迷你對話：

A:Have you ever thought about Tom’s attitude?

你曾想過湯姆的態度沒有？

B:I’vecut it upand come to the conclusion that hi is actually sick of Jenny’s brother. But he likes Jenny. She is a big apple in his eye.

我仔細分析過，我認為他的確討厭Jenny的哥哥，但是他喜歡Jenny，在他眼里Jenny就是掌上明珠。

A:Love me, love my dog. He’s a sensible kind man.

愛屋及烏嘛，他可是個講道理的好人。

B:That’s why many people look up to him.

這就是很多人敬重他的原因。

地道表達：cut up

解詞釋義：cut up 本義是“切成小塊”。把事情切成小塊當然是為了“便于考查和分析某事物”。

支持范例：

Eg.Cut the plan up afterward to learn why it had failed.

事后仔細分析那項計劃以便搞清它失敗的原因。

Eg.There was no time to cut that up now.

現在沒有工夫仔細分析這個問題。

Eg.Again carefully cut it up more, we can make out that this is completelyincorrect.

仔細分析一下，我們可以看出這是完全錯誤的。

詞海拾貝：

think about：考慮，思索

Eg.The time is approaching when we must think about buying a new house.

我們要想一想買新房子的事了，時機即將來臨。

Eg.Sit back for a minute and think about what you have done.

歇息一會，想想你做了些什么。

Eg.I will think about your suggestion,and give you an answer tomorrow.

我將考慮一下你的建議,然后,明天給你一個答復。

Eg.Even now when I think about it I feel pain in my heart.

就是現在想起來我心里都感到難受。

come to the conclusion：得出結論

Eg.We had come to the conclusion that we must push ahead with our plan to increase production.

我們的結論是我們必須推行增產計劃。

Eg.The debate do not come to a conclusion until midnight

辯論直到午夜才得出結果。

Eg.He do not know the facts. If he know the fact , he will come to a different conclusion .

他不了解這些事實，如果他知道事實真相，他會得出一個不同的結論來的。

be sick of：討厭，厭惡

Eg.I'm sick of waiting around like this.

我討厭透了像這樣在一旁等著。

Eg.Are you sick of my smoking here?

你很討厭我在這里吸煙吧？

Eg.I got sick of his smoking in the classroom.

我討厭他在教室抽煙。

a big apple in one’s eye：某人的掌上明珠

Eg.Don’t offend May as she is a big apple in the teachers’ eye.

不要得罪瑪麗，她可是老師的掌聲明珠。

Eg.I brought her up like the apple of my eye.

我把她撫養長大，視如掌上明珠。

Eg.He is looked after by my mother. He is the apple of our eye.

我兒子由我母親照料，他是全家的掌上明珠。

look up to：尊敬，敬仰

Eg.In the old society, who would look up to us?

舊社會誰還會看得起我們？

Eg.School children usually look up to great scientists.

學生們通常敬佩大科學家們。

Eg.I look up to your great name.

我景仰大名。

Eg.people do look up to you if you speak good English.

如果你說得一口漂亮的英語，人們會對你另眼相看。

諺語：

Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏。