晨读21-25 《Speak English Like An A
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Lesson 21: Susan Gets a Surprise Call
- We're nuts about your cookies.
- be nuts about sth.= crazy about
- You just made my day!
- make one's day使某人开心满意
- You'll need to work out the nuts and bolts of the agreement with my husband.
- work out 制定出,做出
nuts and bolts =details
Lesson 22: Susan Shares the Good News
- Carol is such a dragon lady!
- dragon lady 母夜叉
- We're better off having nothing to do with her.
- better off最好还是
have nothing to do with 与...没有关系
- That's the way the cookie crumbles.
Soon we'll be rolling in dough!
- crumbles 和dough这里都有双关的意味。
Lesson 23: Bob Has a Surprise Visitor
- At first, it burned me up.
- burn sb. up 使某人生气
- Come on in!
- 进来,请进
- I finally got rid of her.
- get rid of 摆脱
- Let me get this straight.
- get sth. straight= clarify
- You replaced me with some crazy woman who got plastered every day on the job.
- got plastered(tipsy, wreck, hammered, buzzed, wasted, shitfaced, stoned) 喝醉
- I lost my head.
- lost one's head 失去理智,发疯了
- No use crying over spilt milk.
- 后悔没用
- Susan and I are very well off now.
- well off =rich