中国日报热词（3）

张文

41. smoke-free restaurant 无烟餐厅  
Guo Xiaodong, boss of the first smoke-free restaurant in Beijing, said that it is most important that caterers understand and abide by the rule.  
42. beat me 认输  
43. pre-commercial service 试商用  
China Mobile launched the pre-commercial service for the third generation (3G) mobile phone telephony based on a homegrown standard.   
44. grilled chicken 烤鸡  KFC said Monday it was conducting market tests of grilled chicken menu options for  diners who prefer not to eat fried food.  
45. Irish bull 自相矛盾的说法  
46. diet tea 减肥茶                                                           
she’s been drinking some kind of diet tea.   
47. local specialty 土特产                                                         
While you’re there, remember to try the dates, a local specialty.   
48. sex picture scandal 艳照门                                                
Edison Chen announced he would quit the Hong Kong entertainment industry over a celebrity sex picture scandal.   
49. make a show 作秀                                                         
Don’t take in all what celebrities say in public. Sometimes, they are just making a show.      
50. break even 收支平衡      
51. martyr 烈士                                                                          
My wish is that the martyrs who died for the liberty of our country did not die for nothing.  
52. incense sticks 香                                                                  
More than 130 descendants of Confucius from across the world presented offerings  and incense sticks at his tomb in Qufu, Shandong Province.  
53. cinerary casket 骨灰盒                                                                       A white marble cinerary casket sells at about 3000 Yuan, said an employee at the Babaoshan Funeral Home.      
54. sacrifices 祭品 供奉                                                               
Mutton and eggs are the major sacrifices offered to the God of Rivers.     
55. lunar calendar 阴历                                                                        In modern China, there are many who still prefer to follow lunar calendar.   
56. tombstone inscriptions 碑文                                                               The tombstone inscriptions are blurred by a barrel of toppled red paint.  
57. brown nose 讨好 谄媚   
58. day off 休息日                                                         
My husband was enjoying the day off from work and watched me scurry about the house.  
59. scalper 票贩子                                                           
Beware of scalpers. To avoid being cheated, always buy your ticket at the ticket counter.  
60. Shoe is on the other foot: 双方地位发生变化、近非昔比、风水轮流转。   
5  For the last ten years the Tigers have been the worst team in the league: we’ve finished down at the bottom. But now the shoe is on the other foot: we have all these good young players and we’re beating everybody else in the whole league.