AR1-unit8课文详解.ppt

… nipping out of work … To nip out means to go out for a very short time probably unofficially. It is a slang and is similar to the expressions pop out and sneak out. Language Points ……（工作中）偷偷溜出去…… 翻译： … they will have given the flat a vacuum… … they will have cleaned the house using a vacuum… Language Points ……她们已经用吸尘器把家里吸了一遍…… 翻译： (Their husbands) … by drinking themselves into a stupor with toasts “to our beloved ladies…” Stupor is a state in which you cannot think, speak, see, or hear clearly, usually because you have drunk too much alcohol.