特別聲明：該節目中的迷你對話選自口語書籍，其余講解部分為可可原創。

迷你對話：

A: The murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment.

那個殺人犯被判處無期徒刑。

B: It’s severe punishment, I think.

我想這是重型懲治了。

A: Yeah, because he just killed a man in cold blood.

是呀，就因為他曾經殘忍地殺了一個人。

B: No wonder.

那就不足為奇了。

地道表達：

in cold blood

支持范例：

Eg. He himself was convinced that Clyde had murdered the girl in cold blood.

他本人深信確實Clyde非常殘暴地弄死了那個姑娘。

Eg. His victims were all shot down in cold blood.

他殺害的那些人都是遭他瘋狂槍殺的。

Eg. The bank robber drew a gun and shot the guard in cold blood.

那個銀行搶劫者撥出槍，殘忍地殺了警衛員。

Eg. He was so cruel, he would have killed his own mother in cold blood.

他是個極殘酷的人，甚至都可以冷酷無情地殺死親娘。

口語句型：

No wonder that...（譯文：難怪......）

支持范例：

Eg. No wonder you can't find anybody here; they're all away at a meeting.

難怪找不到人, 都開會去了。

Eg. No wonder he is not hungry ; he has been eating sweets all day.

難怪他不餓，他整天在吃糖果。