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Part One 你听不懂的

On the qui vive 很警惕，小心

You'd better be on the qui vive when you are driving. After all, it hasn't been long since you had the driver's licence.

After the 921 earthquake, everyone is on the qui vive all the time and hopes that there will be no more serious earthquakes ever.

Night of the lone¹ knives 长刀之夜，残酷的行径

There is a TV program introducing the night of the long knives of famous autocrats² in the history.

Christine can't bear the way her colleague and her best friend carried out their project. Now is the night of the long knives.

Part Two 你说不出的

1．Have a Bone to Pick With Somebody； 剧中对白：(第七季第个九集) Rachel：Coming。

瑞秋：请进。 Ross：I have a bone to pick with you．

罗斯：我有件事要问你。 Rachel：Uh-oh． 瑞秋：是吗。 Ross：Yes! Ben learned a little trick． 罗斯：是的!本刚学会了一个恶作剧。 2．Hook up with Somebody；Hooker； 剧中对白：(第七季第十八集) Joey：……Ooh-ooh! Could you imagine if I sent that hooker up to the roomlike I was gonna?! It's like it was in the stars! 乔伊：……喔!你能想像吗，如果那晚我带着那个妓女回屋?!你和莫尼卡之间就什么都不会发生了! Phoebe：Yeah， it's totally meant to be．Tell him who you originally wanted to hook up with that night． 菲比：真的会是这样的!告诉他，你原来想“钓”的是谁。 Chandler：Who did you originally want to hook up with? 钱德勒：你原来想“钓”的是谁?

1 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

2 autocrats   

n.独裁统治者( autocrat的名词复数 )；独断专行的人

参考例句：

• Still, the widespread pessimism doesn't explain the relatively high scores enjoyed by the autocrats. 不过，普遍的悲观情绪并没有解释为何独裁者得到相对较高的分数。 来自互联网