妙語佳句:

he lost three huge cases, back to back.他連續輸了三個大案子。

back to back:連續, 緊接

Fortunately, I picked winners back to back in the last few races.

我很走運，在最后幾場馬賽中，接二連三地賭贏了。

He doesn't need two associates backing him up.他應該不需要兩個助手做他的后援。

back up:支持, 援助

He drought along a file of document to back up his claim.

他隨身攜帶一卷宗文件以便證實索賠要求。

You can achieve what he's achieved and still suffer from performance anxiety.即便像他一樣功成名就還是要飽受表現焦慮的困擾。

suffer from:遭受, 因 ... 而蒙受損害

Most of the important cities of the world suffer from traffic jam.

世界上大多數大城市都交通堵塞為患。

Alcoholics often suffer from periods of oblivion.

飲酒過度的人常常失去記憶。

That's kind of terrifying.那還真有點恐怖

kind of:有點兒

I hate this kind of cheap emotion.

我討厭這種膚淺的感情。

考考你:

即便像他一樣功成名就還是要飽受表現焦慮的困擾。

他應該不需要兩個助手做他的后援。

上期答案:

Listen, uh...I had no idea your mom was in town.

I popped in for a night or two.