S01E03 Introduction to Film

Vocabulary:

cakewalk: n. 易如反掌之事（非正式）- If you describe something as a cakewalk, you mean that it is very easy to do or achieve.

jackpot: a large amount of money to be won; a large and often unexpected success or reward（头奖、中头彩）

cocky: adj. boldly or brashly self-confident. 自大的，自以为是的

e.g. Don't get too cocky about your chances of getting the job.

coast: 这个词语想必大家都很熟悉，意思是海岸、滑行。今天介绍的是它的另一种用法，从“滑行”之意引申而来的，意为to proceed easily without special application of effort or concern，也就是不费力地取得成功，不劳而获的意思；也表示to act o rmove aimlessly or with little effort，不够努力，应付等。

e.g. The company is coasting on its good reputation.

He was accused of trying to coast through school.

shazbot: generally used to replace a swear word, but can be used to replace any noun. From Mork & Mindy, but it has reappeared throughout pop culture over the years. For example, it has been used by the aliens in the Simpsons. 其实呢，就是感叹词。

e.g. Oh, Shazbot, I just locked my keys in my car!

unwittingly: adv. 不知不觉地；不知情地；不经意地

wrap: 这个是Abeb在拍完电影时说的，that's a wrap.当时就留心了，想不通wrap还有这种用法。查了才知道，是指to finish filming or recording：wrap a movie，完成拍摄，停机的意思。

Phrases and expressions:

1. Death, so called, is a thing that makes men weep. And yet a third of life is passed in sleep. — Byron

2. Only when we stop stopping our lives can we begin to start starting them.只有当我们解除了对自我的羁绊，才能真正地“莫负好年华”。

3. pat someone on the back: praise given to a person for an achievement or a job well done.

e.g. Treating his daughter to ice cream was Joe's way of giving her a pat on the back after she won first place in the science fair.

4. You've lost me. = I can't follow what you're saying, I'm puzzled or bewildered.

5. cut somebody/something loose: to get rid of or release someone or something. 摆脱、放下

cut loose: to behave or express yourself in a free or forceful way. 放松

6. talk a good game: to say things that make people believe that one can do something or that something is true about oneself even though it is not true.[informal] 含贬义，一般就是我们中文中常说的“就说着好听而已”。

9. This won't cut it. [informal]

a. to achieve or maintain a desired level of performance:

e.g. The aging football player decided he couldn't cut it any longer and retired.

b.to be effective or successful; satisfy a need.

10. no one gives a rat's ass: give a rat's ass其实就是care的意思。所以这句就等于on one cares, no one gives a shit. 那么就可以说：I don't give a rat's ass.

11. drive home: make clearly understood, make a point. 讲明白，说清楚观点

e.g. The network news programs drive home the fact that violence is part of urban life.

12. throw me a bone: give me a break/ give me a hint, give me a chance. Comes from English lexicon refering to a hungry dog wanting help.具体什么意思还需要结合语境。

13. get carried away: to be overcome by emotion or enthusiasm (in one's thinking or actions).得意忘形、忘乎所以

e.g. Calm down,Jane. Don't get carried away.

14. out of the loop: not having knowledge of or involvement in something. 局外的、圈外的、不知情的。

e.g. A few people at the top knew what was going on,but everybody else was out of the loop.

I feel a little out of the loop here.

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