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与颜色有关的词汇 每个人都有自己说话的方式，有自己独特的表达。许多当下的美语表达都与色彩相关。 红色（hot)是一种暖色。美国人通常用它来表达强烈的情感。当他们对一些不公正的事感到非常愤怒时他们会说“red hot”。许多墨西哥食物中所用的美味的小辣椒被叫做“red hots”是因为它们的火红的颜色和火辣的味道。节奏快音量强的音乐深受大家喜爱。人们会用非常劲爆（red hot）来表达自己的喜爱之情，特别是迪克西蓝爵士乐。粉色(pink)是一种浅红色。人们会用“in the pink”来表达自己的身体健康。在二十世纪初这个表达第一次在美国被运用。这可能是因为许多婴儿出生时皮肤呈健健康康的粉红色。蓝色（blue）是一种冷色调。在美国传统的蓝调音乐和热烈奔放的音乐截然相反。蓝调音乐舒缓、悲伤、感情深切。艾灵顿公爵同他的管弦乐队录制了一首著名 的歌曲——Mood Indigo——这首歌有关于靛蓝这种深蓝色的颜色。歌词中唱到“只有你真正悲伤过，你才能理解蓝色”。用蓝色来形容一个人表明那个人非常悲伤。绿色（green）是草木的天然的颜色。但并不是人类的自然色彩。当一个人胃不舒服时她可以说“feel a little green”。在船上的乘客由于波浪起伏感到非常难受时可能看起来脸色不好（look verygreen）。有时一个人可能会不高兴，因为他拥有的一些东西并没有朋友的那么好，例如一辆崭新的车。那么他可能说自己充满了嫉妒（be green with envy）。一些人因为朋友比自己富有而感到嫉妒。美元被叫做“greenbacks”是因为绿色是美元背面的颜色。黑色（black）也常被用于表达中。人们将诸事不顺的一天叫做黑色日（a black day）。发生重大灾难的日子也被纪念成黑色日。黑名单现在是不合法的。但曾经一些商人拒绝雇佣黑名单上的人们，因为他们属于某些不受欢迎的组织。有时，颜色用于描述某种情况。灯火管制（a brown out）就是用于描述减少电力使用的情况。当用电需求量过大时就需要用到灯火管制。 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Some peoples ears produce wax like busy little bees. This canbe a problem even though earwax appears to serve animportant purpose.It protects and cleans the ear. It traps dirt and other matter, and it keeps insects out. Doctorsthink earwax might also help protect against infections. And the waxy oil keeps ears from gettingtoo dry.So earwax is good. It even has a medical name: cerumen. And there are two kinds. Most people ofEuropean or African ancestry have the wet kind: thick and sticky. East Asians commonly havedry earwax.But you can have too much of a good thing.The glands in the ear canal that produce the wax make too much in some people. Earwax isnormally expelled; it falls out of the ear or gets washed away. But extra wax can harden and forma blockage that interferes with soundwaves and reduces hearing.People can also cause a blockage when they try to clean out their ears, but only push the waxdeeper inside. Earwax removal is sometimes necessary. But you have to use a safe method or youcould do a lot of damage.Experts at the National In