各位親愛的可友們，本次飛往美國(guó)洛杉磯的航班就要起飛了，我是本次航班的乘務(wù)長(zhǎng)Juliet。歡迎你再次乘坐Juliet的航班漫游美國(guó)。我收到當(dāng)中一位乘客叫做Lily的郵件，信中寫道：“Thank you , Juliet. I really enjoy your class and in the last lesson there are many useful phrases. Could you please sum them up next class?”那么，Juliet首先在此說：“Thank you for your backing me up. And I am sure I will do it at your request.”It would be ungracious not to accept your invitation. 盛情難卻呀！不多說了，let's get down to business. 我們言歸正傳了。

【今日課堂詳說】

如果我們要表示“criticize sb all the time or nag sb all the time”，用地道美語(yǔ)這么說：“to get on sb's case ”or “to be on sb's case”。中文意思是指手畫腳，嘮嘮叨叨。如果我們要說“對(duì)......指手畫腳”“對(duì)......嘮嘮叨叨”，用get on sb's case或者是be on sb's case來表述一定是和介詞about連用，即：get ( be ) on sb's case about sth (doig sth)。

{短語(yǔ)總結(jié)}

Phrases: lazy bone 懶惰的人 make a preparation for 準(zhǔn)備...... have go to必須 rather than （instead of ）而不是 let one's hair down 放松 let sb alone 不要管...... in green 穿著綠色衣服地 feel obliged to do sth 感覺到有必要去做某事 one's character and morals 品格 before sb's very eyes 在某人面前當(dāng)眾地 straight forward 直截了當(dāng)?shù)? say no to 拒絕 Say one thing to his face and another behind his back. 當(dāng)面一套，背后一套。 in the presence of 當(dāng)著某人，有某人在場(chǎng) take a photo of one's 給某人照相 talk against sb 攻訐；說某人的短處 speak ill of 誹謗某人，說某人的壞話 a stab in the black (stab sb in the black) 暗箭傷人；誹謗 nothing but 只不過，只有

{重點(diǎn)短語(yǔ)講解}

1. rather than conj.寧可 ... 也不愿, 與其 ... 倒不如 prep.而非...

Eg. It is a telex rather than a letter. 與其說它是一封信，不如說它是一封電傳。Rather than risk breaking up his marriage he told his wife everything. 他惟恐婚姻破裂，把一切都告訴了妻子。（提示：Rather than位于句首時(shí)，句子要進(jìn)行倒裝。Breaking up his marriage是動(dòng)名詞做risk的同位語(yǔ)。該句的正常語(yǔ)序?yàn)?mdash;—He told his wife everyting rather than risk breaking up his marriage.）These are political rather than social matters. 這是政治問題而不是社會(huì)問題。

2. nothing but 只不過，只有

Eg. There was nothing but silence in the room. 這間屋內(nèi)聲息全無，一片寂靜。He is nothing but a hypocrite, pretending that he knows nothing about it. 他是一個(gè)虛偽的人，假裝對(duì)那件事一無所知。（know something about的反義詞是know about something inside and out）

3. let on's hair down (slang) 放松

Eg. Let your hair down and enjoy the party. 放松一下吧，來參加晚會(huì)吧。

【課后習(xí)題】

1. 當(dāng)我置身于人群中的時(shí)候，仍然怕羞而且有些不知所措。

2. 在她媽跟前她的表現(xiàn)從來不是最好的。

3. 你不該說梅布爾壞話，別忘了她過去一直待你很好。

4. 我生平從來沒聽見你說人家的壞話。

5. 近日，有幸結(jié)識(shí)了美國(guó)朋友羅伯特先生，他性格爽直，真誠(chéng)樸實(shí)，和善暢快。

6. 我真的不想說任何人的壞話，但他不該和這樣一個(gè)不體面的女人結(jié)婚。 參考翻譯答案如下：

1. I was still shy and half paralyzed when in the presence of a crowd.

2. She was never at her best in the presence of her mother.

3. You shouldn't speak ill of Mabel, remember she has been kind to you in the past.

4. I never heard you speak ill of a human being in my life.

5. Recently, I had the honor to meet Mr. Robert Mayer, he has a straight -forward, honest and easy -going character.

6. I really don't want to talk against anyone, but he shouldn't have married such an indecent woman.