新东方在线时时学英语 20070116

Part One 你听不懂的

be on tenterhooks¹ 焦虑不安，提心吊胆

Kelly was kept on tenterhooks for a week before the result of exam came out.

People are all on tenterhooks waiting for the result of the general election².

Pull oneself³ up by the bootstraps 凭自力获得成功

Andrew doesn’t want to spend his parents’ money after graduating from college so he will have to pull himself up by the bootstraps.

Holly⁴ works⁵ very hard and tries to pull herself up by the bootstraps.

Part Two 你说不出的

---Hello?

---Hi. It’s me. What’s cooking?

---I was just about to take a shower. Aren’t you flying to Europe today?

---I’ve got an hour until my flight. I’m trying to kill time till then.

---Ooh, waiting in the airport. Not my idea of a good time. Are you excited about the trip?

---To say the least. It’s better send me a postcard.

---You can count on it.

Part Three 有趣的故事

七件盛事之：告诫

1 tenterhooks   

n.坐立不安

参考例句：

• The students are on tenterhooks to hear the result of the examination.学生们烦躁不安地听考试结果。
• The mother was on tenterhooks until her little Laura came back.当小珞拉回来后，她母亲才放下心来。

2 election   

n.选举，选择权；当选

参考例句：

• There is no doubt but that he will win the election.毫无疑问，他将在竞选中获胜。
• The government will probably fall at the coming election.在即将到来的大选中，该政府很可能要垮台。

3 oneself   

pron.[反身代词]自己；亲自，本人

参考例句：

• If one wants to learn it,one must do it oneself.要想学会它就得亲自去做。
• It is not good to think only of oneself.只为自己着想是不好的。

4 holly   

n.[植]冬青属灌木

参考例句：

• I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
• People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.人们总是在圣诞节时用冬青来装饰房屋。

5 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。