Lesson 11: Bob Drives a Hard Bargain

1. Hi Bob. How's it going?

• How's it going比How are you 更加常用
  回答可以是，not bad, good, delightful

2. Bob, I've had a chance to crunch some numbers.

• crunch 搞定了 （crunch it, nail it）

3. The ingredients alone cost us 30c per cookies.

• alone=itself=per se

4. Let me sweeten the deal——60c per cookie?

• 单词加-ten的巧妙用法：
  whiten, sadden, quicken

5. You've twisted my arm.

• twisted my arm——arm-twist 逼我
  stab in the back——back-stab 背后捅刀子

6. Let's get the ball rolling.

• 开始干吧=roll up one's sleeves.

Lesson 12 Bob's Big Cookie Order

1. I know I've been down in the dumps since I got fired, but things are looking up now.

• look up 好转
  变坏 go belly-up, go under

2. Don't you think you've bitten off more than you can chew?

• 注意介词 off
  in the pink, set eyes on 注意搭配的细节

3. It's like pulling teeth getting you to do any work around here.

• it's like pulling teeth doing sth. 很形象地描绘做一件事情很难。

Lesson 13 Amber Comes Over to Bake Cookies

1. Amber is here to lend a hand with cookies.

• lend a hand 帮助

2. Good to see you too, Mrs, Johnson.

• 我们很可能强调you, 而不是see.
  当强调时，要么大声一些，要么拖长。此处是拖长。

3. I'm glad you think it's cool.

• glad 和 cool 拖长，有一种对称性和节奏感。

4. Blue hair is all the rage this season.

• all the rage 很流行

5. Your business is in good hands with Amber.

• in good hands 放心吧（在我手里没有问题）

6. She really knows her stuff.

• know one's stuff很懂行=
  know one's shit

Lesson 14: Amber and Ted Heat up the Kitchen

1. You don't really love, do you?

• do you, 此处不是一般疑问句，而是说话者想要确定。
  我知道你是爱我的，对吗？

2. Go ahead, treat me like dirt!

-like 后面有个停顿

Lesson 15:Nicole Practices Her Election Speech

1. What's up?

• 一般打招呼可以用，相当于hello。

2. I pulled an all-nighter working on my election speech.

• pull an all-nighter on doing sth. 熬夜做某事。

3. I'm a nervous wreck!

• a nervous wreck很紧张
  = jittery,antsy, on edgy.

3. Only practice will do the trick.

• do the trick 管用

4. Let's hear the speech.

• 拓展：hear sb. out，听某人把话说完。

5. You'll turn off your audience immediately.

• turn off sb. 打击某人的兴趣，失去耐心。