趣味青春英语电台 第250期:Push the envelop

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　　Push the envelop¹ ( exceed the limit )

　　Hit the book:

　　Substitute

　　Drizzle²

　　Awning³

　　Quintessential

　　Murky⁴

　　Autograph

　　Patronize

　　5. Magazines are good substitutes for umbrellasSudden drizzles⁵. Who hasn't been caught in one, without an umbrella? If you're a guy, you can suck it up and run to the nearest awning, no fuss. Women, on the other hand, won't do that, if they had a choice. Well, they have nothing to fear if they have the latest issue of Elle in their Stam. They simply shield their head with it as they (fashionably) run over puddles⁶ in their high heels to catch a cab in a quintessential New York moment. Newspapers won't give you the same effect, unfortunately. The Post will leave ink stains on your hands, and murky fingers were never in style.

 

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