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习惯用语:alive and kicking(同名歌曲)ZT
前些日子，我家的小猫不知道怎么了，每天打蔫儿，也不吃东西。我带它去看兽医，医生也说不出个所以然，吃药也不见好。谁知道，过了一段时间，小猫的精神头又回来了，现在它已经和原来一样，吃得多睡得香，上窜下跳可淘气了。它现在的样子让我想到一个习惯用语，那就是：alive and kicking。
Alive的意思是“活的”，kicking则是“踢”，alive and kicking的意思是“十分健康，生机勃勃”。
我的猫就是这样，其实它的猫龄也不小了，很多猫到这个年纪都变成了天天睡觉的老猫，但幸运的是，my cat is alive and kicking, 我的猫还是那么健康活泼!
说起老当益壮，下面这段话里的一位影坛常青树就是如此。我们来听一听：
例句-1：Born in 1922, Betty White starred in her own TV situation comedy in the 1950s. She became well-known on game shows, and won several awards for other funny TV roles in the 70s and 80s. Betty White hasn't retired. She's alive and kicking. As an actress, writer, and animal-rights activist, she remains very active and more popular than ever.
这段话是说：贝蒂·怀特1922年出生，50年代就主演了电视情景喜剧。她因游戏节目而出名。70和80年代，她因为演出一些搞笑的电视角色而得过很多奖。贝蒂·怀特目前还没有退休，依然非常活跃。作为演员、作家和动物权益保护者，她仍然频频出现在公众的视野中，而且比以前更受欢迎。
贝蒂·怀特的确是越老越红。她现在经常出现在电影里，杂志封面上，而且还客串主持了一个深夜脱口秀节目！
(Betty White Tribute - Happy 94th Birthday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBMRYFXTRfs)
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不久前，美国的汽车工业似乎走到了末日。几大汽车业巨头都濒临或申请破产。福特汽车公司就是其中一个。那么它现在的情况如何呢？我们来听听下面这段话：
例句-2：Ford Motor Company came close to bankruptcy only a few years ago. The good news is that the American automaker just reported a profit and expects increased sales in the months ahead. The critics who believed it was finished have been proven wrong. While there are clearly more challenges ahead for Ford, it's alive and kicking.
这段话的意思是：几年前，福特汽车公司差点破产。好消息是，这个美国汽车生产商刚刚公布了赢利的消息，并预计在未来几个月里会增加销量。事实证明，那些给福特宣判死刑的批评家们估计错了。虽然福特肯定还要面对更多挑战，但它已经恢复了生机。
希望福特公司形势的好转能给低迷的美国经济带来一些活力，让整个市场alive and kicking, 红火起来。
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The Ford Motor Company
The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand.
Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines; by 1914 these methods were known around the world as Fordism.
During the financial crisis at the beginning of the 21st century, it was close to bankruptcy, but it has since returned to profitability. Ford is the second-largest U.S.-based automaker (preceded by General Motors) and the fifth-largest in the world based on 2010 vehicle sales. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljIQo1OHkTI
Song: Alive and Kicking
Artist: Simple Minds
You turn me on, you lift me up
And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you
You lift me up, don't you ever stop, I'm here with you
Now it's all or nothing
'Cause you say you'll follow through
You follow me, and I, I, I follow you
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Who's gonna save you?
Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, until your love is, Alive
Oh you lift me up to the crucial top, so I can see
Oh you lead me on, till the feelings come
And the lights that shine on
But if that don't mean nothing
Like if someday it should fall through
You'll take me home where the magic's from
And I'll be with you
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Don't say goodbye
Don't say goodbye
In the final seconds who's gonna save you?
Oh, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking
Oh, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking
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Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in 1977. They achieved commercial success in the 1980s and, despite various personnel changes, continue to record and tour. The band scored a string of hit singles, and are best known internationally for their 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" , from the soundtrack of the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. Their other more prominent hits include "Alive and Kicking" and "Belfast Child".
The core of the band is the two remaining founding members – Jim Kerr (vocals, songwriting) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards after 1990, other instruments, songwriting). The other current band members are Andy Gillespie (keyboards), drummer Mel Gaynor (who first joined the band in 1982) and Ged Grimes (bass guitar). (Source: Wikipedia)
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