趣味青春英语电台 第329期:Scare the daylights out of someone
时间：2019-02-23 作者：英语课 分类：趣味青春英语
英语课
Idiom:
Scare the daylights out of someone ( be frightened )
Hit the book:
Renovation 1
Filthy 2
Footage
Accumulation
Grease
Multitude
Cockroach 3
Anonymity 4
Pest control
A Perth Chinese restaurant which shocked a renovation crew—and readers of this website—with its filthy state had twice been the subject of health complaints and both failed and passed council inspections 5 in the seven months before it closed.
Photographs and video footage published by WAtoday.com.au on Monday revealed the terrible conditions in the restaurant kitchen, including vast accumulations of grease, a multitude of cockroaches 6 and a stove-top that was literally 7 falling apart.
n.革新，整修
- The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后，将于下星期开业。
- The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。
adj.卑劣的；恶劣的，肮脏的
- The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
- You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发，然后再去买张新的。
n.蟑螂
- A cockroach can live several weeks with its head off.蟑螂在头被切掉后仍能活好几个星期。
- She screamed when she found a cockroach in her bed.她在床上找到一只蟑螂时大声尖叫。
n.the condition of being anonymous
- Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. 为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
- Our company promises to preserve the anonymity of all its clients. 我们公司承诺不公开客户的姓名。
n.检查( inspection的名词复数 )；检验；视察；检阅
- Regular inspections are carried out at the prison. 经常有人来视察这座监狱。
- Government inspections ensure a high degree of uniformity in the standard of service. 政府检查确保了在服务标准方面的高度一致。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.蟑螂( cockroach的名词复数 )
- At night, the cockroaches filled the house with their rustlings. 夜里，屋里尽是蟑螂窸窸瑟瑟的声音。 来自辞典例句
- It loves cockroaches, and can keep a house clear of these hated insects. 它们好食蟑螂，可以使住宅免除这些讨厌昆虫的骚扰。 来自百科语句
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