Lesson 57?Can I help you, madam?
A woman in jeans stood at the window of an expensive shop. Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the window. The assistant who served her did not like the way she was dressed. Glancing at her scornfully, he told her that the dress was sold. The woman walked out of the shop angrily and decided to punish the assistant next day. She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long umbrella in the other. After seeking out the rude assistant she asked for the same dress. Not realizing who she was, the assistant was eager to serve her this time with great difficulty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dress. As soon as she saw it, the woman said she did not like it. She enjoyed herself making the assistant bring almost everything in the window before finally buying the dress she had first asked for.
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idiom: he who hesitates is lost?
if you delay in doing sth you may lose a good opportunity 當斷不斷，反受其亂
hide and seek
heat-seeking: 熱自導引的；跟蹤熱源的
heat-seeking missiles 熱自導引導彈
self-seeking?
interested only in your own needs and interests rather than thinking about the needs of other people.
追逐私利的
The army felt that the politicians of the day were just self-seeking opportunists.
seek your fortune?
to try to find a way to become rich, especially by going to another place. 外出尋找發(fā)財機會姿染；外出闖蕩秒际；闖世界
fly/ go out of the window (informal)
to stop existing; to disappear completely 化為烏有娄徊；消失殆盡
We now have a small window of opportunity in which to make our views known. 我們現(xiàn)在有一線機會使人了解我們的觀點。
window dressing
1. the art of arranging goods in shops/ store windows in an attractive way 櫥窗裝飾藝術(shù)兵多；櫥窗設(shè)計藝術(shù)
2. (disapproving) the fact of doing or saying sth in a way that creates a good impression but does not show the real facts?
裝飾門面橄仆；弄虛作假
The reforms are seen as window dressing. 這些改革被視為是裝飾門面沿癞。
練習感悟：
今天休息的時候，朗讀了其他英語群的每日三句話惫搏，看到weather蚕涤，特此記錄一下。
突然想起來“酒肉朋友”的說法茴丰，fair-weather friend，覺得自己記憶力還不錯峦椰，突然想到啦汰规。哈哈溜哮。要是其他詞能夠碰到就想起大部分用法就好啦。
