Part One: August - Driving
towel
a piece of cloth or paper used for drying things, especially your body
毛巾慎冤；手巾庇麦；抹布身害；紙巾
throw in the towel
to admit that you have been defeated and stop trying
認(rèn)輸纹蝴；承認(rèn)失斊老佟；放棄努力
Harris said that his children tried to persuade him to throw in the towel, but he refused to give up.
drool (all) over sb/sth
to drip saliva on someone or something
purple
having the colour of blue and red mixed together
紫色的
His face was purple with rage.
他氣得臉色發(fā)紫参歹。
lamb
/l?m/
a young sheep
slaughter
/?sl??t?r/
the killing of animals for their meat
屠宰鸽素；宰殺
(like) a lamb/lambs to the slaughter
used when someone is going to do something dangerous, but they do not realize it or have no choice
像待宰的羔羊（指面臨危險而未覺察或別無選擇者）
principal
head teacher
a teacher who is in charge of a school
a small school with just three teachers and the principal
只有三位老師和一位校長的小型學(xué)校
rider
a person who rides a horse, bicycle or motorcycle
騎手；騎馬（或自行車举哟、摩托車）的人
flounder
admissions
the process of allowing people to enter a university, institution etc, or the number of people who can enter
錄取思劳，錄用；錄取人數(shù)妨猩，錄用人數(shù)
The college has a very selective admissions policy.
那所學(xué)院的招生政策很嚴(yán)格潜叛。
all worked up (about something)
excited and agitated about something
Don't get all worked up about something that you can't do anything about.
hindsight
the ability to understand a situation only after it has happened
事后聰明，事后回想
What looks obvious in hindsight was not at all obvious at the time.
事后一目了然的事在當(dāng)時根本看不清壶硅。
guilty
feeling ashamed because you have done sth that you know is wrong or have not done sth that you should have done
I felt guilty about not visiting my parents more often.
white lie
a lie that you tell someone in order to protect them or avoid hurting their feelings
sigh
/sa?/
to take and then let out a long deep breath that can be heard, to show that you are disappointed, sad, tired, etc.
嘆氣威兜；嘆息
She sighed with relief that it was all over.
事情總算全都過去了，她輕松地舒了一口氣庐椒。
rearview mirror
a mirror inside a car etc that lets the driver see the area behind the car
hatch
to come out of an egg
Ten chicks hatched (out) this morning.
今早有十只小雞出殼了椒舵。
curl up
蜷縮
make up your mind
to decide sth
Have you made up your minds where to go for your honeymoon?
你們決定好到哪里去度蜜月了嗎？
tush / butt
the part of your body that you sit on
屁股
loudspeaker
Their names were called over the loudspeaker.
喇叭里叫著他們的名字约谈。
page
[verb]
to call sb's name over a public address system in order to find them and give them a message
（在公共傳呼系統(tǒng)上）呼叫
She hurried to the reception desk and asked the girl to page her husband.
她急忙跑到前臺笔宿，請女服務(wù)員用廣播呼叫她的丈夫犁钟。
rear-end
to drive into the back of another vehicle
與（前車）追尾
A few days earlier somebody had rear-ended him.
幾天之前他的車被人追尾了。
blind date
a meeting between two people who have not met each other before. The meeting is sometimes organized by their friends because they want them to develop a romantic relationship.
（有時由第三方安排的）男女初次約會措伐，相親
