趣味青春英语电台 第244期:Pull someone's leg

 　　Idiom:

　　Pull someone's leg ( joke )

　　Hit the book:

　　Launch

　　Suspect

　　Gamble

　　Cash flow crunch¹

　　Sign up

　　Rake in

　　Sleek²

　　Roster³

　　Raise

　　When Aulay Macaulay launched his web development business he never suspected he would spend years living in his office, but it was a gamble he was forced to make during a cash flow crunch that presented him with the options: give up on the business or lose your home.

1 crunch   

n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声

参考例句：

• If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
• People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

2 sleek   

adj.光滑的，井然有序的；v.使光滑，梳拢

参考例句：

• Women preferred sleek,shiny hair with little decoration.女士们更喜欢略加修饰的光滑闪亮型秀发。
• The horse's coat was sleek and glossy.这匹马全身润泽有光。

3 roster   

n.值勤表，花名册

参考例句：

• The teacher checked the roster to see whom he would teach this year.老师查看花名册，想了解今年要教的学生。
• The next day he put himself first on the new roster for domestic chores.第二天，他把自己排在了新的家务值日表的第一位。