【句子】-- Why are you swimming in your clothes? -- Because I'm self-conscious about my body. 【ModernFamilyS3E13】 【发音】/waɪ/ /ɑː(r)/ /juː/ /ˈswɪm.ɪŋ/ /ɪn/ /jə(r)/ /kləʊðz/ /bɪˈkɑːz/ /aɪm/ /ˌselfˈkɒn.ʃəs/ /ˌselfˈkɑːn.ʃəs/ /əˈbaʊt/ /maɪ/ /ˈbɒd.i/ /ˈbɑː.di/ 【发音技巧】Because I'm连读；about my不完全爆破； 【翻译】-- 你怎么穿着衣服游泳啊？ -- 因为我觉得自己身材不好，不好意思穿泳裤出来。 【适用场合】 今天我们来学习一下这个短语，叫做be self-conscious about sth. 这个短语的意思是：“意识到某个事情；觉察到某件事情；对某件事情感觉到很扭捏、不自然、难为情；很在意自己的形象或者别人对自己的看法”； feel nervous or embarrassed about your appearance or what other people think of you eg: He's always been self-conscious about being so short. 他一直很介意自己个子低这件事情。 eg: Beth was self-conscious about being shorter than her two friends. 贝思很介意自己比她的两个朋友矮这件事。 eg: Jack was not in the least self-conscious about his weight. 杰克一点也不在乎他的体重。 eg: Patrick is self-conscious about his thinness. 帕特里克对自己瘦弱的身材感到十分介意。 eg: She becomes self-conscious about getting older. 她对于自己要逐渐变老这事儿非常耿耿于怀。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 She's very self-conscious about her figure.

【句子】I let her out, and then I got caught up in my couponing. 【ModernFamilyS3E13】 【发音】/aɪ/ /let/ /hɜː(r)/ /aʊt/ /ənd/ /ðen/ /aɪ/ /gɒt/ /gɑːt/ /kɔːt/ /kɑːt/ /ʌp/ /ɪn/ /maɪ/ /ˈkuː.pɒnɪŋ/ /ˈkuː.pɑːnɪŋ/ 【发音技巧】let her击穿+连读+闪音；and then不完全爆破；got caught up失去爆破+连读+闪音； 【翻译】我把它放出来了，然后我忙着弄优惠券，没走开。 【适用场合】 今天我们来学习一下这个短语，叫做get caught up in sth.， 它可以用来表示：“通常在非自愿的情况下，被卷入某件（不太好的）事情”； to become involved in something, often without wanting to 或者to become unexpectedly involved in an unpleasant or annoying situation eg: They were having an argument and somehow I got caught up in it. 他们当时在争论，不知道怎么搞的我也被卷进去了。 eg: Innocent passers-by got caught up in the riots. 无辜的过路人被卷入进了暴乱中。 eg: She got caught up in a clash between protesters and police. 她被卷入了一场警察和抗议者的冲突中。 eg: How did the paper get caught up in a legal dispute? 那篇论文是怎么惹上法律纠纷的？ eg: I try not to get caught up in the madness. 我尽量不陷入这疯狂。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 He is caught up in his work and has little time for his son.

【句子】Look at this fabric. It's already pilling. 【ModernFamilyS3E13】 【发音】/lʊk/ /æt/ /ðɪs/ /ˈfæb.rɪk/ /ɪts/ /ɔːlˈred.i/ /ɑːlˈred.i/ /pɪlɪŋ/ 【发音技巧】Look at连读；at this不完全爆破；It's already连读； 【翻译】看这料子，都起球了。 【适用场合】 你知道英文中“起球”怎么说吗？ 一起来学习一下。 pill在英文中作名词，是“药丸”的意思； 它其实还可以作动词来使用，表示“起球”的意思； If a piece of clothing or material pills, it develops small balls of threads on its surface. eg: This sweater just pills. 这件毛衣起毛球。 eg: You can keep the surface from pilling. 你可以防止这个表面起毛球。 eg: Pilling can seriously compromise a textile's acceptability for consumers. 起毛球会严重影响消费者对于纺织品的接受程度。 eg: Brushed wool sweaters often pill. 拉绒羊毛衫经常起球。 eg: keep in mind the buttery-feel fabrics tend to pill more easily. 请记住，有黄油一般质感的面料往往更容易起球。 然后其实pill在英文中当名词，还可以表达“毛球”这样的意思； 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 She sat there sulking and picking the pills off her sweater.

【句子】-- Well, that’s how she learns new words, by us using them. -- Or, that’s how we lower her self-esteem, by bombarding her with confusing vocabulary. 【ModernFamilyS3E13】 【发音】/wel/ /ðæts/ /haʊ/ /ʃiː/ /lɜː(r)nz/ /njuː/ /nuː/ /wɜː(r)dz/ /baɪ/ /ʌs/ /ˈjuːzɪŋ/ /ðəm/ /ɔː(r)/ /ðæts/ /haʊ/ /wiː/ /ˈləʊ.ə(r)/ /hɜː(r)/ /ˌself.ɪˈstiːm/ /baɪ/ /bɒmˈbɑːdɪŋ/ /bɑːmˈbɑː(r)dɪŋ/ /hɜː(r)/ /wɪð/ /kənˈfjuː.zɪŋ/ /vəˈkæb.jʊ.lər.i/ 【发音技巧】暂无； 【翻译】-- 可是，我们就是得用，这样才能让她学会新单词。 -- 但也有可能，我们用这些困难的词汇会打击她的自尊心。 【适用场合】 今天我们学习的短语叫做：bombard sb. with sth. 字面的意思是“用某物轰炸某个人”； literally, to attack one repeatedly, as with gunfire or explosives eg: The enemy army retreated after we bombarded them with grenades. 在我们向敌方投掷了手榴弹之后，他们撤退了。 eg: Protesters bombarded the building with ink, paint, and bottles. 抗议者用墨水、油漆和瓶子轰炸那座大楼。 这个短语的引申意味是：“用过量的信息轰炸某个人，让某个人承受不了；用过多的问题轰炸某个人，让某个人招架不住”； eg: Don't bombard your brother with suggestions—his paper is due tomorrow, so he needs to commit to a topic and just write about it! 别铺天盖地给你弟弟那么多建议了，他论文明天就到期了，他赶紧选一个选题开始写才是正事儿！ eg: Every time I come home for the holidays, my mom bombards me with questions about my personal life. 每次我回家度假，我妈妈总是用各种我私生活的问题轰炸我。 eg: She bombarded him with faxes and called his office repeatedly. 她用传真轰炸他，并反复给他的办公室打电话。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 The boys bombarded their friends with snowballs.

【句子】Yeah, and we can point out all the little things she does that turn people off. 【ModernFamilyS3E13】 【发音】/jeə/ /ənd/ /wiː/ /kæn/ /pɔɪnt/ /aʊt/ /ɔːl/ /ɑːl/ /ðə/ /ˈlɪt.l/ /θɪŋz/ /ʃiː/ /dʌz/ /ðæt/ /tɜː(r)n/ /ˈpiː.pl/ /ɒf/ /ɑːf/ 【发音技巧】and we类似不完全爆破的处理；point out连读+闪音；little闪音；that turn失去爆破；people off连读； 【翻译】是啊，而且我们可以帮她指出那些不讨选民喜欢的小细节。 【适用场合】 今天我们学习的短语叫做：turn someone off； 这个短语意思比较多，今天学的是其中一个意思： to cause someone to dislike, become averse to, or lose interest in something “使得某个人厌恶、不喜欢、反对某个东西；使得某个人对某个东西丧失兴趣”； eg: I thought the subject would be interesting, but the professor's boring lectures really turned me off. 我原本以为这个主题会很有趣，但是这个教授的无聊的演讲真的让我兴趣全无。 eg: I know that the accident really turned Janet off to driving on the highway. 我知道，那次事故真的让珍妮特不愿再在高速公路上开车。 eg: Economics just turns me off. 我对经济学感到毫无兴趣。 eg: What turns teenagers off science and technology? 是什么使得青少年对科学技术不感兴趣？ 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 Teaching off a blackboard is boring, and undoubtedly turns people off.

【句子】I think it's the yelling. I would tone down the yelling. 【ModernFamilyS3E13】 【发音】/aɪ/ /θɪŋk/ /ɪts/ /ðə/ /jelɪŋ/ /aɪ/ /wʊd/ /təʊn/ /daʊn/ /ðə/ /jelɪŋ/ 【发音技巧】think it's连读；would tone失去爆破； 【翻译】我觉得是因为你大喊大叫。如果是我的话，我会说话温柔一点。 【适用场合】 今天我们学习的短语叫做：tone down； 这个短语什么意思呢？ “使某个东西变得更加柔和、不那么生硬、强烈”； to make sth. less vivid, harsh, or violent eg: Both sides agreed to tone down their speeches in order to avoid an argument. 双方都同意把话放缓和些，以避免争执。 eg: You should really tone down the angry rhetoric in the article, or people won't take it seriously. 你真的应该缓和处理一下你文章当中愤怒的那些言辞，否则人们不会把这篇文章当真的。 eg: This is rather shocking. You had better tone it down a bit. 这件事情真的让人感到很震惊，你最好注意下你的措辞。 eg: Do you think I should tone down this letter of complaint? 你觉得我应该用更柔和的语气来写这封投诉信吗？ eg: Some of the language in the original play has been toned down for the television version. 这部戏剧被拍成电视剧以后，原剧中的一些语言已经被改得不那么粗鲁了。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 I get that you're going for a unique look, but your outfit clashes really badly. Try toning it down a bit.

【句子】No one can mention it to her. We can't have some unscientific poll shaking Claire’s confidence. 【ModernFamilyS3E13】 【发音】/nəʊ/ /wʌn/ /kæn/ /ˈmen.ʃən/ /ɪt/ /tʊ/ /hɜː(r)/ /wiː/ /kɑːnt/ /kænt/ /hæv/ /sʌm/ /ˌʌn.saɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/ /pəʊl/ /ʃeɪkɪŋ/ /kleə(r)z/ /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/ /ˈkɑːn.fɪ.dəns/ 【发音技巧】mention it连读；it to失去爆破；can’t have击穿； 【翻译】任何人都不要把这件事情告诉她。不能让这些毫无根据的民意调查打击克莱尔的自信心。 【适用场合】 今天我们学习的短语叫做：shake someone’s confidence，言下之意是： “动摇某个人的自信心；让某个人觉得没有那么自信”； to make someone feel less confident eg: Nothing could shake Mary’s confidence as an athlete. 没有什么能够动摇玛丽身为一名运动员的自信心。 eg: His confidence was badly shaken. 他的自信心受到了严重的打击。 eg: After six defeats in a row, the team's confidence has been badly shaken. 在六连败之后，这支队伍的自信心受到了严重的打击。 eg: My confidence in him has been shaken. 我对他的信心动摇了。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 This announcement is bound to shake the confidence of the industry.

【句子】I'm not entirely sure there wasn't a twin in there you bumped off. 【ModernFamilyS3E12】 【发音】/aɪm/ /nɒt/ /nɑːt/ /ɪnˈtaɪə(r).li/ /ʃɔː(r)/ /ʃʊr/ /ðeə(r)/ /ˈwɒz.ənt/ /ˈwɑː.zənt/ /ə/ /twɪn/ /ɪn/ /ðeə(r)/ /juː/ /bʌmpt/ /ɒf/ /ɑːf/ 【发音技巧】not entirely 连读+闪音；wasn't a 连读；bumped off 连读； 【翻译】我有的时候都怀疑，你妈妈是不是怀的是双胞胎，另外一个被你在子宫里面干掉了。 【适用场合】 今天我们学习的短语叫做：bump off，这个短语可以用来表示： to unexpectedly remove someone from something, often a list or schedule 意外地把某个人从一个清单、日程当中划去； eg: I'm staying in Denver another night because I got bumped off my flight. 我要再在丹佛市待一晚，因为我被赶下了飞机/被要求给别人让出座位。 eg: Unfortunately, we ran out of time during tonight's show and had to bump our musical guest off. 很不幸，我们今晚的表演时间不够了，只能不得不取消音乐嘉宾的表演。 它还可以用来表示：to murder or to kill sb. 谋杀/杀死某个人； eg: Ray bumped off the informant, just as the boss told him to. 正如他老板交代他的那样，Ray杀死了那个线人。 eg: They tried to bump her off, but she was too clever and got away. 他们想把她杀了，但是她太聪明了，逃脱了。 eg: The crooks threatened to bump off the witness to the crime. 那个骗子威胁说，要把那起犯罪的证人杀掉。 eg: These drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way. 这些毒贩是认真的，他们会杀死任何阻拦他们的人。 eg: They will probably bump you off anyway! 不管怎么样他们很有可能会干掉/杀掉你的！ eg: The airline had to bump me off because the flight was oversold. 那家航空公司不得不把我赶下飞机，因为座位超卖了。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 The first fighter plane bumped off three enemy aircraft.

【句子】For your information, you came out of the womb like that. 【ModernFamilyS3E12】 【发音】/fə(r)/ /jə(r)/ /ˌɪn.fə(r)ˈmeɪ.ʃən/ /juː/ /keɪm/ /aʊt/ /əv/ /ðə/ /wuːm/ /laɪk/ /ðæt/ 【发音技巧】came out连读；out of连读+闪音；like that不完全爆破； 【翻译】我可以告诉你，你自出生以来就是这么争强好胜。 【适用场合】 今天我们来学习一下，for your information的用法， 这个短语可以理解成：“只是让你知道；供你参考”这样的意思； 经常被简写成FYI，看电视或者美剧里也比较常见。 It is used to tell sb. that they are wrong about sth. 这个短语经常表达了一种：“你之前说的是错的”这样的意思； eg: For your information, I don’t even have a car. 供你参考一下，我连一辆车都没有。 eg: For your information, this is my sister, not my girlfriend. 跟你说一声，这是我姐，不是我女朋友。 eg: For your information, I was here at 7 AM. I just didn't see you. 供你参考一下，我早晨七点钟就在这里了，我没见到你。 eg: -- "Are these the best tickets you could get?" -- "For your information, I had to stand in line for two hours to get these!" -- “这些就是你能买到的最好的票了吗？” -- “跟你讲一下，就为了买这些票，我不得不在队伍里站着等了俩小时！” 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 eg: Bob: How long do I have to wait here? Bill: For your information, we will be here until the bus driver feels that it is safe to travel.

【句子】Dad! You pushed me into sports. You never let me win. 【ModernFamilyS3E12】 【发音】/dæd/ /juː/ /pʊʃt/ /miː/ /'ɪntʊ/ /spɔː(r)ts/ /juː/ /ˈnev.ə(r)/ /let/ /miː/ /wɪn/ 【发音技巧】 pushed me不完全爆破；let me不完全爆破； 【翻译】爸，你逼我参加各种体育运动，但却从来不让我赢。 【适用场合】 今天我们来学习一下，push sb. into sth.或者push sb. into doing sth.的用法。 这个短语字面的意思是：“把某个人推进某物”； 其实引申意味就是：“强迫某个人做某事” to coerce or force someone to do something eg: The police pushed her into giving evidence. 警方逼她交出证据。 eg: Hey, stop pushing me into this deal—I told you that I'm not ready to sign anything yet. 嘿，别逼我做这笔生意。我都跟你说了，我还没有准备好签署任何协议呢。 eg: They are trying to push me into signing the contract. 他们想逼我签署这份合同。 eg: Her parents pushed her into marrying him. 她的父母亲强迫她嫁给了他。 eg: The bank pushed us into a financial arrangement that we really weren't happy with. 那家银行强迫我们签署了一份我们并不怎么满意的金融协定。 eg: My teacher pushed me into entering the competition. 我的老师逼我去参加那个比赛。 eg: No one pushed you to take the job, did they? 没人逼你去接受那份工作呀，对吧？ 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 我没有逼他去偷钱。

【句子】-- Oh god. Oh god. -- Just stay frosty. 【ModernFamilyS3E12】 【发音】/əʊ/ /gɒd/ /gɑːd/ /əʊ/ /gɒd/ /gɑːd/ /dʒʌst/ /steɪ/ /ˈfrɒs.ti/ /ˈfrɑː.sti/ 【发音技巧】just stay不完全爆破； 【翻译】-- 天呀！天呀！ -- 别慌，保持冷静就行。 【适用场合】 今天我们来学习这个形容词frosty， frost本身有“霜、冰冻”的意思，frosty的意思用法也不少，它用来表示“上了霜的、结霜的”这样的意思。 结合今天的上下文，它应该指的意思是：“冷若冰霜的；不怎么热情的”； If someone or their behaviour is frosty, they are unfriendly and not welcoming. eg: He gave me a frosty look. 他冷冷地看了我一眼。 eg: My questions were met with a frosty silence. 我的问题一提出来，现场一片寂静。 eg: The latest proposals were given a frosty reception. 最新的提案遭遇到了冷遇。 大家对最新的提案反应冷淡。 eg: The relationship has obviously become frosty. 这段关系显然变得冷淡了。 frosty还有对应的副词形式：frostily eg: 'No, thank you,' she said frostily. “不了，谢谢你。”她冷冷地说道。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 His plan received a frosty reception from the committee.

【句子】I asked you to do one thing, and you were too selfish and irresponsible to come through for me on a day that, believe it or not, was really important to me! 【ModernFamilyS3E12】 【发音】 【发音技巧】asked失去爆破；asked you音的同化；and you音的同化；and irresponsible连读；on a连读；believe it or两处连读+闪音；important to失去爆破； 【翻译】我求你帮一个忙，结果你这么自私，这么不负责任，说好的来帮忙一天，却在我这么重要的日子，没有给予支持！ 【适用场合】 今天我们来学习这个短语，叫做come through， 这个短语意思比较多，在今天视频中，它指的是：to perform or act as expected 或者to do what one is expected to do, especially under difficult conditions “如人们期望地那样表现；照做（尤其指的是在困难的情况下）”； eg: Ask Ben to bring the ice—he'll come through. 让本把冰拿来，他会照做的。 eg: Any time I call my mom, she comes through for me with love and support. 不论我什么时候打电话给我妈妈，她都会带着爱和支持来帮助我。 eg: You can depend on Jane. She'll always come through. 你可以依赖简，她一直都能靠得住。 eg: Tom came through at the last minute with everything we needed. 在最后一刻，汤姆带着我们需要的所有东西来帮忙了。 eg: You knew l would come through for you, didn't you? 你知道我会支持你/帮助你的，对吧？ 你知道我会履行对你的承诺的，对吧？ eg: Whenever I ask for help, my friends come through for me. 每当我向我朋友寻求帮助的时候，他们总会对我伸出援助之手。 eg: After promising a victory, the captain of the team came through with a great game on Friday night. 在许诺会获胜之后，这支队伍的队长在周五晚上如愿获得了一场漂亮的胜利。 eg: We found that we were totally helpless, and our teachers came through for us. 我们发觉当时我们完全孤立无援，后来我们的老师帮了我们。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 He puts his administration at risk if he doesn't come through on these promises for reform.