第一、詞匯精講

1. preface

雙語釋義：begin or introduce (a speech, etc)

[vt. ] 開始（講話等）; 作（講話等的）開場白

語法用法1：~ sth with sth

語法用法2：~sth by doing sth

典型范例：She prefaced her talk with an apology.

她先為遲到表示歉意, 然后開始講話。

She prefaced her talk by apologizing for being late.

她先為遲到表示歉意, 然后開始講話。

2. date

雙語釋義：person with whom one has a date

[c.n. ]（異性的）約會對象

范例：My date is meeting me at seven.

我的對象七點鐘跟我見面。

第二、短語精講

1. be awkward for：對于某人來說尷尬的，對某人來說不便的

范例：It would be, well, rather awkward for me to call on you.

如果去拜訪您呢，對我有些不便。

It made things awkward for me.

這有時候使我很為難。

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

你不知道這讓我多為難。

2. be cool with something：對......不介意，對......不在乎，對......沒問題

范例：I'm cool with the fact that they exist.

我不介意他們退出。

Some younger ones were rather frightened or confused, but the older kids were cool with it.

有些年輕的孩子頗受驚嚇或者覺得困惑，但年長的孩子們就沒有問題了。

3. ask somebody about something：問某人某事

范例：Didn't you hear me ask him about the slave trade last night?

昨天晚上你沒聽見我向他打聽販賣奴隸的事情嗎？

You can ask him about it. He is a walking dictionary.

這方面你可以問他。他是活字典。

After I'd hung up I realized that I had forgotten to ask him about this.

掛了電話我才想起忘了問他這件事.

I wouldn' t ask him about his job interview ; it' s rather a sore point with him at the moment.

我不去問他求職面試的情況, 這是他現在的傷心事。

3. say yes：同意

范例：Don't say yes at a meeting and go back on your words and say no after it.

不要開會時贊成，會后又反悔說不贊成。

I say yes, and I shall expect you to look in tonight.

我同意，今天晚上我靜候你光臨。

I 'd like to say yes, but that 's just impossible .

我倒是想答應的，不過那偏偏辦不到。

4. say no：反對

范例：I say no once for all.

我斷然拒絕。

I tried with all my might to will him to say no.

我竭盡全力想使他說不。

You should never say no to the boss if you don't want to lose your job.

如果你不想失去工作,就要服從上司。

She has not the wit to say no.

她不知道如何回絕別人。

情景口語：

表達某件事情對于某人來說可以接受，不感到難受或其他不好的情緒，可用下面這個句型：

It would be okay for sb to do something.

源于臺詞：... why wouldn't it be okay for you to bring a date?