出疑问后，苏珊忍不住笑着跟我解释说, “calling card”除了是“电话卡”以外，还可以指人的“特点、特征。”
　　On one weekend I was free ,so I promised to accompany my good friend to watch a football match between teenagers and cheer for her son, who played the goal.来源：
　　有个周末，闲来无事，便答应陪好友去看一场少儿足球比赛，为她的守门员儿子助威。
　　校园里的绿茵场上早已被四处蹦蹦跳跳的小不点身上鲜艳的球衣点缀得春意盎然。家长们在赛场边或站或坐，显得与孩子们一样兴奋不已。比赛的哨声响起了，小将们陆续进场。突然，我身旁不远处一位外表粗犷的家长，手所至成筒状对着赛场喊了一声：“Break a leg!”
　　这人好不近情理，怎么能够让孩子们互相争斗争强好胜，以至打断一条腿呢？
　　我把我的想法悄悄告诉了好友。她噗哧一笑，说首：“你误会了，他是一番好意！”
　　“是吗？”我仍一脸茫然。
　　过了一会儿，同事回来了，看到眼前景象，他吓了一跳.
　　原来美语所谓”Dig”有另一层含义是弄明白/探究一番以查明真相.可是地上已被我用铁锹挖出一个半人深的大坑了..