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标题: 每日学口语(12月19日)AD ARE REGARDED AS A LURE TO BUY SOME APPLE OF SODOM. [打印本页]

作者: 寄托天下    时间: 2007-12-19 07:22     标题: 每日学口语(12月19日)AD ARE REGARDED AS A LURE TO BUY SOME APPLE OF SODOM.

Sodom 是远古时代的一座城市,位于现在的死海附近。据说该城市为罪恶之深渊。在这座城市里,生长着一种十分高大的苹果树,它结出的果实十分漂亮,非常惹人喜爱。凡是经过这儿的人们都禁不住要采摘一个下来品尝,然而当拿到手里剥去皮之后,令人大失所望、里面是一团像灰土一样的东西,根本无法食用。

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根据神话传说,这是上帝对这里的人们的一种惩罚。后来,人们便用 apple of Sodom 来表达这样的含义:something that is not worth its value,汉语中的“金玉其外,败絮其中”、“徒有其表(的人或物)”等表达的就是这一含义。

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例如:

Nowadays few people believe in advertisements, which are almost regarded as a lure for people to buy some apple of Sodom.

现在很少有人相信广告,因为它们只是想让人们购买劣质商品的诱饵。

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作者: 寄托天下    时间: 2007-12-19 07:28

THATS RIGHT.LAST WEEK,I COMPANYED MY FRIEND TO BUY SOME SOCKETS IN A GOODS MARKET WHICH IS FAMOUS BE HERE.OH MY,I DON;T WANT TO C THE QUALITY .HOW DISAPPOIONTED WE ARE RIGHT NOW.JUST LIKE BUY SOME APPLE OF SODOM.




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