重點講解：

1.Novice

I'm a complete novice at skiing. 滑雪我完全是個新手。

computer software for novices / the novice user 給初學者設計的電腦軟件

2.knock sth 'up

to prepare or make sth quickly and without much effort

迅速準備好；快速并輕易做成:

She knocked up a meal in two minutes.

她十分鐘就做好了一頓飯。

3.the proof of the 'pudding (is in the 'eating) (saying) you can only judge if sth is good or bad when you have tried it

只有通過體驗才能判斷事物的好壞

4.at a time

每次；逐一；依次:

We had to go and see the principal six at a time.

我們得逐一去見校長。

She ran up the stairs ten at a time.

她一步兩階地跑上樓梯。

5. go slightly translucent

半透明的

Slightly see-throughvery thin so that you can see through it

薄至透明的:

a see-through blouse

透明的女式襯衫

6.sweat vegetables

if you sweat meat or vegetables or let them sweat, you heat them slowly with a little fat in a pan that is covered with a lid

燜

7.Bob's your 'uncle

(BrE, informal) used to say how easy and quick it is to do a particular task

易如反掌:

Press here and Bob's your uncle! It's disappeared.

按一下這里就成了！消失了。