alien
A spaceship from Mars landed right in the middle of the Boston Marathon. An alien popped out of the UFO and shouted to a runner going by, "take me to your leader."
一艘火星来的飞船正降落在Boston马拉松队伍的中间，一个外星人从不明飞行物里跳出来冲着经过身边的选手喊，"带我去见你们的头，"
What do space alien eat for breakfast??
Flying sausage
外星人早饭吃什么？--飞行香肠
注：frying sausage[煎香肠]与flying sausage[飞行香肠]
What do you say to a two-headed space alien?------Hello, hello.
你冲长着两个脑袋的外星人说什么？--你好，你好
Alienate
No one knows the worth of woman's love untill he sues for alienation.
在他起诉分财产以前谁也不知道女人爱的价值。
注：这里说"爱的价值"就是"财产"。
Alleviate
It would be absolutely magical if we could alleviate our hunger with something that tasted like food.
如果我们吃一些味道象食物的东西能减轻饥饿，那绝对是个奇迹。
注：圣经上说耶稣凭空弄出了很多食物是个奇迹，"味道象食物的东西"可能是指喝啤酒。
Almighty
Oh, yes, he thinks he's God Almighty.
是的，他认为他是全能的上帝。
注：当问这个人是不是信教时，有人这么回答。
Alternate
Retirement is when millions of Americans finally have the opportunity to adopt an alternate lifestyle --- poverty.
退休是百万美国人终于有机会换一种方式生活了--贫穷。
注：退休以后挣钱就少了。
As you can see, we have alternating currents. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
你们都知道，我们用的是交流电，有时工作，有时不工作。
Alternate currents make people feel it's unstable.
交流电总给人一种不稳定的感觉。
Ambitious
He had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful, ambitious, and successful than people who did not.
据他观察说谎的人在整体上要比不说谎的人更机智，更有雄心，更成功。
注：你同不同意这个结论。
ammunition
John: I suggest we wage a battle of wits.
Ron: Personally, I think you're low on ammunition.
John: 我建议我们发动一场智慧战争。
Ron：我个人认为你的弹药缺乏。
注："发动智慧战争"是说"充分开动脑筋，想一些好点子"。
Driver carries less than $20 IN AMMUNITION
司机带着不到20美元的军火。
注：汽车标贴。意思是"谁也别惹我，我车上有军火。：
Analyst
A policy analyst is someone unethical enough to be a lawyer, impractical enough to be a theologian, and pedantic enough to be an economist.
政策分析师是一类道德水准低下得有资格当律师，不切实际得可以当神学家，迂腐得可以成为经济学家的人。
注：有些律师就知道挣钱，不关心什么正义和良心；有些神学家和实际一点都不着边，云山雾照；有些经济学家没有实际经验，做一些迂腐的预测。很多政策分析师比这些人好不到哪儿去。
Anecdote
When a man falls into his anecdotage it is a sign for him to retire from the world.
当一个人陷入自己轶事的追忆之中时，那就是他从这个世界退休的迹象。
注：人们每天很充实的时候，没时间追忆往事。
Angel
In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.
在天堂里天使不是什么特殊人物。
注：到了清华、北大各省市状元也就不那么突出了。
Appendix
The modern king has become a vermiform appendix: useless when quiet; when obtrusive[突出], in danger of removal.
现代国王已经变成了阑尾：安静时没有用处；突出时有被割掉的危险。
注：你调侃自己处境很尴尬，也可以这么说：
I'm like an appendix: useless when quiet; when obtrusive[突出], in danger of removal.
我就象阑尾：安静时没有用处；突出时有被割掉的危险。
I had my appendix removed in order to run faster.
为了跑得更快点儿，我把阑尾都割了。
Wife: Why did you tear out the back pages of the new book?
Absent-minded doctor: I'm sorry, dear. That section was labeled "Appendix", and I took it out without thinking."
妻子：为什么你把这本新书的后面几页都撕掉了？
心不在焉的教授：对不起，亲爱的，那部分标着 "阑尾 "[附录]，我想都没想就弄掉了。
注：Appendix：附录；阑尾
Applaud
What can I say? Applaud in my ear and I'll follow you anywhere.
我能说点儿什么呢？如果我耳边有掌声响着，我跟你们去哪儿都行。
注：讲演者希望来点儿掌声。
I like to hear applause. One day I passed a kindergarten, kids happened to be singing and clapping hands, and I stayed there for the whole morning.
我就愿意听掌声，有一天我路过一个幼儿园，小朋友正在练习拍手歌，我在那儿呆了一上午。
What speakers fear most is a poorly coordinated audience. People who can't sleep and applaud at the same time.
讲演者最害怕的是观众身体不协调，人们不能同时边睡觉边鼓掌。
It's not that they don't want to applaud for me, it's because many fall asleep.
不是他们不愿意给我鼓掌，是因为很多人都睡着了。
Apt
A man bitten by a dog, no matter whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself.
被狗咬了，不管是不是疯狗，人很容易疯。
注："他不想被狗咬，可是被狗咬了，所以他疯了"这样的推理是否合乎逻辑。
If you have no enemies, you are apt to have the same predicament[困境] in regard to friends.
如果你没有敌人，你就容易陷入没有朋友的相同困境。
注：我同意这种观点。如果一个人没有敌人，他也就不是那么急切地拉拢一些朋友共同对付敌人。
When they come downstairs from their ivory towers, idealists are apt to walk straight into the gutter.[下水道]
理想主义者从象牙塔里走下楼梯时，很容易直接走进下水道。
注：理想主义者在现实社会中要翻船。
Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become the victims of women who make advances to them.
不主动进攻女人的男人容易成为向他们发起进攻的女人的牺牲品。
注：不主动进攻女人的男人没有经验，女人稍微向他们进攻一点，他们就就范了。
Articulate
"The more articulate, the less said" is an old Chinese proverb that I just made up myself.
"话说得越清晰，说得就越少"是一个我自己刚编的古老的中国格言。
注：自相矛盾。
Aspire
I've had those books for years. They represent the person I once aspired to be.
我拥有这些书已经好几年了，它们代表了我曾经想成为什么样的人。
注：现在事过境迁，人物已非。
