盘点“儿童节”

儿童节，很多成年人也开始“搭车”过这个本来属于儿童的节日了，为的是怀旧回忆童年，也为减少工作和生活的压力。

1. in one’s second childhood 返老还童

My father bought himself a toy train, and my mother said he was in his second childhood.

我爸给自己买了一个玩具火车，我妈说他真是返老还童了。

2. sleep like a baby 睡得香

Nothing can wake me up. I usually sleep like a baby.

我睡得很沉，没什么东西能把我吵醒。

3. kid’s stuff 很容易的事情

Climbing that hill is kid’s stuff.

爬那座山太小儿科了。

4. like a kid with a new toy/like a kid in a candy store 很开心

Every time Bill gets a new gadget for his kitchen, he’s like a kid with a new toy.

每次比尔往厨房里添个什么新物件，他都像一个得了新玩具的孩子一般高兴。

5. new kid on the block 新来者

I’m just the new kid on the block. I’ve only been working here for a month.

我是公司的新员工，才来了一个月。

6. latchkey kid 挂钥匙儿童（指因为父母忙于工作，放学后独自在家的孩子）

My dad came home at eight in the evening and my mom only an hour earlier so I was a latchkey kid.

小的时候我是个“挂钥匙”儿童，我爸晚上八点才回家，我妈七点回家。

7. a whizz-kid 有为青年

They’ve taken on some financial whizz-kid who’s going to sort all their problems out.

他们请了些金融天才来帮他们解决问题。

8. a love child 私生子

He allegedly has a love child in Australia from an affair with a much younger woman.

他们说他在澳大利亚和一个很年轻的女人有一个私生子。