英语博客-北美风情 181、A light bulb moment

  We hope that everyone has some bright ideas in 2012! This episode it about coming up with new ideas and having realizations¹, and the expressions we can use to talk about this. Of course, we’re always brainstorming² at Culips to come up with new ideas for episodes, and now you can learn about expressions like a light bulb moment, to dawn on someone, and to have a brainwave. Maybe you’ll even find some inspiration in this episode!

　　Maura: So first we had a light bulb moment, and now what’s the second expression?

　　Harp³: The next expression is to dawn on.

　　Maura: Right. To dawn on. And usually, you talk about something dawning on me or you, or a person. It dawns on someone.

　　Harp: Yes. And dawn is the time of day when the sun is about to rise and the sun starts rising for a new day.

　　Maura: So, it’s the same idea as a light bulb moment because there’s a sense of light. When the sun is rising, there’s a lot of sunlight and light really means knowledge or some brilliant idea. So when something dawns on you, it means that you have a new understanding or a new idea about something.

1 realizations   

认识，领会( realization的名词复数 )； 实现

参考例句：

• Popular realizations of MPI standard are CHIMP and LAM and so on. 目前，公用的MPI实现有CHIMP、lam等。
• The author presents some realizations from the certificate assurance work. 本文介绍了笔者在ISO9001质量体系认证工作中的几点体会。

2 brainstorming   

献计献策,合力攻关

参考例句：

• With Brainstorming, treat the view on how to solve the problem rightly. 利用脑激励法(Brainstorming)，正确对待学生实验中的问题解决观。
• We are going to do some brainstorming soon. 我们很快就要做些脑力激荡。

3 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。