(一) 语言点
1. cushion 软垫，可以做动词
△ cushion the blow 减少打击
○ He broke the news of my brother's death to me, making no effort to cushion the blow.
○ She's just cushion the blow, the real answer is NO.
2. 对你不好：It isn’t good for you./ It doesn’t do you any good
3. 好吃：
delicious有点儿用烂了/ scrumptious，yummy是小孩子用的
△ It's very good. / It tastes good. / It's mouthwatering.
4 -ish 有...性质的，像...似的：blueish有点儿蓝 thirtyish三十左右
5. bike可以动词
△ My dad bikes to work every day. 我爸爸每天骑车上班。
△ I'll bike the contract over to you this afternoon. 我今天下午骑摩托车把合同给你送过去。
(二) 语音点
1. grocery /ˈɡroʊs- ⇨ˈɡroʊʃ/ 两种都可以，但是so不能读成show
2. who /uː/ 不要读成中文的“呼”。soon还要注意鼻音不能丢。
3. OK语调不能读成中文的
4. I don't know.不要以中文三声开头 “矮冬no”。重读不是必须特别用力，pitch高起来。
5. /ʊ/是微撅嘴的/ʌ/，而不是缩短的/uː/
6. 找出pattern，举一反三：It wouldn’t BE there. To BE with you.
7. could should would 一般元音都读成 /ə/
8. /aɪ/ 不需要把嘴巴长得特别大，上嘴唇不动，下巴动、舌头动。如果后面有/n/，可以拆分来读，比如mind /ma-ɪn-d/
9. eye经常跟别的词连读。
(三) 其他takeaways
1. 每个人都有自己的pet peeve 会一直gnaw/ nɔː/折磨你
△ pet peeve ：所谓的 pet peeve 就是个人生活习惯上的一些小毛病, 例如有些人不喜欢别人碰他的计算机, 要是你碰他的计算机他就会不高兴, 这就是所谓的 pet peeve. (而非 bad habit.) 通常 pet peeve 都是比较无伤大雅的小毛病, 几乎每个人都有属于他自己的 pet peeve。 " Everybody has his pet peeve." 如果是这个坏习惯大到会影响别人, 像是在公共场所老是讲话很大声, 这就不是 pet peeve, 而要用 annoying 来形容。 " Don't you think he is annoying? "
△ gnaw本义是“啃，咬”，比如： The dog was gnawing a bone. Rats had gnawed through the cables.
比喻义是“折磨”：The problem had been gnawing at him for months. Self-doubt began to gnaw away at her confidence.
△ inhibition 拘束感 (Eric点咖啡不说ice的梗ꉂ ೭(˵¯̴͒ꇴ¯̴͒˵)౨”)
○ The children were shy at first, but soon lost their inhibitions. 孩子们开始很羞涩，但很快就放开了。
2. 做作业的时候要设置标准 set the bar
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