Words & Expressions:
*excited: pumped, exuberant
pumped: very excited about?something
--I'm really pumped about this opportunity.
--I'm so PUMPED!
exuberant/?ɡ?zu?b?r?nt/, happy and full of energy and excitement // exuberant decorations, patterns etc are exciting and complicated or colorful.?
--an exuberant personality/exuberant carvings
--He is energetic and?exuberant.
*fancy:?v.=feel like, eg. Do you fancy a cup of tea?
fancy-dress party=costume party
*swanky:/?sw??ki/, adjective, informal=very fashionable and expensive
--eating meals at swanky hotels
--a swanky Manhattan jewelry store
*high-end, relating to products or services that are more expensive and of better quality than other products of the same type/high-end?products are the most expensive ones in a particular market or range.
--high-end computer memory chips/a maker of high-end car stereo equipment
--Prices for high-end apartments and villas in Egypt are usually listed in US dollars.
*stylish/?sta?l??/, attractive in a fashionable way
--She was wearing a stylish black dress.
--Our bathroom are not only safe and functional, they're stylish and color coordinated.
*posh /pɑ??/,?informal, a posh restaurant, hotel, car etc is expensive and looks as if it is used or owned by rich people//British English, upper class
--a posh private school?
--Don't order more than you can afford and avoid?posh, well-positioned shops near tourist sites.
--Her parents are terribly posh.
*ghost: ghost writer, v.ghost-write
--Diana, though, is only the ghost writer and it's Bojack who's grabbing the headlines.?
*housework=household chores=daily chores=all the cleaning and cooking=keep the room neat and tidy/clean and tidy
Sentences:
In the evening, she would be going to a fancy-dress party with her husband. 為什么不是would go to?be going進行時態(tài)更有畫面感兑燥,一個狀態(tài))
此外進行時態(tài)在語境中所表達的情緒更為委婉(比如付賬單時候的 paying for 而非to pay)
Pronunciation:
hall/tall/small/mall/wall:all發(fā)音的時候舌頭要伸出去