第一頁:片段欣賞
第二頁:巧學口語
第三頁:小小翻譯家
第四頁:文化一瞥
1. expire: 期滿,到期。例如:The car broke down two days after the guarantee had expired.(那輛車在保修期滿兩天之后壞了。)
2. blackmail: 威迫??匆幌吕樱篐e accused his mother of using emotional blackmail to stop him leaving home.(他指責母親使用感情手段逼他留在家里。)
3. hold up one's end: 做好自己份內的事,盡自己的責任。請看例子:All you need to do is to hold up your end.(你所需要做的一切就是做好自己份內的事。)
4. pain in one's ass: 令某人討厭的人。相似的用法還有pain in the neck,意思是“討厭而難避免的家伙/事情/局面”。例如:It's a pain in the neck having to meet them at that airport.(必須到機場去接他們,真是煩人。)
5. to one's face: 當著某人的面。例如:He wouldn't be so rude to her face.(他不會當著她的面顯得那樣粗魯。)