BORN A CRIME 第十三章 Colorblind

【單詞】

1.Bugs Bunny


2.rack


3.bolt? v.? [bo?lt]

(常指人或動物因受驚嚇)迅速逃跑甸各,逃竄If a person or animal?bolts, they suddenly start to run very fast, often because something has frightened them.

And the chase was on. We bolted, heading for the?doors.

I made some excuse and bolted for the exit.

4.head for? v.? ↑

朝著(某一地點)行進(jìn)(美國英語中亦作 are headed) If you?are

heading for a particular place, you are going towards that place. In American English, you can also say that you?are headed?for a particular place.

5.sb's turf

(熟悉的)地區(qū)笤闯,地盤 Someone's?turf?is the area which is most familiar to them or where they feel most confident.

This was my?turf. This was my neighborhood. You couldn’t catch me in my neighborhood.

Their turf was Paris: its streets, theaters, homes, and parks...

On its home turf, the combined bank would be unrivaled.

gangs defending/protecting their?turfs

The team beat us on our own?turf. [=we were defeated at home]

6.shoplifting 萬引き

Shoplifting?is stealing from a shop by hiding things in a bag or in your clothes.

“Teddy’s been arrested for shoplifting,” they?said.

The grocer accused her of shoplifting and demanded to look in her bag...

7.report? v.

報到 If you?report to?a person or place, you go to that person or place and say that you are ready to start work or say that you are present.

The next day I was in class and my name was called over the PA system. “Trevor Noah, report to the principal’s office.”

According to protocol, he first reported to the Director of the hospital...

Mr Ashwell has to surrender his passport and report to the police every five days...

8.homeroom

(N. Amer.)a classroom in which a group of students assembles daily with the same teacher before dispersing to other classes

(北美)主教室(一組學(xué)生每天各自去上其他的課之前與同一位老師在一起集合的教室)

9.grill sb? v.

追問;盤問绒窑;審問 If you?grill?someone?about?something, you ask them a lot of questions for a long period of time.

They grilled me for a good ten minutes, but only?because they were so sure that I had to know who this white kid was.

10.the tower of Babel[?be?bl]

God punished the people who were trying to build a tower to reach heaven (the tower of Babel) by making them unable to understand each others'languages.

【詞組】

1.like a house on fire

extremely well

Teddy and I got along like a house on fire, one?of those friends where you start hanging out and from that day forward you’re?never apart.

Those two got on/along?like a house?on fire. [=they liked each other very much]

(US) The business started out?like a house on fire. [=the business started very successfully]

2.from that day/time/moment?etc?forward ↑

starting at that day time etc and continuing on into the future

From that day forward, he never read another?book.

3.(as) thick as thieves

people who are thick as thieves are very friendly with each other and spend a lot of time together talking about private things

The teachers, the pupils, the principal, everyone?at school knew: Teddy and Trevor, thick as thieves.

4.gobble down/up

to swallow or eat (something) quickly

We reached in, grabbed a few, drank the liquor inside, and then gobbled down the chocolates. We’d hit the jackpot. We started going back again?and again to steal more.

We?gobbled?our meal and rushed back to work.

— usually +down?or?up

He?gobbled down?a sandwich.

The children are afraid that monsters will?gobble?them?up.

5.hit the jackpot ↑

to have unexpected success or good luck

He really?hit the jackpot?with his new restaurant. [=he became very successful with his new restaurant]

They?hit the jackpot?when they hired her. [=she is a very valuable employee]

6.(the) coast is clear

When?the coast is clear?you can go somewhere or do something without being caught or seen because no one is in the area.

We’d check to make sure the coast was clear, and?then one of us would reach in, grab a chocolate, and drink the whiskey.

OK,?the coast is clear–you can come out now!

As soon as the coast was clear he climbed in through the window.

7.push one's luck (too far)

得寸進(jìn)尺;冒不明智的風(fēng)險 If you say that someone?is?pushing their?luck, you think they are taking a bigger risk than is sensible, and may get into trouble.

We did this every weekend for at least a month,?having the best time. Then we pushed our luck too far.

I didn't dare push my luck too far and did not ask them to sign statements.

8.eyes go wide

It was almost like a movie. I saw him. He saw me. His eyes went wide. I tried to walk away, acting natural. Then he shouted out,“Hey! Stop!”

9.haul ass

to move quickly

I knew if a?guard cut us off at the exit we’d be trapped, so we were hauling ass as fast as?we could.

You'd better?haul ass?or you'll miss your flight.

10.pay off

如愿以償舔亭,有了結(jié)果回報 to produce a result that you want;?

If an action pays off, it is successful or profitable after a period of time.

All my years of imagining the life of a secret?agent for myself finally paid off. Now that I needed an escape, I had one.

It's great to see that all of our hard work has finally?paid off.

Sandra was determined to become a doctor and her persistence?paid off.

11.eavesdrop on sb/conversation

偷聽;竊聽 If you?eavesdrop on?someone, you listen secretly to what they are saying.

I eavesdropped on their whole conversation from the other room.

The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door.

The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations...

He was?eavesdropping?[=listening in]?on?his sister and her friends in the next room.

12.play/?act dumb

to pretend to not know or not understand something

“Teddy was caught shoplifting.”

“Whhaaat?” I played dumb. “Noooo. That’s crazy. I can’t believe it. Teddy? No.”

Don’t play dumb with me – I know you took the money.

13.catch sb red-handed

當(dāng)場抓獲些膨;當(dāng)場逮住 If someone?is caught red-handed, they are caught while they are in the act of doing something wrong.

For a moment my mom thought she’d caught me red-handed, but Teddy’d given me a solid alibi. I went back to my room, thinking I was in the?clear.

The robbers were caught red-handed by the police. [=the robbers were caught while they were stealing]

14.in the clear? ↑

擺脫嫌疑/危險/罪責(zé) no longer in danger or thought to be guilty of sth;

free from guilt or suspicion

The investigation/jury considered all the charges against him and concluded that he was?in the clear. [=that he was not guilty]

He's not?in the clear?yet. The police still consider him a suspect.

15.a roomful of?

一屋子(人或物)A?roomful of?things or people is a room that is full of them. You can also refer to the amount or number of things or people that a room can contain as a?roomful.

A roomful of?silent, stone-faced white authority figures stood over me, the guilty young?black man.

It was like a teacher disciplining a roomful of second-year pupils...

a?roomful of?strangers

16.stand over somebody? ↑

be near sb and watch them;

to watch someone while they are doing something, usually in order to make sure that they are doing it correctly

I don't like you standing over me while I'm cooking.

I’m fed up with him standing over me while I work.

17.(as) clear/plain/as day

very easy to understand, see, or hear

It was grainy, black-and-white security-camera footage, but you could see what was happening plain as day.

It was?as plain as day that he was lying.

18.wait for the other shoe to drop

the phrase "wait for the other shoe to drop" was born from noisy New York City neighbors

"A common experience of tenement living and other similar style housing in New York City during the manufacturing boom of the late 19th and early 20th century. Apartments were built similar in design with one's bedroom under another's. Thus, it was normal to hear a neighbor removing shoes and hearing them hit the floor above. As one shoe made a sound hitting the floor, the expectation for the other shoe to make a similar sound was created."

I spent the?rest of the day and the next couple of weeks waiting for the other shoe to?drop, waiting for my mom to get the call. “We’ve got him! We figured it out!”?But the call never came.

19.or else

①— used to say what will happen if something is not done

You have to leave?or else?you will be arrested for trespassing.

Hurry up or else you'll be late.

②— used to say what another possibility is

He either thinks he can't do it?or else?he just isn't interested.

Plus we didn’t want the white minority to feel ostracized in the new South Africa, or else they’d take all their money and leave.

20.get around

to go, walk, or travel to different places

In the cities most people speak at least some English and usually a bit of Afrikaans, enough to get around.

She?gets around?a lot because of her job.

He's having trouble?getting around?because of his sore knee.

【句子】

1.

The more common your tongue, the less likely you are to learn others. The more fringe, the more likely you are to pick up two or three.

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