重點講解：
1. begin with
從…開始；從…著手；首先做（某事）；
eg. Could I begin with a few formalities?
請允許我開場先講幾句套話。
eg. Begin with this one and do the others afterwards.
先做這個，然后再做其他的事。
2. lie down
躺下（休息或睡眠）；
eg. Why don't you go upstairs and lie down for a bit?
你不為什么不上樓去躺一會兒呢？
eg. Let's lie down for a rest.
咱們躺下休息一會兒。
3. mess up
弄臟；弄亂；
eg. Don't mess up my hair: I've just combed it.
別把我的頭發弄亂，我剛梳好。
eg. I hope they haven't messed up your video tapes.
我希望他們沒把您的錄像帶弄亂。
4. blow one's nose
擤鼻子；
eg. He took out a handkerchief and blew his nose.
他掏出一塊手帕，擤了擤鼻子。
eg. It is bad manners to blow your nose at table.
吃飯時擤鼻子是不禮貌的行為。
5. put off
推遲；拖延；
eg. Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers.
晚育的女性經常會成為最優秀的母親。
eg. The Association has put the event off until October.
協會已把這次活動推遲至10月。

附：
It is always darkest before dawn.
黎明前的黑暗。
Better to be safe than sorry.
寧愿穩妥免致后悔。
There is nothing new under the sun.
世上無新事。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
千里之行，始于足下。
If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
要是你怕熱，就別待在廚房里。（美國第33任總統杜魯門的名言，意指倘若缺乏精力、膽量以及忍受尖銳批評的勇氣，就不要謀求總統職位）
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
帶馬到河邊容易，逼馬飲水難。（意指不要逼人做他不愿做的事；或強扭的瓜不甜。）
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
不要恩將仇報。
If you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Better late than never.
遲做總比不做好。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
初試不成功，努力勿懈怠。
As you shall make your bed so you shall lie on it.
自食其果。
Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.
笑歸萬眾附和，哭時獨自垂淚。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
早睡早起，令人健康、富有且聰明。
Two heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
與其詛咒黑暗，不如燃起蠟燭。
A miss is as good as a mile.
錯誤再小，總歸是錯誤。
Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今日事今日畢。
A penny saved is a penny earned (or gained).
省錢就是賺錢。
Two's company, three's a crowd.
兩人結伴，三人不歡。
Strike while the iron is hot.
趁熱打鐵。
When the blind leading the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
問道于盲，無益于事。
You can't take an old dog new tricks.
你不能讓年老守舊的人接受新事物。
Haste makes waste.
欲速則不達。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
筆誅勝于劍伐。
An idle mind is the devil's workshop.
腦閑歹意生。
Where there's smoke there's fire.
無風不起浪。
You have nothing to fear but fear itself.
害怕本身比什么都可怕。
I think, therefore I am.
我思故我在。
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
別人碗里的飯香。
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
別指望得太早。
No news is good news.
沒消息就是好消息。
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
（莎士比亞）愛眾人，信任一些人，不對不起任何人。