迷你英语（1）
一 A Black Sheep
讲解：旧时牧羊人不喜欢黑色的，因为迷信认为黑色是魔鬼的化身，会给人带来厄运或灾祸。另外，黑羊毛不如白羊毛值钱，这也是一个原因。牧羊人会因羊群中有黑羊而诅咒不已。因此，a black sheep就引申为“败类”“败家子”的意思，与汉语中的“害群之马”相近。例如：Joe is the Black sheep of his family. He splashed nearly a few years.乔是个败家子。几年内他竟然挥霍掉十几万美元。
情景对话：
A: I don't know how John can put up with his son, who fools around without working.
我不知道约翰为什么能容忍他的儿子整天不工作，瞎混日子。
B: He's out of John's hands. Nothing he can do about such a black sheep.
他不服约翰的管教，对这样一个败家子，约翰无可奈何。
A: If I were him, I would give him a good talking to. I would insist on his stopping fooling around like that.
如果我是约翰，我会教训他一顿，坚持不能让他再这么瞎混了。
妙语佳句：
1.put up with：容忍，忍受
Your boss is an absolute dictator and I don't know how you guys put up with it.
jeans怎么读你们的老板是一个十足的大独裁者，我不知道你们这些人怎能容忍。
2.fool around：闲逛；荒废时间
Don't fool around with another man's wife.
不要调戏他人之妻。
I am mean to be work on Sunday, but I just fool around all day.
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星期日我本应工作的，但却闲混了一整天。
3.out of one's hand：无能为力，无可奈何
I am sorry that it is out of my hand. 非常抱歉这件事我无能无力。
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4.give sb a good talking-to责备，教训某人一顿
I got mad and gave him a good talking-to.我实在气不过, 狠狠地说了他一顿。
That child needs a good talking-to. 那孩子得说他一顿。
5.insist on坚持
I insist on your taking immediate action to put this right.
我坚决要求你立刻采取行动把事情处理好。
I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.
我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。
重点单词音标意思immediate [?'mi?d??t] adj. 立即的；直接的；
straightforward[streit'f?:w?d]
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adj. 简单的；坦率的；
二Be Stuck On Someone
A: I have never you mention this friend. Are you on very good terms with him or her? 我从没听你提到过这个朋友，你和她关系很好吗？
B: We have been on good terms. She is a very nice girl. But she got in Dutch with her boss. I don’t have the heart to e her pounding the pavements.
我们关系很好，她是一个非常好的女孩，但是她总是跟她的老板过不去，我不忍心看她自毁前程。
A: You must be stuck on her, or you would not u your elbow grea.
你一定是迷恋着她，否则不会这么费力。
B: Well, we hit off with each other. Nothing more, nothing much.country music
我们相处得很好，仅此而已。
1. be stuck on someone
stuck是stick的过去分词，意思是“粘在一起”。Be stuck on someone和be in love with someone的意思是一样的，均指“迷恋上某人”。
They were stuck on each other ever since junior high school.
打从初中开始，他们就彼此相爱。
My son is really stuck on the girl who lives next door.
我喜欢你英文我儿子真正爱上了住在隔壁的姑娘。
2.on good terms：关系好，和睦；平安无事；无冤无仇
He remained on good terms with them.
2012年奥斯卡他和他们关系搞得好。
He is on good terms with Jack and takes what he says to heart.
他和杰克很要好，对他的话很重视。
3. get in Dutch with：得罪
He has a high opinion of himlf which makes him either get cross with a co-worker in the factory or get in Dutch with the boss.
他这个人很自负，这使得他不是和厂里的同事过不去就是得罪于老板。
4.pound the pavements：徘徊接头寻找职业等；为找工作，四处奔波
Are you ready to take the plunge and pound the pavements for new one? 你是否准备大胆采取措施，排除障碍，重新再来？
5. have the heart to do：忍心去做某事
I did not have the heart to refu the child's request.
我不忍心拒绝孩子的要求。
She didn't have the heart to break the bad news to her daughter.
她不忍心把这个坏消息告诉她的女儿.
6. elbow grea：费力的工作，重活儿
The young man needs to u a little elbow grea;he is too slack altogether.
这年轻人得使点劲干活才是——他也太懒散了。
Elbow grea gives the best polish.
〔谚语〕苦干出好活。
7. hit off with：和某人合得来
Hey, I didn't really hit it off very well with your friend.
嘿，我和您那位朋友相处并不很好。
The foreign students hit it off with the natives.
这些外国留学生和本地人相处得很好。
重点单词音标意思persuade [p?'sweid] vt. 说服，劝说；
stick [stik] n. 枝，杆，手杖；
vt. 插于，刺入，竖起；
request [ri'kwest] n. 要求，请求；vt. 请求，要求；
polish ['p?li?] n. 光泽，上光剂，优雅，精良；v. 擦亮，磨；
grea [gri:s] n. 兽脂，油脂；
vt. 用油脂涂，上油，促进；
refu [ri'fju:z] v. 拒绝；
n. 垃圾，废物；
plunge [pl?nd?] v. 使投入，跳入，栽进；n. 跳入，投入；
slack [sl?k] n. 松弛的部分，松散，淡季，中止；
honor什么意思elbow ['elb?u] n. 手肘，急弯，扶手；v. 用手肘推开，推挤；
三A Backat Driver
字面意思是“坐在后排的驾驶员”。本来坐在后排的驾驶员应该是乘客，但是有时候乘客多嘴，告诉司机怎么开车。后来人们就把这样的人说成是“坐在后排的司机”，比喻多嘴多舌的人，多事的人。
To avoid being a backat driver, I keep my mouth shut.为了避免乱出主意，我只好闭嘴。
I detest his grandmother becau she is a backat driver.我讨厌他的祖母,因为她多管闲事。
情景对话：
A : How many cleaning ladies does your company hire?
cur什么意思你们公司雇了多少员工？
B : We have two cleaning ladies. But both of them have received little education.
雇了2个。但他们都没受过多少教育。
A : Most cleaning ladies are illiterate. But some of them do a very nice job.
多数清洁工都没文化，但是工作干得不错。
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B : But I actually dislike another lazy. She is more capable and ems to have ideas of her own. But the trouble is she is a backat driver with some of us. She would tell you what to do and where to put things.
但我确实不喜欢另一个清洁工。她很能干，似乎也有自己的想法。可是她爱对我们指手画脚，总该告诉我们该做什么，东西该放哪儿。
