托?？荚囍谐Ｒ姷牧?xí)語內(nèi)容（4）

　　Model:

　　——Lynn left no stone unturned in her research, and handed in an excellent paper. (Lynn全力以赴做她的研究，交了一篇優(yōu)秀的論文。)

　　42)on cloud nine 沉浸在幸福之中;非常高興

　　Model:

　　——Marcia looks like she’s on cloud nine. Do you know what made her so happy? (Marcia好象沉浸在幸福之中。你知道她為什么這么高興嗎?)

　　——She just had a paper accepted for publication. (她有一篇文章要發(fā)表了。)

　　43)on the tip of one’s tongue 一時(shí)想不起來，話到嘴邊又忘記

　　Model:

　　——Are you sure you can’t remember the name of that record? (你肯定記不起來那張唱片的名字嗎?)

　　——It’s just on the tip of my tongue! (我就是一時(shí)想不起來了。

　　44)reach the bottom of the barrel 用完，彈盡糧絕

　　Model:

　　——Don’t you have any other clean shirts? (你還有其它干凈襯衫嗎?)

　　——I guess I’ve reached the bottom of the barrel. (我想我已經(jīng)用完了。)

　　45)rub sb. the wrong way 使(某人)有點(diǎn)惱火;惹怒;引起反感;煩擾，打攪

　　Model:

　　——What do you think of our new economics instructor? (你覺得新經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)老師怎么樣?)

　　——I don’t know. Something about him rubs me the wrong way. (不知怎么的，他有點(diǎn)讓我反感。)

　　46)scratch the surface 只懂皮毛，很不了解(通常和限制性副詞如only, hardly等詞連用)

　　Model:

　　——You’ve certainly done a lot of research for your project. (你顯然對(duì)你的課題做了不少研究。)

　　——It seems like a lot, but actually I’ve only scratched the surface. (看上去不少，但事實(shí)上我只懂一些毛皮。)

　　47)up in the air 尚未決定的;捉摸不定的;懸而未決的

　　Model:

　　——Her plans for the weekend are still up in the air. (她尚未決定如何度過這個(gè)周末。)

　　48)wear and tear 磨損;消耗

　　Model:

　　——Why do you always put on slippers when you go into your apartment? (為什么你老是一進(jìn)公寓就穿上拖鞋?)

　　——It saves wear and tear on the carpet. (拖鞋不磨損地毯。)

　　49)with flying colors 大獲全勝;勝利地

　　Model:

　　——How did Ellen do on her Ancient History exam? (Ellen古代史考得怎么樣?)

　　——She passed with flying colors. (她考得好極了。)

　　50)get off on the wrong foot 開始就不順利;一開始就犯了個(gè)錯(cuò)誤

　　Model: [1995.5.]

　　——I hate to get off on the wrong foot. (我討厭一開始就犯錯(cuò)誤。)