谁动了我的奶酪谁动了我的奶酪总结

美国作家 Dr. Spencer Johnson (斯宾塞?约翰逊) 写了一本名为 Who Moved My Cheese? 的书，中文本的译名是《谁动了我的奶酪？》。下面一段文字解释了 cheese 这个隐喻的含义：

Who Moved My Cheese?is a simple parable that reveals profound truths. It is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life- whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession, health or spiritual peace of mind. And the maze is where you look for what you want - the organization you work in, or the family or community you live in.

《谁动了我的奶酪？》是一个揭示深刻道理的简单寓言。这是一个有四名角色的引人入胜和给人启迪的故事，这四个人生活在一个迷宫里，寻找能养育他们并使他们快活的奶酪。奶酪是一个隐喻，代表你在生活中想要拥有的东西 — 不管它是一份好工作、一种充满爱的关系、金钱或财产、健康或精神平和。而这个迷宫正是你寻找你想要拥有东西的地方 — 你工作的组织、或者你生活的家庭或社区。

西方各国由 cheese 构成的谚语有：

英国谚语：

An apple-pie without some cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze.

吃苹果派不加点儿奶酪，就像是亲嘴不使劲儿。

法国谚语：

A meal without cheese is a beautiful girl with only one eye.

一顿饭没有奶酪，就像美女是个独眼。

加拿大谚语：

A man, like a mouse, can be caught with good cheese.

男人像是耗子，用上好奶酪诱惑就可以抓住。

澳大利亚谚语：

It is an old rat that won't eat cheese.

这是只决不吃奶酪的老耗子。

英美人照相时，让人对着镜头喊 cheese，露出咧嘴微笑的口形。近年来，我国百姓照相时，喊与 cheese 声音相近的“茄子”，使口形呈现微笑的样子。但是，有的初学英语者在照相时喊与 cheese 音相近的 cheers，就不对了。cheers 的第一个意思是 a word that people say to each other as they lift up their glasses to drink，即“干杯”。第二个意思是 goodbye，即“再见”。例如：

I’d like to toast a cheers for your health.

我要为你的健康干杯！

Cheers then. See you later.

那就告辞了。再见！

cheese 是西方人的重要日常食品，汉语称为“奶酪”，又称“乳酪”、“干酪”，还有音译“芝士”、“起司”等。例如：

奶酪种类繁多，而法国和意大利奶酪最为著名。

There are many kinds of cheese and French and Italian cheeses are famous.

big cheese 具有 an important or powerful person in a group or organization的意思，即“重要人物”、“大人物”或“大腕”。例如：

His father is a big cheese in the bank.

他父亲是这家银行的重要人物。

Mac is a big cheese in the tennis world / in tennis.

麦克是网球界的大腕。

macaroni cheese (英) 或 macaroni and cheese (美)的意思是 a hot dish of macaroni in a cheese sauce，即“干酪酱通心面”，是西方人爱吃的食品。因而 one’s macaroni in a cheese 具有“心爱的人”的比喻意义。例如：

Macaroni and cheese is a favorite comfort food at family dinner in our household.

干酪酱通心面是我们家吃正餐时的一道最爱吃的舒心食品。

You are my macaroni in a cheese.

你是我心爱的人。