新东方在线时时学英语 20070116
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：新东方在线时时学英语
英语课
Part One 你听不懂的
be on tenterhooks 1 焦虑不安，提心吊胆
Kelly was kept on tenterhooks for a week before the result of exam came out.
People are all on tenterhooks waiting for the result of the general election 2.
Pull oneself 3 up by the bootstraps 凭自力获得成功
Andrew doesn’t want to spend his parents’ money after graduating from college so he will have to pull himself up by the bootstraps.
Holly 4 works 5 very hard and tries to pull herself up by the bootstraps.
Part Two 你说不出的
---Hello?
---Hi. It’s me. What’s cooking?
---I was just about to take a shower. Aren’t you flying to Europe today?
---I’ve got an hour until my flight. I’m trying to kill time till then.
---Ooh, waiting in the airport. Not my idea of a good time. Are you excited about the trip?
---To say the least. It’s better send me a postcard.
---You can count on it.
Part Three 有趣的故事
七件盛事之：告诫
be on tenterhooks 1 焦虑不安，提心吊胆
Kelly was kept on tenterhooks for a week before the result of exam came out.
People are all on tenterhooks waiting for the result of the general election 2.
Pull oneself 3 up by the bootstraps 凭自力获得成功
Andrew doesn’t want to spend his parents’ money after graduating from college so he will have to pull himself up by the bootstraps.
Holly 4 works 5 very hard and tries to pull herself up by the bootstraps.
Part Two 你说不出的
---Hello?
---Hi. It’s me. What’s cooking?
---I was just about to take a shower. Aren’t you flying to Europe today?
---I’ve got an hour until my flight. I’m trying to kill time till then.
---Ooh, waiting in the airport. Not my idea of a good time. Are you excited about the trip?
---To say the least. It’s better send me a postcard.
---You can count on it.
Part Three 有趣的故事
七件盛事之：告诫
n.坐立不安
- The students are on tenterhooks to hear the result of the examination.学生们烦躁不安地听考试结果。
- The mother was on tenterhooks until her little Laura came back.当小珞拉回来后，她母亲才放下心来。
n.选举，选择权；当选
- There is no doubt but that he will win the election.毫无疑问，他将在竞选中获胜。
- The government will probably fall at the coming election.在即将到来的大选中，该政府很可能要垮台。
pron.[反身代词]自己；亲自，本人
- If one wants to learn it,one must do it oneself.要想学会它就得亲自去做。
- It is not good to think only of oneself.只为自己着想是不好的。
n.[植]冬青属灌木
- I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
- People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.人们总是在圣诞节时用冬青来装饰房屋。