Another great perk is that you get to show up ten minutes later for first period. (工資之外的)補(bǔ)貼,津貼
perk verb:
perk up 增加;使增值
e.g. She hopes that her jewelry could perk up in the future.
I have got it made with this Safety Patrol thing. It means to be in a very good situation.? 衣食無憂察藐;成功做到某事
e.g. She has got it made because of her rich dad.
另一個(gè)類似表達(dá):You made it!
Our plan to build the world's biggest snowman was starting to fall apart. 計(jì)劃泡湯良蒸;關(guān)系變差
e.g. They used to be best friends, but somehow, they fall apart.
The whole trip ate up forty-five miuntes. 耗費(fèi),話費(fèi)
可以與cost和take替換使用
e.g. Buying the sport car eats up all his savings.
eat it up 吃這一套
I've kind of slacked off ever since I became s Safety Patrol. 松懈粮呢,偷懶
slack adjective: 蕭條的婿失;懈怠的
noun: (組織中人員、資金)閑置部分
slacker 偷懶的人
When I say the world's biggest snowman, I'm not kidding.
句型:When I say something, I mean it.
e.g. When I say I'm going to get up at 6 a.m., I mean it.
We've missed our window of opportunity. 行事的良機(jī)
e.g. Proposing to her at her birthday party is your window of opportunity.
We got a little labor out of her. 從...中獲得(有利的東西)
e.g. She has got a lot of of life.
I knew I was in for it.? 惹麻煩啄寡;要受懲罰
e.g. You'd better finish your homework or you will be in for it,
I thought he might actually get a kick out of what happened. 讓某人很高興
e.g. He gets a kick out of working hard.
it was a hit-and-run by the Whirley Street kids. 肇事逃逸
e.g. a hit-and-run accident/death
There was only one comic slot, and up until now the kid named Bryan Little has been hogging it all to himself.
slot: (投放或插入東西的)窄縫豪硅,扁口;(名單这难、日程安排中的)位置舟误,時(shí)間
slot machine 老虎機(jī)
hog:獨(dú)占 e.g.? hogging the bathroom
pole hogger (在公共汽車或地鐵上)霸占著桿子的人
Bryan's been using his strip to handle his person business. I guess that's why they gave him the axe.
strip指comic strip,表示連環(huán)漫畫姻乓,可以替換cartoon.
give someone the axe 把某人解雇
還可以說someone is axed
We banged out a bunch of characters real quick.
我們之前學(xué)過crank out
When we tried to think up some jokes, we kind of hit the wall. 碰壁
e.g. They have been working on this project for a whole week, it seems that they hit the wall.
Me and Rowley decided to team up and do a cartoon together. 和...組隊(duì)
后文出現(xiàn)了partner up
發(fā)音tips:
不要重讀when, while, he, she
English teacher:重音在English上嵌溢,表示英語老師眯牧;重音在teacher上,表示來自英國的老師
all-out 注意連讀 e.g. LOL
區(qū)分garage的英式赖草,美式發(fā)音