單詞回顧:
1. ridiculous: 荒謬的
2. guilty: 愧疚的
3. cruise: 巡航
4. lifeboat: 救生船
5. tough: 棘手的
6. geez: 【口語】(表示驚奇、憤怒)哎呀!
7. gotta=have got to(必須)
8. stuff: 東西
9. embolism: [醫]栓塞
短語學習:
1.be on my side: 站在我這邊
eg. I wish she would be on my side.
我希望她能站在我一邊。
eg. You're supposed to be on my side!
你應該是站在我這邊!
eg. No matter how I perform in the play, I know my mother will always be on my side.
不管我怎麼演這場戲,我知道我媽都站在我這邊。
2.suck up to sb: 討好某人suck: 吸取
suck up to
[俚語]巴結,奉承,討好,拍……的馬屁
eg. I can't stand the way that you suck up to her.
你老拍她的馬屁,這種作法可真讓我受不了。
eg. Who hates being sucked up to?
拍誰誰不高興呀?
eg. If we are willing to suck up to the organ grinder, it is hypocritical to keep the monkey in prison.
如果我們愿意奉承街頭藝人,卻把猴子關在監獄里,那是一種偽善。
3. wobble: 使顫動wobble in: 晃晃悠悠地駛入
eg. This will cause me to wobble in a way that does not allow for my continued evolution.
這將引起我某種方式的抖動從而阻止進一步的進化。
eg. The worry is that rampant commodity prices may cause another wobble in the world economy.
商品價格的肆意上漲讓人擔心會引發世界經濟的另一波波動。
4.go for: 想要
eg. Where do I go for help?
我能在何處尋得幫助?
eg. Would you go for the best technical choice?
你還會主張選擇最好的技術嗎?
eg. Like many of you, I get an idea, and either go for it, or not.
像你們很多人一樣,我有了一個想法,要么實現它,要么不。