语言点

1. shit happens，你会觉得“很丧”— feeling blue / under the weather / down in the dumps

2. 逆袭 from rags to riches / from zero to hero

3. 晾着 hang sb out to dry

4. hide （尤指买卖或用作皮革的）皮，毛皮 boots made from buffalo hide 用水牛皮做的靴子

5. 一炮走红 runaway success

get off the ground 有进展

6. 百分之百/完全XX through and through

I'm Chinese through and through.

7. 没有免费的午餐  There is no such thing as a free lunch

8. 你有一颗金子般的心 You have a heart of gold. golden heart

9. if but 作名词

if 不确定因素

If he wins—and it's a big if—he'll be the first Englishman to win for fifty years. 假设他赢了，不过这还是个很大的疑问，他将成为五十年以来第一个获胜的英国人。

There are still a lot of ifs and buts before everything's settled. 在一切得以解决之前还有很多不定因素。

but 借口，托词

‘Let us have no buts,’ he said firmly. ‘You are coming.’ “别找借口了。”他坚定地说，“你得来。”

With so many ifs and buts,it is easier to wait and see. 有这么多托辞，还是静观其变吧。

10. 承担责任 shoulder/assume/carry your responsibility

11. 天文数字 astronomical figures

bajillion，zillion 无数

12. 白菜价 a dime a dozen

13. 走下坡路 when the days are getting hard，go downhill/south，on the rocks

14. 外公爷爷如果想不到用maternal paternal可以直接用on my mother's/father's side

15. heaven

① 天堂不可数，而且前面不能加the

I feel like I've died and gone to heaven. 我仿佛觉得自己已经死了，进了天堂。

※made in heaven —(especially of a marriage or other relationship 尤指婚姻或其他关系 ) seeming to be perfect 天作之合；天造地设

② 天空用复数 the heavens

Just then, the heavens opened =it started to rain heavily

语音点

1. hero 两种发音  /ˈhɪər əʊ/  /ˈhiː roʊ ˈ/

2. cry on 连读加j