1。Those second－hand pianos are selling like hot cakes，if you want one，you‘d better buy one now before they‘re all gone。
4 G% ]4 m) Z! v4 s k: I1 W# x sell like hot cakes ＝sell very wellorvery quickly+ q+ S5 p3 t$ _( e3 H, D- H. v- T6 r
2。Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach。( e T8 i% o5 f2 A
get butterflies in one‘s stomach ＝get nervous, ^- `9 Q1 L: [' z/ L8 H9 U
3。He would do anything for his daughter。She was the apple of his eye。& [# ~. x& x0 k. }; P
be the apple of one‘s eye ＝be very precious to sb。
* f1 D4 h, I4 i- | 4。Lend me ，please，Tom，I‘m broke at the moment。
2 I \6 O) G* F be broke ＝doesn‘t have any money: ]. D3 U5 F& z m) {
5。The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light。
& z8 J, j9 ~. J6 i jump the green light ＝doesn‘t wait for the traffic lights to change to green
1 P6 N4 ?" U: p6 X# O* X9 d+ b 6。You didn‘t think I was serious，did you，Joe！It was a joke！I was pulling your leg，that‘s all。' n( c7 G7 ]6 D. D
pull one‘s leg ＝tease someone，逗某人玩% I/ Z% `4 Z: t, s: }, M
7。Because the owner wanted a quick sale，the painting went for a song－only 。* N1 s6 K! W. @* C! R3 t. h5 A
If something goes for a song，it is sold very cheaply( ^6 B/ u0 n \
8。There was a shortage of food;so you had to pay through the nose for what you could find。
( `& W" P0 ^6 U5 I4 f) Q To pay through the nosefor something is to pay far more for something than it is really worth% `% X5 C- p" K6 L" V0 o2 V2 x
9。If he finds out what you did with the company‘s money，he‘ll hit the roof。0 _+ N& Z1 V o( J: B5 X/ O
hit the roof＝get very angry
+ P6 U! j! M1 ~6 O" o. m9 Q, n4 W 10。The sky got very dark and soon the rain began to bucket down。
: x. `. Z' j/ a8 ]2 }# c bucket down ＝rain very heavily
- ~" I5 O, `) v" `- v% Q: q. B 11。They all chip in for the benefit of Simpson‘s widow and little child。 |
发表于 2012-8-15 00:40:08
