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習慣用語:alive and kicking(同名歌曲)ZT
前些日子，我家的小貓不知道怎麽了，每天打蔫兒，也不吃東西。我帶它去看獸醫，醫生也說不出個所以然，吃藥也不見好。誰知道，過了一段時間，小貓的精神頭又回來了，現在它已經和原來一樣，吃得多睡得香，上竄下跳可淘氣了。它現在的樣子讓我想到一個習慣用語，那就是：alive and kicking。
Alive的意思是“活的”，kicking則是“踢”，alive and kicking的意思是“十分健康，生機勃勃”。
我的貓就是這樣，其實它的貓齡也不小了，很多貓到這個年紀都變成了天天睡覺的老貓，但幸運的是，my cat is alive and kicking, 我的貓還是那麽健康活潑!
說起老當益壯，下麵這段話裏的一位影壇常青樹就是如此。我們來聽一聽：
例句-1：Born in 1922, Betty White starred in her own TV situation comedy in the 1950s. She became well-known on game shows, and won several awards for other funny TV roles in the 70s and 80s. Betty White hasn't retired. She's alive and kicking. As an actress, writer, and animal-rights activist, she remains very active and more popular than ever.
這段話是說：貝蒂·懷特1922年出生，50年代就主演了電視情景喜劇。她因遊戲節目而出名。70和80年代，她因為演出一些搞笑的電視角色而得過很多獎。貝蒂·懷特目前還沒有退休，依然非常活躍。作為演員、作家和動物權益保護者，她仍然頻頻出現在公眾的視野中，而且比以前更受歡迎。
貝蒂·懷特的確是越老越紅。她現在經常出現在電影裏，雜誌封麵上，而且還客串主持了一個深夜脫口秀節目！
(Betty White Tribute - Happy 94th Birthday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBMRYFXTRfs)
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不久前，美國的汽車工業似乎走到了末日。幾大汽車業巨頭都瀕臨或申請破產。福特汽車公司就是其中一個。那麽它現在的情況如何呢？我們來聽聽下麵這段話：
例句-2：Ford Motor Company came close to bankruptcy only a few years ago. The good news is that the American automaker just reported a profit and expects increased sales in the months ahead. The critics who believed it was finished have been proven wrong. While there are clearly more challenges ahead for Ford, it's alive and kicking.
這段話的意思是：幾年前，福特汽車公司差點破產。好消息是，這個美國汽車生產商剛剛公布了贏利的消息，並預計在未來幾個月裏會增加銷量。事實證明，那些給福特宣判死刑的批評家們估計錯了。雖然福特肯定還要麵對更多挑戰，但它已經恢複了生機。
希望福特公司形勢的好轉能給低迷的美國經濟帶來一些活力，讓整個市場alive and kicking, 紅火起來。
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The Ford Motor Company
The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand.
Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines; by 1914 these methods were known around the world as Fordism.
During the financial crisis at the beginning of the 21st century, it was close to bankruptcy, but it has since returned to profitability. Ford is the second-largest U.S.-based automaker (preceded by General Motors) and the fifth-largest in the world based on 2010 vehicle sales. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljIQo1OHkTI
Song: Alive and Kicking
Artist: Simple Minds
You turn me on, you lift me up
And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you
You lift me up, don't you ever stop, I'm here with you
Now it's all or nothing
'Cause you say you'll follow through
You follow me, and I, I, I follow you
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Who's gonna save you?
Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, until your love is, Alive
Oh you lift me up to the crucial top, so I can see
Oh you lead me on, till the feelings come
And the lights that shine on
But if that don't mean nothing
Like if someday it should fall through
You'll take me home where the magic's from
And I'll be with you
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Don't say goodbye
Don't say goodbye
In the final seconds who's gonna save you?
Oh, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking
Oh, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking
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Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in 1977. They achieved commercial success in the 1980s and, despite various personnel changes, continue to record and tour. The band scored a string of hit singles, and are best known internationally for their 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" , from the soundtrack of the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. Their other more prominent hits include "Alive and Kicking" and "Belfast Child".
The core of the band is the two remaining founding members – Jim Kerr (vocals, songwriting) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards after 1990, other instruments, songwriting). The other current band members are Andy Gillespie (keyboards), drummer Mel Gaynor (who first joined the band in 1982) and Ged Grimes (bass guitar). (Source: Wikipedia)
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