今天的翻译题是：
1. Many countries with long history in the world are now________.
2. The manager ensured us that is wont be long___________.
答案解析:
1.答案: falling behind the western developed nations/countries
详解:
考查固定短语: 落后的表达为fall behind，句中now提示需用进行时falling behind。
查核心词汇: 发达的developed，发达国家 developed nations/countries.
2. 答案: before we get pay rise//before he raises our salary/pay
详解:
考查before引导的时间状语从句: it wont be long 表示不久...。
考查名词短语: 加薪 可表示为pay rise, 词句中如果以我们作主语，就用get pay rise;
如果以the manager 做主语，用before he raises our salary/pay.
Indian state introduces 'fat tax' 印度一省拟征收“脂肪税”
Bust a gut 拼了命地工作
Going forward 从今往后
Cyclists make Olympic history, 400-year-old shark 英国自行车运动员创英奥运历史，400岁格陵兰鲨鱼
To fall at the first hurdle 跌倒在第一关
Old-school 老一套，老派
California wildfires and cloned animals 加利福尼亚州野火，克隆动物衰老过程正常
One good turn deserves another 以德报德，礼尚往来
Phelps makes history and marine species 菲尔普斯创造历史，海洋新物种
Get someone's goat 火冒三丈
India's sewer workers and British school standards 印度下水道工人施工安全，英国在校生学习成绩下降
White / blue-collar worker 白领，蓝领
To make a monkey out of me 捉弄我
To lie through your teeth 睁眼说瞎话
Axe to grind 别有用心
Knee-jerk reaction 本能反映
In good nick 品质好、没有损坏
Cyborg beetle and the teenage brain 半机械甲虫，青少年脑部发育
Chelsea doctor and surfing in Australia 切尔西队医与球队和解，澳大利亚冲浪
Pull something out of the hat 突施妙计
Drama queen 小题大做的人
Test the water 试探，摸底
Alligator takes boy and Tate Modern extension 鳄鱼拖走小男孩，泰特现代美术馆扩建完工
Close, but no cigar 几近成功
In the blink of an eye 一眨眼之间
Earth-like planet, Pink cockatoo dies at 83 类地行星，83岁风头鹦鹉逝世
Crash course 速成课
Hot potato 棘手的问题“烫手山芋”
Until I'm blue in the face 任凭你磨破嘴皮
Burn a hole in your pocket 有钱不花难受