自 现象级英语
English the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to Language and Culture in the U.S.
Self-Study
1 come in: to be useful for a particular purpose
eg: That's where our book comes in !
2 We hope this book will be a help in your adventure learning English. 英语学习之路
句型：X hopes Y will be a help in Z.
3 比较：做的像……一样好 I hope I am as good a parent to Charlotte as you have been to me.
4 忘记 I lost track of where I put my glasses. How will I be able to read the paper?
5 zip through the drive-thru 得来速
6 There's nothing like fast food after a busy day. 句型
People who love camping say there's nothing as wonderful as sleeping under the stars.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
7 You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
8 People need to weigh their options when doing sth
eg People need to weigh their options when deciding whether to rent an apartment or buy a house.
9 I guess you'll have to keep looking to find your dream apartment. 离梦想还有一段距离
仿写 I guess I'll have to keep reading to find my dream book.
10 Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
11 library /ˈlaɪ.brer.i/ The word sounds like lie-brerry.
Day 1
1 in a few days 重音在名词days上
2 How are you? 回答的几种方式
I'm okay. 升调
I'm fine.
I'm a-okay.
I'm okayish. 还成
3 Nothing much. 升调
Same old.
4 hectic=busy
Things have been hectic. 我很忙。
Traffic was hectic. 交通堵塞
Are you in the middle of sth? 你在忙吗？ 一般不问Are you busy?
5 dog 丑女人
broad 对女性的歧视，比bitch好一点
chick 小妞，没有歧视意味
bimbo 胸大无脑，长得漂亮
6 反问句 You aren't afraid of that little tiny dog, are you?
7 I'm headed to the mall.= I'm heading to the mall. 想去哪儿
Where to？= Where are you heading?
8 We are both good shoppers. 我们都喜欢购物，咱们都喜欢剁手
We are all morning readers.
crier 爱哭鬼 goner 完蛋了 doer
keeper 值得拥有 avoider two-timer 脚踏两只船
talker 能说的人 spender 花钱如流水
9 不达目的不罢休 not until
I'm not leaving until I have some cute new shoes.
I'm not quitting until I get what I want.
1 What gives?= What's happening？ 怎么啦？
What's up?
2 感叹词 oh boy, oh my god
1 陌生人见面语调上扬表示亲切，慢速让对方听清楚
2 道歉语速慢一点，更显诚意
3 I'll be working all weekend 时态，更强调状态
Today we are gonna be talking about chapter 1 and chapter 2.
4 改变想法 change your mind, a change of heart比较正式, change the tune
Why the change of heart? What gives?
5 I've been meaning to talk to you. 我一直想跟你说这个事
6 我对你不满，要跟你说一说 I have a bone to pick with you. 要吐槽
7 drop by our house to visit anytime
visit 地方 uninvited不请自来, show up unannounced 没跟人说自己就来了
8 口语：清楚、得体、地道
1 run 一趟 The buses run about every 15 minutes.
2 I have to go. 我要走了
3 Stay tuned. 别走开，广告之后更精彩
1 token代币
a token character/ role
He got a token role. 群演，绿叶
2 slide the card into the card reader 刷卡
逃票 He is a turnstile jumper.
3 -bound 驶向
This is Beijing-bound flight/train. 航班飞往北京
4 Where is the bathroom一般用/restroom高档场所? WC
千万别用toilet； toilet令人想起便池，感觉不礼貌
5 wicked：区域性表达 informal，不要乱用
1 be 重读，实义动词
2 expected 需要
Tipping is expected for taxi drivers.
3 小费 tip, gratuity
Day 2
作业反馈
1 What's new with you? 记住语调
2 人称代词注意是否弱读
3 doesn't 读的时候基本口型不变 把/ʌ/弱读为/ə/
4 wanted to /wa:nida/
5 go places 成功
You're going places. 你会成功的
1 international, winter 有时候发音取消/t/ 直接读/n/
2 方便 convenient, handy , anywhere
Cabs are anywhere.
3 侧方停车 parallel park
1 jersey /ˈdʒɝː.zi/ 球衣
Jersey Girl 飒飒的女孩，类似东北女孩
2 paperwork 语调
3 a bad hair day 没化妆呢，bad hair 皆为重音，注意发音
1 famous and not in a good way, notorious
2 luxury /ˈlʌk.ʃɚ.i/ insurance /ɪnˈʃɜ.r.əns/
1 最高级 superlative /səˈpɝː.lə.t̬ɪv/
2 shoulder 路肩， roomy 宽敞
3 do, go
I was doing 70. 车速
1 路霸 road hog
Why are you hogging the road?
You are such a road hog.
3 drive-thru 得来速
1 正是我想要的 just what the doctor ordered: Exactly the thing that is or was needed to help improve something or make one feel better.
2 忙了一天吃一顿快餐太爽了 There's nothing like fast food after a busy day.
There's nothing like morning reading.
1 extra large 超大
2 堂食 sit-down restaurant
3 破产 break the bank
4 a party of four 四个人吃
5 on the house 免单，compliments of the house
6 You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
7 两个字母连读 重音在后面
8 filet mignon /ˌfɪl.eɪ miːˈnjɑːn/ 菲力牛排
9 hold =without 不要放
coriander /ˈkɔːr.i.æn.dɚ/ 香菜
Day 3
1 听自己的作业，找自己语音不清楚的地方
2 overcorrection 矫枉过正
3 speed limit 重音在前
4 pulled you over 连读
5 You get the idea. 你懂了吧 ，你懂的
6 but that's the topic for another book/course 咱不聊这个了
That's another story. 那是另外一回事
That's the horse of another color.
1 He can really move. 他跑得真快
He can really speak English/ dance/ sing. 真有几下子
2 What's the big deal? 这有啥的
3 You can remember all the way back to high school? 还好意思说呢，嘲讽的语气
4 both of you sure can eat 你们是真能吃啊
I don't know about anyone here reading, but both of you sure watch a lot of movies. 迁移
5 pigging out 中间加/j/音
6 nacho /ˈnætʃoʊ/
7 开吃 dig in
8 hog 霸占 hog sth
He's been hogging the mic. 麦霸
She's been hogging the bathroom 洗澡没完没了
pole hog 霸占柱子 seat hog 霸占座位
9 watch my weight
I have to watch what I eat and get moving. 管住嘴，减脂; 迈开腿
1 推销员用上扬的语调，表达热情
2 跑步机 treadmill，机场的走路传送带
3 aerobics 有氧运动 美[eˈroʊbɪks]
1 throw in 赠送
2 day pass 日卡
3 I'm up/down for anything. Are you down with anything? 约吗，我都没问题
1 这有啥难的？开玩笑
Just put a bunch of words together. Of course I can !
Day 4
作业反馈
大概数字 a ballpark figure /ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/, a ballpark estimate
1 sure /ʃʊr/ nachos /na:/
2 both 念th时，舌头伸出来
1 You were busy. 重音
1 weigh 权衡
2 relocate 换个地方，搬家 move
3 advance notice ，一般在美国是a thirty-day notice
4 security deposit 押金
1 放你一马 let you off the hook
The cop let you off the hook.
1 proverb /ˈprɑː.vɝːb/ 重音在前
2 优点 upside, 缺点 downside
3 注意停顿，停顿表示强调
4 laudromat 自助洗衣店 /ˈlɔːn.drə.mæt/
1 那句话怎么说来着？ What's that old proverb? 谚语，格言
1 mooing cows and clucking chickens 形象、声音 鸡犬相闻
1 just the usual
2 bills, bills, bills ! 节奏不同
3 uh-oh 糟糕
1 drive someone up the wall = drive sb crazy
2 bring down the house 赢得满堂喝彩 已经发生的事情 演出炸了/太燃了
You brought down the house.
3 go from rags to riches 白手起家
I work from rags to riches
1 checking account 支票账户, savings account 储蓄账户
2 overdraft, overdrawn 透支
3 cash back 返现，取点零钱
4 24小时营业 It opens 24-7.
1 别太嘚瑟 Don't get carried away. 别太冲动
Don't let sth into your head.
Don't get big headed.
2 I guess you'll be buying a new car.
1 回顾你做的事情Place to live? Check ! New job? Check !
2 Three down, two to go. 考完三科，还有两科。
3 outsmart ，outfox 比……精明
1 It feels great to be bringing home the bacon. 能自己养活自己真好
2 do payroll 发工资
pay day 发工资的日子
3 30th 词内连读加/j/
Day 5
作业反馈
1 费劲 a real hassle
1 forever 超级重音
2 neighborhood 重读
3 away 次重读
4 from 弱读
1 was 弱读，几乎听不见
2 would弱读 weak/wəd/weak /əd/
3 get 非强调，次重读； work在意群的词尾，重读
1 shop till you drop 买买买，剁手
2 glumly =sadly 伤心，难过
3 Well, you get the idea.
It went on.
And so on and so forth. 等等
4 samples, free giveaways, freeby/freebies 免费赠品
1 打脸语气 No ！Not the mall ！ Anything but the mall !
2 Everything is off the cuff. 即兴的
3 I don't mind going with you. 字面是我不介意，实际上我挺想、愿意跟你去，委婉语
4 a big box store 大型商场，如万达，沃尔玛，Costa
a big-ticket item 大件
5 I could use some garden supplies.
I could use =I need 需要
I could use some water. =I'd like to have some water. 我想喝水
6 very good mall day 重读在mall上
very bad weather, very good reading/family/ movie/cooking day
7 takeout 外卖
1 by the window, by the aisle 飞机上靠窗，靠走廊
Each aisle 货架 offers great practice for developing your decision-making skills. 太难了，锻炼
Each conversation offers great practice for developing my survival/communication skills. 求生欲
2 produce 名词，农产品 us/ˈprɑː.duːs/
1 I guess= No wonder 怪不得
No wonder. 可以单独使用
2 herb /ɝːb/
3 corn on the cob 玉米棒子
1 长音节词 artificial fertilizers 拖长音
2 basil 美[ˈbeɪzl]
3 doorbusters 开门大抢购， 商店刚开门 就冲进去的销售
4 offer a rain check 拿优惠价格的小票
Can I have a rain check? 咱们改天再约
1 回答的度 They're awesome. 要有停顿
2 Where did you get them? 搭讪套路，寒暄
3 I got them at Shoe City. 爵士乐的调子
I learned it from Eric. / I bought it on Taobao.
4 They're having a great sale. 压低声音，讲一个秘密
5 BOGO= buy one get one
6 ham 拙劣的演员
Eric is a ham.
7 It's a matter of life and death. 很重要
1 right away重音在right
1 怎么回事？What's the nature of the emergency?
2 paramedics 医护人员
3 I'm not sure. 重读sure
Both of you sure can eat. 弱读sure
晨中复习
1 salmon 美[ˈsæmən]
2 Bookshops provide a sense of community and serenpidity that cannot be replicated online.
3 建立错题本
4 连读
Everything is a double-edged sword. 双刃剑
受到很好的教育 well-educated
5 desired difficulty, blessing in disguise
6 kick yourself 自责
7 Start with why. 思考为什么要这么做
Day 6
1 under the weather 身体不舒服，不能指心情不好
2 stuffy nose 鼻子不通气
The air is stuffy. 屋里不通气
running nose 流鼻涕 Your nose is running.
3 GP =general practitioner 家庭医生
1 have实义动词的时候念的重，have to 念的比较轻，have最弱的 I've been hiding.
否定的have比较重 I haven't been hiding. =Nothing much. 没什么特别的
2 I've been feeling unwell.= I haven't been feeling well.
3 maybe 语调
4 Can you recommend someone？ recommend 重音在后 /ˌrek.əˈmend/
5 rush sb 催某人，急
She doesn't rush you. 她善于倾听
6 见缝插针 squeeze sb in
特别情况特别处理 She'll squeeze you in right away.
7 很急，质疑的口吻 But what if ...
8 calm down
激动 excited, pumped
恼羞成怒 worked up
Why are you getting so worked up？
It's not the end of world. 不是世界末日
9 crank up 把声音调大一点
10 元音后面跟浊辅音，元音会拖长音 need to
11 dose 一剂
A dose of self-doubt will help you get through difficulties.
12 prescription 解决方案， 出招
Do what I prescribed you to do.
1 generic small-talk 寒暄，套路
generic 普通的
generic drug 仿制药
1 while away= kill time 消磨时间
2 推荐 recommend that you read this book. 一般recommend用从句
3 diagnosis /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnoʊ.sɪs/，diagnose 发音
对比 tear（noun）, tear（verb）; pray, prayer
4 Eeew ！ That's gross. / So disgusting. 好恶心
1 调侃的语气
2 没有人会这么想 You're not buying that.
You are not falling for that.
You are not swallowing that up.
Sold. 有道理，被你说服了
1 What's the problem with you? 打架，你有病吗？ You wanna go？要打一架吗？
You get a problem with me? 你跟我找茬吗？
What seems to be the problem today? 哪里不舒服, 降调
what 特殊疑问句，除非表示热情用升调，一般用降调
2 kind of 口头禅
I kind of like it.
It just kind of fell out.
3 疼死我了 hurt like crazy, like mad
4 molar 美[ˈmoʊlər]
5 It's no so bad. = Relax. It's not the end of the world. 没那么糟糕
6 I hope you can tell me. 我也不知道咋回事啊，注意语调
7 teeth 牙齿，力量
toothless 名存实亡
1 cut my teeth 长牙， 以……方式出道
I cut my teeth by teaching The Economist.
cut one's teeth: To gain experience with something,especially at a young age (when one's teeth would be coming in).
2 eye doctor 眼科医生
1 fuzzy 模模糊糊的，复杂不明朗
fuzzy 脑子里一团浆糊 My head's a little fuzzy.
1 Eye problems run in the family. 遗传病
1 eye-candy 养眼 eye sore
2 turn a bind eye to , turn a deaf ear to 睁一只眼闭一只眼
3 vet 兽医
1 first thing
I will call you first thing in the morning.
1 will 重读
2 wake up from it , bring him in 重音位置
3 thoroughly /ˈθɝː.ə.li/ 有卷舌音
Day 7
1 tune out 对……置之不理
2 need 都读长音
3 by the way 中by没有way重音
4 idea 没有卷舌音
1 dose: my daily dose of asshole emails 地道的语言
1 scoop 一勺，与gossip意思相近，小道消息，爆料
1 slot 窄缝，扁口
1 bulky 大 bulky but not heavy 大但不重
bulk 大部分 a bulk of the population 大多数人
I spent the bulk of my time on learning English. 大部分时间
buy sth in bulk 批发价
2 It's a can't-miss. 不能错过 You can't miss it.
3 count me in 读音in重读
1 up in the air 悬而未决= I'm not sure
2 over my head 听不懂 = above my head
I'm the only one who is out of the loop. 大家都知道，就我不知道
in the loop 知道内幕
1 如今/现在你已经 Now that your English is excellent....
2 big problem/ big moment
3 animal control officer 连读
con artist 连读，骗子
last year 连读
1 pick on选择，欺负
Why don't you pick on someone your size? 你怎么不找个跟你一样壮的人欺负？
She's been picking on me. 总找我茬
1 culture vulture 文化狂热分子 : a person who is very interested in the arts, especially to an obsessive degree. 有贬义，附庸风雅
1 not much=nothing much 没什么
2 town 我这里 I'm out of town. 我不在家
be the talk of the town 大家都在议论
3 激动 excited, 高兴地激动pumped, thrilled
worked up 反面，生气了
4 catch up 喝杯咖啡啥的，叙旧
5 show sb around 领人到处转转，领人见见世面
6 FOMO = fear of missing out 错失恐惧症
twofer（two-fer） an item or offer that comprises two items but is sold for the price of one. 买一送一
1 好消息 music to one's ears
2 ring a bell 眼熟，耳熟
Does it ring a bell?
3 sing someone's praises 表扬某人
sing Juliet's praises to the whole class
4 读音original, origin
1 carpool 拼车
2 gas money 油钱 split the gas 分摊油钱
segue /ˈseɡ.weɪ/
1 你是个好人 You are a mensch.
2 a good Samaritan 善人
1 maybe 升调
2 中间人 go-between /ˈɡoʊ.bɪˌtwiːn/ = middle-man， 此处是翻译translator, interpreter
3 get back on one's feet 重新振作起来
My English has gone to the dogs. = My English is not as good as it used to be.
Some businesses have gone to the dogs. We are here to help them get back on their feet.
4 think on your feet 随机应变, 反应快
1 有义务 come/go with the territory 难免的事 to be part of a particular activity
1 Why "oh, no"? 引用对方的话，问为什么
2 step up to the plat 开始行动 to take action when something needs to be done, even though this is difficult:
do one's part/share 各司其职=pull one's weight
Day 8
1 慢速阅读：明确每一个单词的发音，黏连感，顺滑感 segue
2 coupon /ˈkuː.pɑːn/
3 the better half 伴侣
4 card 动词 要求出示证件ID
You'll probably be carded.
1 stunner 那句话 照骗
2 cougar 发音 /ˈkuː.ɡɚ/
3 older women 老女人 sugar daddy 干爸 trophy wife 花瓶妻子 arm candy 挂臂美女
1 cringe 觉得难为情 give sb cringe
1 let my hair down a bit 重读hair，浪起来，放松一下
relax, kick back and relax
2 Do you feel like catching a movie tonight ?
grab a movie 看电影
1 fall for 信以为真， 爱上某人 =fall in love
I fell for what he said.
2 big time =very much 程度深
I won the game big time. 我大获全胜
I lost the game big time. 输得很惨
I had fun last night big time. 玩得特疯
3 tie the knot 喜结良缘
1 很难 a real chore
2 随便选 take your pick, whatever floats your boat, nothing is off the menu
3 a bridal registry 婚礼礼物清单
1 送同样的礼物 run the risk of getting four toasters 面包机
2 chip in 凑钱 go solo 自己买
3 a stag party, a bechlor party 单身汉派对
1 一下子让我想起 It takes me back to =remind
It takes me back to learning this book last year.
2 He had it all planned out so carefully. 背下来
3 挺有故事的It's quite a story.
How do you like the book? -It's quite a story.
1 网站 website
2 on the rocks （饮料）加点冰，危险、问题多多的关系
Our marriage is on the rocks.
go south, go to the dogs, go downhill
3 cheat on sb 出轨 two-timer 脚踏两只船 He's a two-timer. He's been two-timing you.
4 It may be the end of the road. 穷途末路，走到头了
5 Yes and no. 是也不是。
6 甜言蜜语 say nice things ; 浪漫 buy me flowers
Before we got married, he said nice things and bought me flowers all the time.
7 伺候 take care of sb
相夫教子 want you to stay in the kitchen, feed the kids, pour him Martini
men want hot meals and clean socks 直男
1 maybe 语调
冷静期 a cooling-off period(冲动消费), a 30-day calming period
1 It very often turns out 注意very often 的位置
more often than not
2 You do the math =obvious 这还不明白 You get the idea.
3 start a family 有孩子
4 mom-to-be 准妈妈
a billionaire-to-be 潜力股
5 prenatal 产前 postnatal 产后 postpartum 产后 /ˈneɪ.t̬əl/
坐月子 postnatal care
1 当家做主 make the decision, be vocal
敢于发声，敢说 stand up, speak up, be vocal
1 When are you due? 啥时生啊？
2 run in the family 世代相传 Do twins run in the family?
3 It is a he or she. 男孩还是女孩
1 佛系I know, I know. I just love the idea of being surprised.
2 a little bundle of joy= 小宝宝
1 I grow out of the clothes. I outgrow the clothes. 穿不进去了
You can outgrow it. 不用管，慢慢就好了
2 tote 托特包 名词，动词 to carry something, especially something heavy or awkward
3 母乳 breast-feeding, give sb the breast
1 心机：感伤 ，开玩笑
1 I've been cooped up since the coronavirus outbreak. 关在家里不能出门
cooped up couples
2 night out 重音在后
3 It seems just like yesterday that 恍若昨天，过得真快 = It takes me back to when 回忆往事
Day 9
1 glaring mistakes 低级错误
2 When you can, you should. 当你能够做到，你就应该做好
1 hilarious 发音 太搞笑了
2 cured ham 熏火腿
3 a living will 生前预嘱
4 hospice /ˈhɑː.spɪs/ care 临终关怀
1 She's been sick for a long time now. 强调 long time ，停顿，读音清楚
2 upbeat 正能量，乐观向上
a silver-lining person,half-full, optimistic
You know why I love to be with him, because he's so upbeat.
3 sensible 明事理，讲道理，拎得清
4 Any takers?
5 obituary 讣告 funeral home 殡仪馆
1 pass away 重读 away
2 We know that Granny was ready. 走得很安详
3 Please accept my condolences. 节哀顺变
You're in my prayers. 我会为你祈福的
4 If we need anything 重读need
5 urn 骨灰盒 ashes 骨灰
1 gone, kick the bucket翘辫子, drop dead, bite the dust 去世
2 My phone/car is dead.
The battery is dead/ out of juice. 电池没电了
Juice up my phone. 给手机充电
3 美国版大众点评 Yelp
a walking Yelp review 知道去哪儿吃的人
a Chinese Yelp 大众点评
1 plan 套餐
2 unlimited minutes/ internet/ message 无限制
1 keep it to yourself 自己知道就行，别公放出来
2 小点声Would you mind keeping it down a little bit?
3 the guy sitting next to you= stranger 陌生人
1 pull sb over 警察让某人靠边停车
1 plate 车牌
2 放你一马 let you off the hook, give/cut you some slack, let you go, let you get away with it , let you slide
3 in the good old days 以前，从前, 回忆往事
It takes me back to when, It seems just like yesterday that
a good old song, a goodie oldie 又老又好
4 hook up a webcam=connect 连上
She hooked up with Eric. 她与Eric取得了联系（另一层意识是have sex, 建议不使用）
ROFLMAO: rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
1 bells and whistles 噱头，可有可无的鸡肋
1 computer savvy 很懂电脑 tech-savvy
2 技术小白，伸手党 technologically illiterate
3 take it with a grain of salt ， 照单全收 lap it up
1 the problem is that 口语中的垫词
1 get sth back, unsend the email 撤回
2 I didn't pay you to do sth 雇你来不用为了
1 broadcast 过去式和过去分词与原形相同； 直播 live-streaming
两岁的小孩爱发脾气。 Children often have temper tantrums at the age of two. Two-year-olds often throw tantrums when they don't get what they want.
Day 10
1 be upbeat about sth 重音在前upbeat /ˈʌp.biːt/
2 从描述到演绎：代入场景，对话感，敢于模仿和观察（模仿让你觉得好笑的、最有特点的元素，放大这些元素，例如模仿口头禅）
3 电脑达人 a laptop literate
助教 I could use a teaching assistant who is computer-savvy.
1 pick on sb 找茬，欺负
My boss is always picking on me. 穿小鞋
1 找下家 another job lined up
Don't burn your bridges. 别堵死后路
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
2 倒闭 go under
时态 The company went under./ has gone under
3 go-between 中间人
leg up English good language skills can give a leg up on your career. 帮助
4 a compensation package 年薪， 补偿金，工资（做HR的有个专业术语叫C&B，就是compensation & benefit, 就是薪资福利的意思，一般做C&Ｂ的工资都比负责招聘工作的高）
1 I guess you could say that. =Yes and no.
2 food joint 店
pizza/ burger joint
3 same old stuff 中same 长音
4 in a rut 车辙，一成不变
get out of a rut
5 Now I'm looking for a new job. 强调 job，注意没有特殊情况重音在名词
1 crush 名词
She's my high-school crush. 她是我高中时代的女神
2 pencil-pusher 从事大量的paperwork，无聊的工作，机关办事员，文书 a person who has an office job that is not interesting
It's like a pencil-pusher. I guess you could say that.
1 There's no getting away with it.
There's no getting away from the fact that + 可以后面加长句，谁也免不了
1 有眼力价，机警，机灵着点，见招拆招 on the ball
1 你们帮我看一下 I could use an extra pair of eyes to look over my article.
1 layoff 解雇 downsize 裁员
1 dead-end jobs 一眼望到头的工作
2 I'm quitting. I call it quits. 我不干了
1 I'm learning the ropes. 我在熟悉业务（刚入职）
teach sb the ropes 教人家怎么做
1 搞定 nail the interview/ land the interview , nail the job
2 ask someone in the know 知情人士
1 the powers that be 部门的领导，负责人
2 come across 表现的怎么样，给人什么样的感觉/印象，偶遇
Eric comes across very funny.
He comes across as a bit of a bore.
3 natural自然, staged不自然，forced, stilted 生硬
1 throw you a curveball and catch you off guard 让某人措手不及
It's possible that they'll throw you curveball. Make sure you're on the ball. Don't drop the ball. 犯低级错误
make it up on the spot 现场开编
1 résumé /ˈrez.ə.meɪ/
a real feather in my cap 功成名就, put my name on the map
2 什么个鬼地方 Where on earth is that?
3 off the cuff 即兴
1 不要做蠢事 Being late wil not help you nail the job. 从委婉的角度来规劝“不要做某事” 说教
Dressing like this will not help you get a girlfriend. 套路
1 万万不可 a big no-no
1 throw in a coupon 给张代金券
2 do the trick 奏效
3 goodwill重音位置在前，但字典中重音位置在后
晨末复习
1 放飞自我 chill out, loosen up, let your hair down, let yourself go
1 拥堵 The traffic is hectic.
2 outgrow 穿不下 I've outgrown my clothes.
3 You'are going places. 你会成功的
1 备胎法：思考常用的表达之外的替换表达
on earth: in the world
move, relocate
need, I could use
doctors and nurses, paramedics
good guy, mensch, a good Samaritan
translator, go-between
cheat, two-time
convenient, handy
1 忆往昔It takes back to when
It seems just like yesterday that
He can remember all the way back to high school
in the good old days
2 -er stander, problem solver
3 hair
let your hair down, bad hair day, kick up your heels, kick the bucket, bite the dust
4 yes and no , I guess you could say that.
a big no-no
5 upbeat, optimistic, half-full, silver lining person
1 Would you mind keeping it down?
2 What's the old proverb?
3 You wanna a go?
4 mom-to-be
5 be down for sth, two down three to go
6 segue 过渡
7 a dose of confidence
8 That's the topic of another day/ book/ class.
9 send me flowers, watch me wash the dishes
10 the guy sitting next to me= stranger
1 speed limit 重音在前面的单词上
A better version of yourself is out there.