【句子】You did this on purpose! 【Modern Family S2E17】 【发音】[ju:] [dɪd] [ðɪs] [ɒn]/[ɑ:n] [ˈpɜ:(r).pəs] 【发音技巧】did this不完全失去爆破；this on连读； 【翻译】你是故意的！ 【适用场合】 do sth. on purpose 故意某做事 If you do something on purpose, you do it intentionally, not by accident. eg: I didn't do it on purpose - it was an accident. 我不是故意这样做的，这是个意外。 eg: I bet you he left his report card here on purpose so we would compliment him on his grades. 我敢打赌，他是故意把成绩单丢在这里的，想着我们会夸奖他的成绩。 eg: Jealously, Jimmy destroyed Billy's sand castle on purpose. Jimmy出于嫉妒，故意摧毁了Billy的沙堡。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 你故意在他面前这么说的吧？

【句子】I'm putting together a little scrapbook of how Lily became ours. You know, her adoption certificates, some pictures of her from her village, all out in the open, so she has nothing to be ashamed of. 【Modern Family S2E17】 【发音】[aɪm] [pʊtɪŋ] [tə'geðə(r)] [ə] ['lɪtl] [ˈskræp.bʊk] [əv] [haʊ] [lɪli] [bɪˈkeɪm] ['aʊə(r)z] [ju:] [nəʊ] [hɜ:(r)] [əˈdɒp.ʃən]/[əˈdɑ:p.ʃən] [sə'tɪfɪkɪts] [sʌm] ['pɪktʃə(r)z] [əv] [hɜ:(r)] [frɒm]/[frɑ:m] [hɜ:(r)] ['vɪlɪdʒ] [ɔ:l]/[ɑ:l] [aʊt] [ɪn] [ði:] ['əʊpən] [səʊ] [ʃi:] [hæz] [ˈnʌθ.ɪŋ] [tʊ] [bi:] [ə'ʃeɪmd] [əv] 【发音技巧】putting 闪音；scrapbook 完全失去爆破；pictures of连读；all out in两处连读+闪音；the重读；ashamed of连读； 【翻译】我打算把我们领养Lily的全过程弄成一本剪贴簿，把她的领养证明，在她们村给她拍的那些照片，把这些都大大方方拿给她看，这样她就不会因为自己是被领养的而感到尴尬了。 【适用场合】 out in the open 1. 暴露在外；在开阔的地方能被看到的； exposed and visible to others in an open space or area eg: We can't stop the convoy here, we're right out in the open. We could be attacked at any minute! 我们不能在这中断护送，我们现在处在暴露的位置，随时有可能遭受攻击。 2. 能够被公众看到、参与、经历的；公之于众； available for public viewing, participation, or experience eg: We will not give up until the truth is out in the open! 在真相公开之前，我们不会放弃的！ eg: We all knew their marriage was failing, but it wasn't until their kids left for college that they brought that fact out in the open. 我们都知道他们的婚姻即将走到尽头，但直到孩子们离家去上了大学，他们才对外公开了此事。 eg: Let's get this out in the open and discuss it. 让我们公开讨论这个问题。 eg: I wish he wouldn't talk behind our backs but bring his complaints out in the open. 我希望他不要在我们的背后议论，而是直接把他的抱怨说出来。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 Let's get everything out in the open. You've been lying to me, haven't you?

【句子】I don’t like loose ends, so I made a few calls. 【Modern Family S2E17】 【发音】[aɪ] [dəʊnt] [laɪk] [luːs] [endz] [səʊ] [aɪ] [meɪd] [ə] [fju:] [kɔ:lz]/[kɑ:lz] 【发音技巧】don’t like不完全失去爆破；like loose ends不完全失去爆破+连读；made a连读； 【翻译】我做事情不喜欢虎头蛇尾，所以我打了几个电话。

【句子】Because when this thing is behind us, it’s done and we never have to think about it again. 【Modern Family S2E17】 【发音】[bɪ'kɒz]/[bɪˈkɑ:z] [wen] [ðɪs] [θɪŋ] [ɪz] [bɪ'haɪnd] [ʌs] [ɪts] [dʌn] [ænd] [wi:] ['nevə(r)] [hæv] [tʊ] [θɪŋk] [ə'baʊt] [ɪt] [ə'geɪn] 【发音技巧】thing is连读；behind us连读；think about it again三处连读+两处闪音； 【翻译】因为当我们解决好了这件事儿，这就完了，我们就再也不用考虑这事儿了。 【适用场合】 If a bad experience or your own bad behaviour is behind you, it does not exist or affect your life now 对某个人来说，曾经不愉快的经历已成为过去 eg: With the trauma of the divorce behind her, she could look forward to a better life. 离婚的痛苦经历对她来说已成为过去，她可以期待更加美好的生活。 eg: Those dark days are behind me now, I'm glad to say. 我很高兴地说，那些黑暗的日子已经过去了。 put something behind you If you put a bad experience or your own bad behaviour behind you, you do not let it affect your life now 把……抛之脑后，不再去想它，不再让它影响你现在的生活 eg: It's over. You need to put it behind you now, and make plans for the future. 这件事已经过去了。你需要把它抛在脑后，为将来做打算。 eg: Like any divorce, it was painful, but I've put it all behind me now. 全天下离婚都一样，是令人痛苦的事，不过我现在已经把它抛在脑后了。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 这是一场令人失望的比赛，但我们需要把它抛在脑后，专注于赢得下一场比赛。

【句子】Hey, pretty soon you’re gonna be north of 40, and I’m gonna have to trade you in for a newer model, am I right, buddy? 【Modern Family S2E17】 【发音】[heɪ] [ˈprɪt.i] [su:n] [jɔ:(r)] [ˈgə.nə]/[ˈgɑ:.nə] [bi:] [nɔ:(r)θ] [əv] [ˈfɔ:(r).ti] [ænd] [aɪm] [ˈgə.nə]/[ˈgɑ:.nə] [hæv] [tʊ] [treɪd] [ju:] [ɪn] [fɔ:(r)] [ə] [ˈnju:ə(r)] [ˈmɒd.əl]/[ˈmɑ:d.əl] [æm] [aɪ] [raɪt] ['bʌdi] 【发音技巧】pretty闪音；north of连读；am I连读； 【翻译】嗨，马上你就40多岁了，我将不得不找个更年轻的模特来换掉你了，哥们你说我说的对吗？ 【适用场合】 首先这里出现的north of 的用法，我们很久以前在公众号里讲过，口语当中north of可以在这里理解成more than的含义。 trade in 换掉（以旧换新） trade sth. in for sth. 也可以说trade in sth. for sth. use something as payment or partial payment for a new purchase eg: My brother trades his car in every year so he can get the newest model on the market. 我哥哥每年都把他的旧车以旧换新，这样他就能买到市面上最新的车型了。 eg: I used to love trading in my old video games so I could buy new ones. 我以前喜欢卖掉我的旧的电子游戏，这样我就可以买新的了。 eg: I traded my old car in for a new one. 我把我的旧车以旧换新，买了一个新的。 eg: You could trade in all your old records for some new CDs. 你可以用你所有的旧唱片换一些新唱片。 eg: We traded our little car in for a bigger model. 我们把我们的小款式的汽车以旧换新，换成了更大的型号。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 Some people prefer to trade in their old cars to the dealer, but we feel we'll do better by simply selling it.

【句子】-- Just say you’re sick. -- Then I’ll run into her, and it’ll be a whole thing. 【Modern Family S2E16】 【发音】[dʒʌst] [seɪ] [jɔ:(r)] [sɪk] [ðen] [aɪl] [rʌn] ['ɪntʊ] [hɜ:(r)] [ænd] [ˈɪt.əl] [bi:] [ə] [həʊl] [θɪŋ] 【发音技巧】just say不完全失去爆破；run into连读；and it’ll连读； 【翻译】-- 你就说你病了呗！ -- 那我万一遇到她，穿帮了不就麻烦了！ 【口语拓展】 Need a little me time. 我需要点私人时间。 me time在口语中一般来说指的是：私人时间 a period set aside by a person to relax and do something he or she really enjoys a whole thing 在口语中应该怎么理解呢？ a complicated situation; something that causes a dispute 一种复杂的状况；会引起冲突/争端的事儿； eg: A: "Ugh, I forgot to invite Penny to the party, and now it's a whole thing." B: "Oh man. Is she mad at you?" A：哎呀，我忘记邀请Penny来参加派对了，现在完蛋了。 B：妈呀，她朝你发火了吗？ 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 Please tell me this isn't going to be a whole thing between us. Can we just forget about it?

【句子】Claire, I don’t think you’re grasping the magnitude of this package, valued at over $250! 【Modern Family S2E17】 【发音】[kleə(r)] [aɪ] [dəʊnt] [θɪŋk] [jə(r)] [grɑ:spɪŋ] [græspɪŋ] [ðə] [ˈmæg.nɪ.tju:d]/[ˈmæg.nɪ.tu:d] [əv] [ðɪs] [ˈpæk.ɪdʒ] [ˈvæl.ju:d] [æt] [ˈəʊ.və(r)] [tu:] ['hʌndrəd] [ænd] ['fɪfti] ['dɒləz]/[ 'dɑ:lərz] 【发音技巧】don’t think 不完全失去爆破；magnitude of不完全失去爆破+连读；valued at over两处连读+闪音； 【翻译】Claire，我觉得你没有意识到这套服务的价值，这可值250多美元呢！ 【口语拓展】 grasp the magnitude of sth… 意识到……的重要性； magnitude n. 大小；重要性； the large size or importance of something eg: They don't seem to grasp the magnitude of the problem. 他们好像还没有意识到这个问题的严重性。 这句话里你完全可以用realize替换grasp eg: We didn’t grasp the magnitude of the task we were facing. 我们那会并没有意识到我们即将接手的任务有多重要。 I’m gonna, what, pop in for a quick salt scrub? 我得跑去，快速做个浴盐磨砂？ 这里pop in的用法我们一起来了解一下。 come somewhere, usually a person's home, for a brief or casual visit 或者come or go into some place, such as a store, shop, etc., for a moment 去到某处，短暂拜访； eg: If you're ever in town, you and your girlfriend should pop in. 如果你有空来镇上的话，带着你女朋友来我家坐坐。 eg: I just need to pop in at the office to see her, but I won't be staying there all day. 我得去趟办公室看看她，但我也不会在那待一整天。 eg: Let me pop into the bakery for a minute. 我得去一趟面包房，很快回来。 eg: I have to pop into the drugstore for some medicine. 我得去一下药房，买点药。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 Hey, if you're free this Saturday, why don't you pop in for a visit? I'd love to show you the new truck I bought.

【句子】How are you sitting at a harp and not scoring this moment? Ladies! 【Modern Family S2E16】 【发音】[haʊ] [ɑ:(r)] [ju:] ['sɪtɪŋ] [æt] [ə] [hɑ:(r)p] [ænd] [nɒt]/[nɑ:t] [ˈskɔ:rɪŋ] [ðɪs] ['məʊmənt] [ˈleɪ.diz] 【发音技巧】sitting at a 两处闪音+两处连读；and not scoring 两处不完全失去爆破； 【翻译】在这么绝妙的时刻，你们坐在竖琴前怎么能无动于衷呢，女士们？ 【口语拓展】 harp 是一种非常美妙的乐器：竖琴； 今天重点说一下score这个单词在这里的用法， 以前我们学过score可以用来表示：进球；得分这样的意思； 它作动词还有“编写乐谱、配乐”这个意思； score sth (for sth) arrange music for one or more musical instruments; 或者arrange music for a particular type of voice or voices. eg: The arranger scored the music for two pianos. 这位编曲家给两首钢琴曲配了乐。 eg: This piece is scored for strings and woodwind. 这首曲子用了弦乐和木管乐器来配乐。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 The director invited him to score the movie.

【句子】I take it you haven’t had your conversation with Gloria yet? 【Modern Family S2E16】 【发音】[aɪ] [teɪk] [ɪt] [ju:] [ˈhæv.ənt] [hæd] [jɔ:(r)] [ˌkɒnvə'seɪʃn]/[ˌkɑ:nvə'seɪʃn] [wɪð] [ˈglɔ:riə] /[ˈglɑ:riə] [jet] 【发音技巧】take it连读；haven’t had不完全失去爆破； 【翻译】我猜，你还没有跟Gloria谈过唱歌的事儿吧？ 【适用场合】 今天这个句子有些同学可能看到以后会觉得有点懵。 其实这里的it其实是一个形式宾语； 而后面的you haven’t had … 其实是一个真正的宾语，是个从句。 在英语中I take it 可以怎么用呢？一起来学习一下吧。 I take it可以表示 我猜测；我估摸着；我认为…… 后面经常跟that+宾语从句 I imagine this is the case…; I presume it to be true (that)…; it is my understanding (that)… eg: I take it you’re a friend of my husband’s. 我猜，你是我先生的一位朋友吧。 eg: I take it that neither of you reads “The Times”. 我猜，你俩都不读泰晤士报。 eg: So I take it that you're looking for a new job now that the company has declared bankruptcy? 既然公司已经宣告破产了，我猜你正在找新工作是吗？ eg: Your mother will be moving in with us once her house is sold, I take it? 我猜，你妈妈把她房子卖掉以后，是打算和我们一起住是吗？ 另外一个句子，一起来听一下： Keep that in your back pocket. 这句话Cameron说的。 字面意思是：“把那东西放在你的后口袋里” keep sth. in one’s back pocket 一般来说在口语里，这个表达意思是： you will hold it in reserve for use later 先把什么东西保存起来，以备用/待之后使用； eg: You need to have some cash in your back pocket if you want to live there. 你要是住在那儿的话，很有必要随身带些现金。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 我猜，你已经辞职了。

【句子】Just so you know, I rescheduled with Carla. I penciled her in for the 12th…of never! 【Modern Family S2E16】 【发音】[dʒʌst] [səʊ] [ju:] [nəʊ] [aɪ] [ri:'skedʒʊld] [wɪð] [ˈkɑ:(r)lə] [aɪ] ['pensld] [hɜ:(r)] [ɪn] [fɔ:(r)] [ðə] [twelfθ] [əv] ['nevə(r)] 【发音技巧】just so不完全失去爆破；penciled her in击穿+连读； 【翻译】跟你说一声，我和Carla重新约了时间，我们约在12号见，但是我没说几月！ 【适用场合】 这里我们主要学习一个动词短语： pencil sb./sth. in… pencil大家都知道是铅笔的意思，注意pen发音不要读成喷； 在这里pencil作为动词使用，意思是：用铅笔写个东西（因为是铅笔写，方便涂改，所以指这东西还没有最终敲定细节） write something with a pencil (It implies that the writing is not final.) eg: This isn't a firm appointment yet, so I will just pencil it in. 这事儿还没最终定下来呢，我先用铅笔记一下吧。 在口语中它的引申义也常见： temporarily schedule one for an appointment (that may or may not change). 临时约某个人，安排不定； eg: I need to have a date in the system, so I'll just pencil you in for the middle of July—just change it online once you've picked a date you're happy with. 我需要在系统内输入一个日期，那我就先给你暂定成7月中旬，你有满意的日期了在网上改一下就好。 eg: They penciled us in for 2 PM. If we can't make it we have to let them know in advance. 他们把我们排在了下午2点这个时间，如果我们去不了，得提前跟他们说一下。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 The band penciled a rehearsal in on Friday.

【句子】Oh, since when do you shy away from confrontation, Mr. Tough Talk, Mr. Straight shooter? 【Modern Family S2E16】 【发音】[əʊ] [sɪns] [wen] [du:] [ju:] [ʃaɪ] [ə'weɪ] [frɒm]/[frɑ:m] [ˌkɒnfrən'teɪʃn]/[ˌkɑ:nfrən'teɪʃn] [ˈmɪs.tə(r)] [tʌf] [tɔ:k]/[tɑ:k] [ˈmɪs.tə(r)] [streɪt] ['ʃu:tə(r)] 【发音技巧】straight shooter 不完全失去爆破+闪音； 【翻译】哎呀，你什么时候开始回避正面冲突了，强硬先生，有话直说先生？ 【适用场合】 先讲一下视频一开头的一句话： So you had a meltdown over that. 所以你因为那事儿特别生气。 meltdown 这个单词可以用来指核电厂的反应炉核心熔毁； 但一般日常生活中见到这个词都是引申义 指的是情绪崩溃，情绪失控 an emotional breakdown 然后今天节目中我们学习一下shy away from sth./sb. 的用法； 一般可以理解成：avoid someone or something because you’re nervous or frightened 回避某个人/某事； 这里不要单纯地理解成“害羞”的意思； eg: I shy away from confrontation because I just don't like conflict. 因为我不喜欢争执，所以我回避正面冲突。 eg: Are you mad at me? You've been shying away from me all day. 你是不是生我气了？你一整天都躲着我！ eg: He never shied away from his responsibilities. 他该担负的责任，他从来没逃避过。 eg: The dog shies away from John since he kicked it. 自从John踢了那只狗一脚以后，那狗见他都躲得远远的。 另外关于末尾的： Mr. Tough Talk, Mr. Straight Shooter 大家看懂这个很有意思的昵称的意思了么？ talk tough on sth. 常见于美式口语，意思就是一个人语气强硬地跟别人说自己的态度； tell people very strongly what you want 而至于shoot， 也是很口语的，指的意思就是：说呗，你讲呗。 tell sb. to say what they want to say eg: You want to tell me something? Ok, shoot! 你想跟我说点什么，那你说呗！ 所以shoot straight的意思就是： 有啥说啥，实话实说（不怕得罪人） talk honestly 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 The newspapers have shied away from investigating the story.

【句子】She’s just hanging around the mall all day, flashing the same cash every night, and fooling my parents into buying her a car. 【Modern Family S2E16】 【发音】[ʃi:z] [dʒʌst] ['hæŋɪŋ] [ə'raʊnd] [ðə] [mɔ:l]/[mɑ:l] [ɔ:l]/[ɑ:l] [deɪ] [flæʃɪŋ] [ðə] [seɪm] [kæʃ] ['evri] [naɪt] [ænd] [fu:lɪŋ] [maɪ] ['perənts] [ˈɪn.tu:] [baɪɪŋ] [hɜ:(r)] [ə] [kɑ:(r)] 【发音技巧】just hanging不完全失去爆破；around the 不完全失去爆破；and fooling 不完全失去爆破； 【翻译】她每天就在商场瞎转悠，每晚亮出同一笔钱，用这样的方法哄骗我爸妈去给她买一辆车。 【适用场合】 hang around some place 在某处瞎逛；瞎转悠； 英文解释是wait or stay near a place, not doing very much eg: There are always kids hanging around the diner after school. 总有些孩子放学之后还在这餐馆附近晃悠。 eg: I hung around outside, waiting for the others. 我在外面晃悠了一阵子，等其余那些人。 flash的用法稍微讲一下； 在这个视频中flash的用法是动词，可以用来指： If you flash something such as an identity card, you show it to people quickly and then put it away again. 很快地亮一下某物； eg: He flashed his pass at the security officer. 他给保安员亮了一下他的通行证。 eg: she opened her purse and flashed her ID card. 她打开钱包，亮了一下她的身份证。 fool sb. into doing sth. 或者fool sb. into sth. 哄骗某人做某事； deceive someone or oneself into doing something eg: I can't believe that guy fooled me into giving him the money—what a scam! 简直不敢相信，那家伙居然骗了我让我给他钱，真是个厉害的骗局! eg: You'll never fool me into believing you. 想让我相信你？没可能的，我才不会上当。 eg: We fooled the boss into giving us all the day off. 我们忽悠老板给我们放了一整天假。 eg: Don’t be fooled into thinking they’re going to change anything. 别被忽悠了，妄想他们能有任何改变。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】 They tried to fool you into coming after us.