背景介紹：

Ed Begley: 好萊塢演員，著名的環保主義者領袖

短語精講：

1. get sb wrong: 誤解某人

eg. Don't get me wrong: I value things like a college education and mathematical brilliance.
請不要誤會我的意思：我用大學的教育和數學的才華去評價事物

eg. Don't get me wrong—my relationship with my wife is amazing.
大家不要誤會我的意思——我和我妻子的關系很好。

2. per se: 本質上

eg. Is the desire for wealth, or the accumulation of wealth, per se, evidence of greed?
這是對財富的渴望，或財富積累的本身就見證了貪婪？

3. have a date: [口語](與某人)有約會

eg. Thank you. I'd like to, but I already have a date for Saturday night.
謝謝你。我是很想去，但是星期六晚上我已經有約會了。

4. get it: [口語]聽懂，理解

(1) [口語]應門，去開門；去接電話

eg. There's that bell again, I'll get it.
電話鈴聲又響了，我去接吧。

(2) [口語]聽懂，理解

eg. I don't get it; please explain.
我不懂，請解釋一下。

(3) [口語]受到處罰(或冷落，譴責等)，挨罵

eg. You'll get it when your teacher comes and sees what you've done!
你老師來看到你所干的事，你會挨罵的！