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高级口语速成 主讲：李刚毅（stone） 第一级 初出茅庐 1．a bunch of 一束；一群；一伙 1）Do you see that bunch of people standing over there? 你看见站在那里的那群人了吗？ 2）A bunch of us are getting together to go to the Great Wall. Care to join us? 我们几个准备一起去长城，一块去吗？ 2．a couple of 两三个；几个 1）I will be back in a couple of days. 我几天后就回来了、。 2）A: Should I help clean up by throwing away these newspapers? B: I want to clip a couple of articles first. A：我帮你收拾一下，把这些报纸扔了行吗？ B：我想先剪几篇文章下来。 3．a waste of time 浪费时间 1) I think video games are a total waste of time. 我认为电子游戏完全是浪费时间。 2）This seminar is simply a waste of time. 这个研讨会纯属浪费时间。【seminar n 讨论会；研讨会】 4．believe in 相信；支持；赞成 1）I really believe in Crazy English with all my heart. It totally changed my life. 我真的全心全意支持疯狂英语，它彻底改变了我的人生。 2）A: You don’t believe in diets, do you? B: There is nothing wrong with them but they have to be combined with exercise to do any good. A: 你不赞成节食，是不是？ B：节食本身没什么问题，但是得跟锻炼结合起来才会有用。【combine with: 与……结合】 5．can’t help doing 避免不了；忍不住 1）I can’t help laughing when I see that old picture of you. 看到你那张老照片我就禁不住要笑。 2）I can’t help thinking it was all my fault. 我不禁要想这全是我的错。 6．dirt cheap 特别便宜 1）Lots of tourists think that everything in China is dirt cheap! 许多外国游客认为中国所有的东西都特别便宜！ 2）A：You’ve already furnished your apartment? B: I found some used furniture that was dirt cheap? A: 你已经给房间配了家具了吗？ B：我找到了一些很便宜的二手家具。【furnish vt 配家具 furniture n 家具】 7．drop by 访问；拜访；去一趟 1）The next time you are in my neighborhood, drop by and visit. 下次如果你来附近的话就顺便来坐一下吧。 2）Some of Mike’s friends dropped by last night.k 昨晚迈克的一些朋友过来玩了。 8．fly by （时间）飞逝 1）Didn’t the summer just fly by! 夏天过得真快呀！ 2）He was such a good teacher that he made the class fly by. 他是一位非常优秀的老师，学生上他的课都觉得时间过得很快。 9．for a change 变化一下，换换口味 1）I feel like cooking at home instead of going out to eat for a change. What do you say? 我想在家做饭，换个口味，不