第一、重點詞匯：

1. awkward

雙語釋義：making you feel embarrassed

尷尬的; 難為情的; 不好意思的; 狼狽的

詞性：形容詞

典型例句：I realized they wanted to be alone together so I felt very awkward.

我意識到了他們想要單獨在一起，所以我覺得很尷尬。

I felt awkward because they obviously wanted to be alone.
There was an awkward silence.

2. trim

雙語釋義：remove sth or reduce sth by cutting

（用切﹑ 割﹑ 剪﹑ 砍等方式）除去或削減某物

語法用法：~ sth (off sth/off)

典型例句：The article's too long. Can you trim it by a quarter?

這篇文章太長，你能刪減四分之一嗎?

Please trim the excess fat off the meat.

請把過多的肥膘從肉上切掉。

I trimmed an inch off the hem of this skirt.

我把這條裙子的下擺剪短了一英寸。

We had to trim a lot off our travel budget.

我們當時只好大量削減旅行預算。

第二、重點短語：

1. rhyme with：和......押韻

例句：What words rhyme with"school"?

哪個詞與school押韻？

Can we rhyme “hiccups” with “pick-ups”?

我們能把hiccups同pick－ups放在一起押韻嗎？

2. grunt work：單調乏味的苦差使；辛苦的體力勞動

講解：這是美國俚語，屬于名詞性短語，作為與和do搭配，即：do grunt work，意思是“做單調乏味的苦差事”。

例句：It is sp boring to to death do such grunt work.

這些苦差事讓我煩得要死。

3. be awkward for：對于某人來說感到尷尬

講解：awkward是“尷尬的”的意思，表示對于某人來說尷尬的，用介詞for，不要用to。

例句：It would be rather awkward for me to call on you.

如果去拜訪您呢，對我有些不便。

You didn't see how awkward this is for me.

你不知道這讓我多為難。

4. help sb with sth：幫助某人做某事

例句：I am on vacation now. I go to my father and help him with the tailor work.

現在是假期，我回家幫父親做點剪裁。

He cheered up at once when I promised to help him with his lessons.

當我答應幫他做功課時，他立刻高興起來了。

5. in one’s sleep：在睡夢中

例句：He's rammed his opinions down my throat so many times that I could repeat them in my sleep.

他一次次地往我耳朵里灌輸他的想法以致于我睡夢中都能復述出來。

I memorized my speech so thoroughly that I could have recited it in my sleep.

我把我的講演稿背得滾瓜爛熟，就是睡覺時也能背出來。

第三、其它短語：

1. offer sb a job：提供某人一份工作

2. wear a caftan：穿有帶子的長袖衣服

3. a temporary assistant：暫時助理

第四、情景口語

1. 情景：在一些聚會場合，顯得你有禮貌教養，就要幫別人端茶倒水的，添加飲料等，可以用這個句型：

Get somebody something.

源于臺詞：Just because I'm your temporary assistant does not mean I'm getting you coffee.

2. 情景：一件事情做起來對于你太簡單了，可以這么夸張地說：

Sb. can do something in his sleep.

源于臺詞： I could do that in my sleep!

3. 情景：你本來可以成為一個教授的，本來可以成為一名教師的，但是多鐘因素而沒能成功，可以用這個句型：

Sb. could have been +名詞。

源于臺詞：I could have been an editor at "V"!

4. 情景：由于各種原因，說道某人或某物，但是你不想說出這個人的具體名詞或者物體的具體名字，可以這么說：

It’s (one’s) name shall not be said.

源于臺詞： A certain magazine whose name shall not be said rhymes with rogue.