写在中文美语之间 Between Chinese and English
标志时代的符号Ⅰ The bottom line is ...
标志时代的符号Ⅱ The Joys of Yiddish
谋杀英文 “You can include me out!”
“改变美国的784天 ” Watergate's legacy
数字游戏 Numbers game
美国人自说自话 Paradigms Lost
华府居大不易 Sweep it under the rug
美语的双声和叠韵 No-no, pell-mell
幽默家的one-liner Brevity is the soul of wit.
“发明博士”和“幻想先生” Rube Goldberg & Walter Mitty
“戏一定要演下去！” The show must go on
一对一，人盯人 Full-court press
新闻关键词 Headline, dateline, deadline
“插电的毒品” Pull the plug out.
美国人的四字成语 Been there, done that.
动词还是名词？ Talk the talk, walk the walk
“共同语言的隔膜” English v. s. English
时髦的习惯 About, out there, closure
莫非先生的哲学 Murphy's Law
小餐馆的地道“美”食 Sunny side up.
教授与疯子 Professor and Madman
美国选举中的P President, Press， Pol
似是而非“矛盾词” Near-miss, awfully good
“光是篮网！” Nothing but net!
佛罗里达最长的一夜 The Son Also Rises.
不经一事，不长一“字” Nail-biter, cliff-hanger
颠三倒四的双关 A waiste is a terrible thing to mind.
入境问俗，改名换姓 Li or Lee
领悟我们的时代 Life must go on.
附 录
我的笔名／乔志高
地址和信函：忆语堂先生／乔志高
冬园里的五月花：乔志高先生访谈录 ／金圣华
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