一. Vocabulary
1.?wing it
(1) 原文:I know I should have gone to the library and done research, but I just decided to wing it.
(2) 解釋: to do or try to do something without much practice or preparation
(3) 造句:As I've left my notes in my dressing room, I’ll have to wing it.
2. start (sth) over & from scratch
(1) 原文:I guess Mrs. Breckman must be an expert on mooses or something,because she made me go to the library and start the paper over from scratch.
(2) 解釋:
start (sth) over: to begin doing something again
from scratch: from a point at which nothing has been done yet
(3) 造句:They will have to start the project over from scratch.
3. get cracking
(1) 原文:That meant I had to get cracking on my History paper.
(2) 解釋: to start doing something or going somewhere immediately
(3) 造句:You'd better get cracking on that assignment if you don't want to be criticized by the?boss.
二. Sentence
(1) 原文:The moose eats many, many things, but the list would be way too long to put in this paper.
(2) 解釋: way在這里做副詞,表示強調俏蛮,修飾副詞too撑蚌,比too的意思更進一層。
way too相當于一個詞組:遠遠搏屑;太
(2) 造句:I got up way too early this morning.
三. Article
? I was cooking? when the power cut occurred this noon. It?was?very hot and the temperature up to 40 degrees, so power cut?made it harder to stand. I couldn't stay at home in such a hot day, thus I went to the supermarket, where air conditioners made hot weather bearable. I stayed there until 5 o'clock p.m., when I knew the electricity was back.