13. Does nobody celebrate a birthday anymore, must we all "turn" 12 or 21 or 40? Even the Duke of Edinburgh was universally described as "turning" 90 last month. When did this begin? I quite like the phrase in itself, but it seems to have obliterated all other ways of speaking about birthdays.

難道沒人慶祝生日（celebrate a birthday）了嗎？我們一定都要“turn”12歲或者21歲或者40歲嗎？連愛丁堡公爵過生日也統(tǒng)統(tǒng)說成上個月他“turning”90歲。這是什么時候開始的？我喜歡這個表達本身，但它似乎取代掉其他所有談?wù)撋盏恼f法了。

14. I caught myself saying "shopping cart" instead of shopping trolley today and was thoroughly disgusted with myself. I've never lived nor been to the US either.

我發(fā)現(xiàn)現(xiàn)在自己會說："shopping cart（購物手推車）”而不是shopping trolley ，我非常討厭這一點。我從沒去過美國，也沒在美國生活過。

15. What kind of word is "gotten"? It makes me shudder.

"Gotten（get的過去分詞，美式用法）"到底是個什么詞？它總是讓我不寒而栗。

16. "I'm good" for "I'm well". That'll do for a start.

用“I'm good（我很好）”替代“I'm well”。剛開始感覺都可以。

17. "Bangs" for a fringe of the hair.

用"bangs"表示劉海。

18. Take-out rather than takeaway!?

說take-out（外賣）而不是takeaway!

19. I enjoy Americanisms. I suspect even some Americans use them in a tongue-in-cheek manner? "That statement was the height of ridiculosity".

19. 我喜歡美式英語。不過我懷疑甚至一些美國人也是虛情假意地在用它們。“這份聲明簡直是荒謬（ridiculosity）?！?/p>

20. "A half hour" instead of "half an hour".

說“a half hour（半小時）”而不是“half an hour”。

21. A "heads up". For example, as in a business meeting. Lets do a "heads up" on this issue. I have never been sure of the meaning.

22. A “heads up（提醒）”。比如，在商業(yè)會議上說，Lets do a "heads up" on this issue. 我至今還不知道是什么意思。

Train station. My teeth are on edge every time I hear it. Who started it? Have they been punished?

22. Train station（火車站）。每次聽到它，我就很惱火。誰開始用這個詞的？他們沒有被罰嗎？

23. To put a list into alphabetical order is to "alphabetize it" - horrid!

把一張表按照字母順序排列就是去“alphabetize it”——非常不爽！

24. People that say "my bad" after a mistake. I don't know how anything could be as annoying or lazy as that.

那些在犯錯后說“my bad（我的錯）”的人，我真不知道事情怎么可以變得如此讓人惱火、將惰性體現(xiàn)得淋漓盡致的。

25. "Normalcy" instead of "normality" really irritates me.

用“normalcy（正常狀態(tài)）”而不是“normality”真的會激怒我。

你有沒有記住了呢？希望能夠?qū)δ阌兴鶐椭?/p>