This story happened when I just came to America. One day I went to the fried-chicken fast-food restaurant attached to the school for meal. A waiter asked me, "What kind of meat would you like?" At that time it occurred to me that I had learned in my college English class that "white meat" refers to chicken breast while "dark meat" means chicken leg. However, when I spoke, it went like, "Black meat, please." Suddenly I found the waiter looking angry (for he happened to be a black). Then I realized that I had said something wrong. After I explained time and again that I just came to America and knew very little about slang, he became happy again.

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Xiao Zhang just graduated from university and was hunting for a job (寻找工作）. One day he was driving a car to go on an outing with several friends. They were caught in a traffic jam downtown, so they had to wait patiently in their car. They began to talk one after another about their experiences in looking for a job and exchange ideas on how to write a curriculum vitae.(简历）

One of his friends patted Xiao Zhang on the shoulder and said, "You should blow your own horn!"

As soon as that friend finished speaking, a burst of sounds of horn （阵阵喇叭声） was heard. His friend quickly stopped him, "Hey, what will be you doing? Sounding your horn is forbidden here, otherwise fines will be imposed（施加；加于某人...). Did you see the signboard 'Don't horn!' over there?"

Xiao Zhang felt wronged(被冤枉的；受委屈的） and said, "Didn't you ask me to blow the horn? I thought you wanted me to sound the horn to hurry the unmoving cars in front."

Later Xiao Zhang figured out （搞清楚，弄明白）that "blow your horn" mean "publicize or boast （吹嘘，自夸）one's abilities or achievements. There his friend meant that Xiao Zhang should not be modes but show off his strong points （长处，优势）and merits（优点） when writing his resume.

50.1945年 Tupperware（塔珀家用塑料制品）Plastic containers sold at home parties. The name suggests Cupperware, but an American moulding engineer, Earl Tupper, saw the light.　家庭聚会上推销的塑料容器（如食品容器和肥皂盒等），发明者为美国模具工程师厄尔.塔珀。

51.1946年　Bikini（比基尼）The beach garment was named for Bikini, an atoll n the Marshall Islands, where an atomic the Marshall Islands, where an atomic bomb test was carried out in July. 以比基尼环礁命名的海滨服装。比基尼环礁位于马绍尔群岛，是年7月在那里进行过一次原子弹试验。

52.1947年Flying saucer(飞碟)Fanciful name given to various unidentified disc-shaped objects reported in the sky. This prevalent modern myth refuses to go away.据说天空出现过各种唱片形状的不明飞行物，人们就凭想象给这种物体起了这个名字。这个在现代广为流传的神秘东西依然不肯飞走。

（待续）