第一， 情景對話

A: Tom isn't at home. When I called him up, nobody answered the phone.

湯姆沒在家，我給他打電話，他家沒人接。

B: Nine times out of ten he is in the cinema.

十有八九他去看電影了。

A: I see.

明白了。

第二， 詞海拾貝

nine times out of ten：十有八九，幾乎總是

e.g. He talks about you nine times out of ten when we have a chitchat.

每次我們閑聊他幾乎都談及你。

e.g. Nine times out of ten he comes home drunk at night.

他幾乎每次都是喝得爛醉才回家。

e.g. Even before I open my mouth, my wife seems to know what I'm going to say nine times out of ten.

在我張口說話之前十有八九我的妻子似乎知道我想說什么。

e.g. Yet，the truth is that nine out of ten times opportunity is right in your own backyard.

然而，事實(shí)是十之八九機(jī)會剛好就在你家的后院。

第三， 語匯積累

1. call up：打電話給某人

e.g. Forgive me so early to call you up please.

請?jiān)徫疫@么早給你打電話。

e.g. Call up an enemy today and bury the hatchet.

今天就給你的一個對頭打電話，與他言歸于好。

e.g. Now please have a cup of tea while I call up these people and make a schedule.

請先喝杯茶，我來給他們打個電話，確定時間。

2. answer the phone：接電話

e.g. Fred's mother calls Fred to answer the phone.

佛瑞德的媽媽喊佛瑞德接聽電話。

e.g. I'm sorry I couldn't answer the phone when you called.

不好意思，剛才沒能接聽你的電話。

3. in the cinema：在電影院

e.g. He has been in the cinema for many years.

他從影多年。

e.g. The film has been screened in the cinema and on TV.

這部電影已在電影院及電視上放映.