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British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore died on Dec. 9, 2012, at the age of 89. Knighted for his dedication to astronomy outreach, the monocled host of BBC's The Sky at Night inspired millions of lay people to look at the sky and a fair number of children to grow up to be professional scientists. RIP to a great astronomer.

I remember watching him on PBS as a kid.

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不好说。 

Bù hǎo shuō.

It's hard to tell.

用法说明

“不好说”这句话表示“不确定，不能轻易地下结论或给出确切的答案”， 可以单独使用，也可以用在句末，形成“……不好说”的结构，前边一般是有疑问的内容。还可以说 “难说”或者“说不好”。

This sentence means "It's difficult to make a conclusion or to give definite answer." It can be used alone as a sentence, or in the pattern "……不好说。" You can also say "难说(nán shuō)" or "说不好(shuō bu hǎo)" to express the same meaning.

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萝卜白菜，各有所爱。

Luóbo báicài , gè yǒu suǒ ài.

Everyone has his own preference.

用法说明

       这句话是用饮食偏好来比喻人生的一个道理。前半部分列举了两种常见的蔬菜“萝卜”和“白菜”，后半句中“各”指代每个不同的人，“所爱”是运用了一个“所”字结构，省去了动词“爱”的宾语，结合前半部分，补充完整的表达应该是“所喜爱的蔬菜”。那全句表面上的意思就是对于萝卜和白菜这两种不同的蔬菜，有的人喜欢萝卜，有的人喜欢白菜。引申每个人都有自己的喜好，因此建议不要强人所难。用法上这句话一般单独用。

It uses an analogy between the individual taste on food and the individual favor. The former part provides two most common vegetables: Carrots and cabbages. And the latter part…

没的说。

Méideshuō.

quite good; perfect

用法说明

“没的说”用作独立成分，表示某人或某事很好，没有什么问题。

“没的说” usually acts as an independent component, which refers to someone or something is very nice or perfect.

例句

1、甲：你觉得这个计划书怎么样？

Jiă: Nǐ juéde zhè ge jìhuàshū zěnmeyàng?

A: How do you think about the plan?

乙：没的说，简直是完美！你辛苦了。

Yǐ: Méideshuō, jiǎnzhí shì wánměi! Nǐ xīnkǔ le.

B: Wonderful! You work hard.

2、甲：小王的工作能力很强啊！

Jiă: Xiǎo Wáng de gōngzuò…

还真没看出来。

Hái zhēn méi kànchūlai.

( I ) really did not see it!

用法说明

       “还真没看出来”表示因发现或被告知了以前没有注意到的事情而感到吃惊，根据不同的语境，可以表示褒义也可以表示贬义。

“还真没看出来” means the speaker is very surprised when he/she finds or is told something hasn’t been noticed . It can indicate commendatory or derogatory according the different situations.

例句

1、甲：老李的儿子得了数学奥赛第一名！

Jiă: Lǎo Lǐ de érzi déle Shùxué Àosài dìyīmíng!

A: Lao Li’ son has won the first prize in…

不出……所料。

Bù chū suǒ liào.

as sb. expected; not unexpected

用法说明

“不出……所料” 是表示事情的结果跟某人所猜测的一致，中间一般接指人名词或代词。这个短句前面一般可以用副词修饰用来强调，如“果然”等。

“不出sb所料”indicates the fact is as the same as what someone has speculated. The prouns or personal nouns are usually in the middle of the sentence. Some adverbials are before it can emphasize, such as “果然“and so on.

例句

1、甲：不出我们所料，他们赢了篮球赛。

Jiă: Bù chū wǒmen suǒ liào, tāmen yíngle lánqiú sài.

A:…

让我怎么说你。

Ràng wǒ zěnme shuō nǐ.

How to say something about you.

用法说明

“让我怎么说你”是指对某人的做法或者想法很无奈，没有办法，不知道该说什么。通常说这句话时，说话人会有责备埋怨的语气。

“让我怎么说你” refers that somebody does not know what to say towards the behavior or opinion of other person. It usually has the tone of blame or complaining.

例句

1、甲：我又把手机弄丢了。

Jiă: Wǒ yòu bǎ shóujī nòngdiūle.

A:I lost my mobile phone again.

乙：你让我怎么说你，上周刚丢了一个，现在又丢了。

Yǐ:Nǐ ràng wǒ zěnme shuō nǐ,…

(CNN) -- Actor Larry Hagman, who created one of television's iconic villains with the treacherous J.R. Ewing of "Dallas," died Friday, according to a family statement. He was 81.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/24/us/larry-hagman-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

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