词语掌故：充满活力的green(2/2)
概述：绿色，在大自然中随处可见。你了解生活中那些与绿色( green )相关的表达吗？Hints:
William Shakespeare
Othello
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本期材料发音模仿地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11885/item/838087http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201310/201310240837448006324.mp3A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door "has a green thumb" if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
"The Green Revolution" is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. "The Green Revolution" was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had "green thumbs."
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful emotion, jealousy. The "green-eyed monster" is not a frightening creature from outer space, it is an expression used about 400 years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play "Othello."
It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. A young man may suffer from the "green-eyed monster" if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. Or, that "green-eyed monster" may affect your friend if you get a pay raise and she does not.
In most places in the world, a "green light" is a sign to move ahead. A "green light" on a traffic signal means your car can continue on. In everyday speech, a "green light" means "approval to continue with a project." We want you to know we have "a green light" to continue this series next week.如果说一个人有“a green thumb”（一个绿色的大拇指），意思是他好像有魔法，手到之处，植物迅速茁壮成长。如果你的植物香消玉殒，而女邻居的花园却欣欣向荣，你就可以说她“have a green thumb”。
前几年，人们用“The Green Revolution”（绿色革命）命名培育出的新品种大米和其他谷物。当时，这种新作物长出的庄稼要（比普通庄稼）大的多。绿色革命是擅长园艺的农业科学家辛勤耕耘的结果。
绿色还用于描述一种强烈的感情——嫉妒。“The green-eyed monster”（绿眼睛的妖怪）不是来自外太空的恐怖生物，而是约四百年前英国作家莎士比亚在剧本《奥赛罗》中使用过的短语。
这个短语描述的是别人拥有你想要的东西时，你心中产生的不快感。如果一个年轻人的女友和他人约会，他就可能会遭受嫉妒情绪的折磨。再比如，如果你得到了加薪而你的朋友却没有，嫉妒情绪可能也会影响到她。
在世界上多数地方，绿灯是行进的标志。交通信号的绿灯表示车辆可以继续前进。在日常语言里，“a green light”（绿灯）表示“同意继续一个项目”。我们想说，下周我们将继续这个系列节目，这是得到批准的。
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