【句子】She always thought you married beneath you and she let me know it. 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】 【发音】[ʃi:] ['ɔːlweɪz]/['ɑ:lweɪz] [θɔ:t]/[θɑ:t] [ju:] ['mærɪd] [bɪ'ni:θ] [ju:] [ænd] [ʃi:] [let] [mi:] [nəʊ] [ɪt] 【发音技巧】married beneath完全失去爆破；and she不完全失去爆破；let me不完全失去爆破； 【翻译】她总觉得你娶了我，是委屈了你，而且毫不避讳让我知道。 【适用场合】 It’s awfully hard to like someone who actively hates your guts. 喜欢一个恨你的人真的挺难的。 这里的hate sb.’s guts 我们之前已经学得很详细了，大家可以翻看一下第635期的节目，当时是在讲解Friends S2E2的时候学的。它表示：“恨透某个人”。 > > 点我复习 < < 今天我们来学习这样一个短语： marry beneath oneself marry：嫁/娶； beneath：在……之下； to marry someone who is of a lower social class or standing than oneself 所以就是指嫁给/娶了一个不如你的人；和社会地位比自己低的人结婚； eg: -- I hear that Mr. Brown plans to marry a local fisher's daughter. -- Why would a man of his class marry beneath himself like that? -- 我听说哦，Brown先生打算娶一个本地渔夫的女儿。 -- 为啥他这种阶层的人会如此屈尊呢？ eg: Helen has a bright future with one of the best law firms in town, so it's beyond me why she's marrying beneath herself with some fast food worker. Helen在全镇最好的律师事务所工作，前途一片光明，所以我一直没搞明白，她为啥要下嫁给一个快餐店打工的。 这个表达让我们想起来了以前学过的A is out of B’s league 还记得这个短语的意思吗？ 是A配不上B 还是B配不上A呢？ 可以留言给我们哦！ 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 如果你找一个社会地位不如你的去结婚，你的爸妈肯定会气炸！

【句子】Don’t you think that’s a little over the top? 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】 【发音】[dəʊnt] [ju:] [θɪŋk] [ðæts] [ə] ['lɪtl] [ˈəʊ.və(r)] [ðə] [tɒp]/[tɑ:p] 【发音技巧】don’t you音的同化；think that’s a不完全失去爆破+连读；little闪音； 【翻译】你不觉得这样夸张了点吗？ 【适用场合】 今天我们就来复习一下over the top的用法， 之前在第150期节目的时候，我们就讲过这个短语的用法。 当时是在学习摩登家庭第一季第一集。 I just think it’s a little over-the-top. 我只是觉得，这样有点太过了。 今天呢我们来做更进一步的学习： over the top一般指的是： beyond a certain limit or quota 超出了一定的范围、份额 （这个表达在日常生活中，尤其英式英语里还经常简写为OTT） eg: The new salesmen are excellent. They were over the top within the first six months. 新来的这批销售真厉害啊，刚来半年就超额完成任务。 eg: We didn't go over the top. We didn't even get half of what we set out to collect. 我们还没有超额。我们甚至还没有达到我们当初预想的一半呢。 或者这个短语也可以表示 excessive or outrageous 过分的，夸张的； 做这个意思的时候，经常会加上连字符，构成复合形容词over-the-top eg: Maybe he went a little bit over the top with some of his language. 也许他说的有些话，确实是有些过分了。 eg: The comedy was so over-the-top that most of the audience was embarrassed. 这部喜剧有点过于夸张了，大部分的观众都觉得有点尴尬。 eg: Perhaps I was a little bit over the top, accusing you of being a traitor. 也许我当时指责你是一个叛徒，说得确实是过了一点。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 I was already thinking about buying the new car, but having a test drive in one pushed me over the top.

【句子】It means they know they got a weak case. They don’t think they can win. 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】 【发音】[ɪt] [mi:nz] [ðeɪ] [nəʊ] [ðeɪ] [gɒt]/[gɑ:t] [ə] [wi:k] [keɪs] [ðeɪ] [dəʊnt] [θɪŋk] [ðeɪ] [kæn] [wɪn] 【发音技巧】it means不完全失去爆破；got a连读+闪音；weak case完全失去爆破；don’t think不完全失去爆破 【翻译】那意味着他们知道他们证据不足。他们也觉得自己赢不了。 【适用场合】 case 我们一般口语里指的是：箱子；案子； 在今天视频中 have a case (against sb.) 或者get a case (against sb.) 指的意思是：to have a chance of winning有赢的机会； 或者我们说得更具体一点： to have much evidence that can be used against someone in court 在法庭上有可以用来指证对方的证据； 那么这里的case指的是： the evidence supporting a conclusion or judgment 用来支持一个结论/判决的证据。 eg: The lawyers told me I didn't have a case. 那些律师告诉我，我并没有什么有力的证据。 eg: Do the police have a case against John? 警方手里有对John不利的证据吗？ 今天视频里的get a weak case其实就是说证据不怎么充分，不能定Carlos的罪。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 他们不会把你怎么样的，他们没有充分的证据。

【句子】Babe, they blinked. We got them by the short hairs. 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】 【发音】[beɪb] [ðeɪ] [blɪnkt] [wi:] [gɒt]/[gɑ:t] [ðəm] [baɪ] [ðə] [ʃɔ:(r)t] [heə(r)z] 【发音技巧】blinked 完全失去爆破；got them不完全失去爆破；short hairs 不完全失去爆破； 【翻译】亲爱的，他们动摇了。我们抓住他们小辫子了。 【适用场合】 首先看看blink的用法，平时一般我们都说blink指的是眨眼睛的意思，但是在这里，结合上下文，可以有另外一层意思： back down from a confrontation 动摇，后退；在较量中犹豫不决； eg: “Each one is waiting to see who will blink first," said one foreign diplomat. 一位外籍外交官称：每一方都在等着看谁先动摇。 eg: But on this issue they'll have to blink to get what they want. 但是在这个问题上，他们将不得不做出让步，以获取他们想要的利益。 另外一个短语很有意思： get someone by the short hairs have someone by the short hairs catch someone by the short hairs 抓住了某个人的小辫子；握住了某个人的把柄；使某个人处于尴尬、不利的位置； to completely control, dominate, or hold power over someone, especially in a difficult or awkward situation. eg: They’ve got me by the short hairs. There’s nothing I can do. 他们抓住了我的小辫子，我也没办法了。 eg: He found out about my rap sheet and is using it to blackmail me—he has me by the short hairs now. 他发现了我的犯罪记录并以此要挟我，他现在手里有我的把柄了。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 After scoring a third goal in the last quarter, the home team really had their opponents by the short hairs.

【句子】I’ll sit him down for a little old-fashioned heart-to-heart. 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】 【发音】[aɪl] [sɪt] [hɪm] [daʊn] [fɔ:(r)] [ə] ['lɪtl] [ˌəʊldˈfæʃ.ənd] [ˌhɑːt.təˈhɑːt] 【发音技巧】sit him击穿+闪音；for a连读；little闪音；old-fashioned不完全失去爆破；heart-to-heart 前两个词有完全失去爆破； 【翻译】我会让他坐下，我们一起谈谈心。/我会和他促膝长谈。 【适用场合】 sit sb. down 让某个人坐下（经常带有一些命令口吻）； to sit someone down somewhere means to sit them there 或者to cause, compel, or force someone to go from a standing to a sitting position eg: My boss sat me down to have a talk about my efficiency. 我老板让我坐下，要和我聊聊我最近工作效率的问题。 eg: We're sitting everyone down to let them know about the changes that are coming to the company soon. 我们要让大家伙都坐下，让他们都了解一些我们公司即将会出现的变化。 eg: The principal sat me down and began lecturing. 校长安排我坐下，开始给我讲大道理。 heart-to-heart 对应汉语会觉得这个还蛮好理解的，其实就是“谈心” 英文解释： a serious conversation between two people, usually close friends, in which they talk honestly about their feelings 英语中也可以说：a heart-to-heart talk/chat 一般会和介词with搭配； have a heart-to-heart with sb. 和某个人谈心；（复合名词） have a heart-to-heart talk with sb. 和某个人谈心；（复合形容词） eg: We had a heart-to-heart over a bottle of wine. 我们就着酒，谈了谈心。 eg: Jim sat down with his son and had a heart-to-heart about the dangers of driving under the influence. Jim和他儿子坐下来，聊了聊关于酒驾的危害。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 I know you two don't see eye-to-eye, but if you really sat down and had a heart-to-heart, I think you'd realize you are both working towards the same goal.

【句子】Barracks are a little bit bleak, but that recidivism rate is to die for! 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】 【发音】['bærəks] [ɑ:(r)] [ə] ['lɪtl] [bɪt] [bli:k] [bʌt] [ðæt] [rɪˈsɪd.ɪ.vɪ.zəm] [reɪt] [ɪz] [tʊ] [daɪ] [fɔ:(r)] 【发音技巧】little闪音；bit bleak不完全失去爆破；but that recidivism两处不完全失去爆破； 【翻译】训练营有些荒凉，不过重犯率真的很低啊! 【适用场合】 barrack n. 军营； recidivism n. 重犯；再犯； bleak adj. 荒凉的；偏僻的； 今天重点学习一个表达： sth. is to die for 字面意思：某个事情值得去死； 引申义：某件事情真的是棒呆了；值得你奋不顾身去争取； 值得注意的是，这个表达一般只在口语中会用。 If you think sth. is to die for, you really want it, and you would do anything to get it. 或者口语里直接指的是sth. is extremely attractive, enjoyable or desirable. eg: She was wearing a dress to die for. 她穿着一条美哭了的连衣裙。 eg: The food you cooked was to die for. 你做的饭也太好吃了吧！ eg: She has a figure to die for. 她的身材，简直是迷死人不偿命啊。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 We had a beautiful room at the hotel and the service was to die for.

【句子】If we can’t get through to Andrew, then we have to find someone who can. 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】 【发音】[ɪf] [wi:] [kænt] [get] [θru:] [tʊ] [ˈændru:] [ðen] [wi:] [hæv] [tʊ] [faɪnd] [ˈsʌm.wʌn] [hu:] [kæn] 【发音技巧】can’t get through 完全失去爆破+不完全失去爆破；find someone不完全失去爆破； 【翻译】如果我们跟Andrew讲不通道理，那我们需要找能做到的人来。/如果我们说话Andrew听不进去，那我们只能找能教育他的人来教育他。 【适用场合】 今天学习看看get through to sb.这个短语，什么意思。 一般来说常见这两个意思： 1. 电话能接通，能电话联系上某个人； If you get through to someone, you succeed in contacting them on the telephone. eg: Look, I can't get through to this number. 看吧，我打不通这个电话。 eg: I've been trying to ring up all day and I couldn't get through to him. 我尝试拨了一天的电话了，但是都联系不上他。 2. 能说得通（道理）；能让Ta理解/接受你说的话； If you get through to someone, you succeed in making them understand something that you are trying to tell them. eg: She just doesn’t listen to me—I don't know how to get through to her. 她就是不听我的啊，我也不知道该怎么能让她听进去我说的话。 eg: The best way to get through to these kids is to be honest with them. 能跟这些孩子们讲通道理的最好方法，就是跟他们坦诚相待。 eg: An old friend might be able to get through to her and help her. 一位老朋友说话可能她能听进去，能帮到她。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 The lecture was finally getting through to him.

【句子】You know, we are just lucky that that security guard did not press charges. 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】 【发音】[ju:] [nəʊ] [wi:] [ɑ:(r)] [dʒʌst] [ˈlʌk.i] [ðæt] [ðæt] [sɪˈkjʊə.rɪ.ti] [gɑ:(r)d] [dɪd] [nɒt]/[nɑ:t] [pres] [tʃɑ:(r)dʒɪz] 【发音技巧】just lucky 不完全失去爆破；that that security 两处不完全失去爆破+闪音；guard did 完全失去爆破；did not press不完全失去爆破+完全失去爆破； 【翻译】其实，那个保安没有起诉我们，咱们已经很走运了。 【适用场合】 今天简单说一下英语里面“起诉”一般怎么表达： 你可以说：press charges 或者file charges 如果想说明起诉谁，后面需要加上介词against 然后sb. press charges (against sb.) file charges (against sb.) 指的就是：to make a formal charge of wrongdoing against someone eg: The family have decided not to press charges against him. 那家人决定不起诉他了。 eg: -- Is it true that Greg pressed charges against you? -- Yes, but his claim is completely false! I've never done anything to him! -- 听说Greg起诉你了，真的吗？ -- 是啊，但是他说的那些完全是瞎诌的，我对他啥也没做。 eg: I really hope our neighbors won’t press charges against us—I would never have cut down that tree if I had known it was on their property! 啊我真的希望我们的邻居别起诉我们！要是我知道那棵树是在他家的土地上，我怎么着也不会砍掉它的。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 如果我公开道歉，他们同意不起诉我。

【句子】Manny, freshen this up for me. 【Modern Family-S2E15】 【发音】['mæni] ['freʃn] [ðɪs] [ʌp] [fɔ:(r)] [mi:] 【发音技巧】this up for连读+不完全失去爆破； 【翻译】Manny，给我把酒倒满/给我再倒一些酒。 【适用场合】 1. 生活中说到这个freshen up，其实很多时候指的是“梳洗一番、沐浴更衣，有个新面貌”这种含义； to wash oneself in order to feel clean and fresh eg: I feel like I need to freshen up after my long trip. 我觉得长途旅行过后，我需要梳洗一番。 eg: She said she needed to freshen up before supper. 她说她需要在晚饭前梳洗打扮一下。 eg: I went upstairs to freshen up quickly before we left for the party. 在我们出发去参加排队之前，我跑上楼，快速梳洗打扮了一下。 2. 或者指：让某物变得更加干净、更凉爽 to make sth. cleaner or cooler eg: She opened a window to freshen up the room. 她打开一扇窗户给屋里透透气。 3. 而今天视频中，则是另外一个意思，和喝酒有关系， freshen up 指的是“把酒满上，倒入更多的酒” If you freshen someone's especially alcoholic drink, you add more to it: eg: Here, let me freshen (up) your drink. 来，让我把你的酒满上。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 After freshening up we went for an Indian meal at the restaurant a few doors away.

【句子】We were stalled. I didn’t have the guts to end it. 【Modern Family-S2E15】 【发音】[wi:] [wɜ:(r)] [stɔ:ld]/[stɑ:ld] [aɪ] [ˈdɪd.ənt] [hæv] [ðə] [gʌts] [tʊ] [end] [ɪt] 【发音技巧】didn’t have不完全失去爆破；end it连读； 【翻译】我们在感情上停滞不前了，我没胆量去结束这段关系。 1. 关键句中，stall 指的是开车的时候，熄火了；停滞不前了； to stop suddenly because of a lack of power or speed eg: The car stalled on the freeway. 那辆车在高速公路上熄火了/抛锚了。 也有delay，“推迟、延后某事的发生”； 或者：“没有任何进展”的意思 eg: She says she'll give me the money next week but I think she's just stalling for time. 她说她下周给我钱，但是我觉得她只是在拖延时间而已。 在今天视频当中，We were stalled. 指的是the relationship between us was stalled. 就是stop to make progress 感情上停滞不前、没有任何进展的意思 2. have the guts to do sth. 口语中指的是“有胆量做某事”； 这里guts指的就是courage 勇气；胆量； eg: I hope Jay finally gets the guts up to ask his boss for a raise. 我希望Jay最终能鼓起勇气向他老板要求涨薪水。 eg: You're always talking about quitting your job, but I don't think you have the guts. 你总说要辞职，但我看你没那个胆量/勇气。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 她没勇气告诉她丈夫自己要搬出去住了。

【句子】’Cause you know Claire gets stressed out. 【Modern Family-S2E15】 【发音】[kʌz] [ju:] [nəʊ] [kleə(r)] [gets] [strest] [aʊt] 【发音技巧】stressed out连读； 【翻译】你也知道，Claire承受了很大压力。 【适用场合】 首先说一下关键句中的cause实际上，是大家在口语中把because简称了。 这种情况还是比较常见的。 这里的get stressed out指的是：experiencing a lot of mental, emotional, or physical strain or tension 经历/经受很大的心理压力，承受很大的心理负担 你可以说sb. stresses out，也可以说sb. is stressed out; 或者sb. gets stressed out 如果想要强调某个事情让某个人紧张，可以用sth. stresses sb. out eg: I can't believe he's stressing out about something so trivial. 简直不敢相信，他居然为了这么小的事儿倍感压力。 eg: I've been really stressed out trying to figure out what to write for my term paper. 我最近压力超大，一直在想我学期论文的主题。 eg: This traffic is stressing me out. 这个交通状况，真是让我恼火得很！ 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 面试总是令我紧张。

【句子】You got flattered by the attention of a younger guy, and you got a little carried away. 【Modern Family-S2E15】 【发音】[ju:] [gɒt]/[gɑ:t] ['flætə(r)d] [baɪ] [ði:] [ə'tenʃn] [əv] [ə] ['jʌŋgər] [gaɪ] [ænd] [ju:] [gɒt]/[gɑ:t] [ə] ['lɪtl] [ˈkærid] [ə'weɪ] 【发音技巧】got flattered 不完全失去爆破+闪音；the重读；of a连读；got a连读+闪音；little闪音；carried away连读； 【翻译】因为有年轻小伙子说喜欢你，你有点飘了，所以你有点忘乎所以，失了分寸。 【适用场合】 这段话里面我们学习两个表达： get flattered 和 get carried away 先看第一个： get flattered 其中flatter这个单词作为动词使用的时候，表示：“奉承；谄媚；用不太真诚的方式夸赞别人”这样的意思； eg: I knew he was only flattering me because he wanted to borrow some money. 我知道他只是奉承我而已，因为他想从我这借点钱。 flattered 你可以理解成adj. 也可以理解成flatter的过去分词形式； 就指的是因为别人的关注，爱慕而感觉开心 feeling pleased that someone notices and admires you eg: I am flattered that you would ask me out. 你愿意约我出去，我真的受宠若惊。 eg: We’re flattered and honored to receive this award. 拿到这个奖，我们真的受宠若惊，倍感荣幸。 eg: She was flattered by his attention. 他的关注让她格外开心。 那另外一个表达，get carried away怎么理解呢？ 这里开头get也可以换成be动词，意思就是 to get very excited or lose control of your feelings 兴奋地情绪失控，不知所措，有些忘乎所以。 eg: I got the first prize in the competition. I’m afraid I got a little bit carried away. 我在这次比赛中拿到了第一名的成绩，恐怕我都有些高兴得忘乎所以了。 eg: The crowd were carried away by his passionate speech. 听了他的激情澎湃的演讲，大家都激动了/人群都沸腾了。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 Let's not get carried away. The deal could still fall through.