(大学英语课件）B4-U1讲解材料.ppt

in the same boat: in the same difficult or unpleasant situation 处于同样的糟糕境地 e.g. 1. We’re all in the same boat, so let’s not criticize each other. 我们现在处境都很糟糕，就不要互相埋怨了。 2. Making a living is tough these days. But everyone is in the same boat. 近来挣钱糊口很不容易，不过大家的情况也差不多。 Words Phrases pull pints: work in a bar serving drinks 在酒吧提供酒水服务；做酒吧侍应 e.g. 1. He used to pull pints at a local nightclub. 他过去通常在夜总会当服务生。 2. He made a living by pulling pints at the bar. 他靠当酒吧侍应谋生。 Words Phrases come full circle: if a situation comes, goes, or turns full circle, it becomes the same again as it was at the beginning 循环；又回到原处 e.g. 1. It will be a waste of time. You will come full circle. 那是浪费时间。你会绕到原处。 2. Twenty years later his son made the same choice and the wheel came full circle. 20年后，他的儿子作出了同样的选择，所有一切又转回到原来的地方。 Words Phrases take a soft / hard line: take a soft / hard attitude / method 采取温和 / 强硬的态度 / 方法 e.g. 1. The president took a very soft / hard line against radicalism. 总统采取温和 / 强硬的反激进主义政策。 2. The delegation is under pressure from U. S. companies to take a hard line with China over the value of its currency and market access. 美国企业界向代表团施压，希望美国在人民币汇率和市场准入方面对中国采取强硬路线。 Words Phrases if nothing else: used for mentioning what you think may be the only good aspect of sth. or the only good reason for doing sth. 至少 e.g. 1. He must blink，if nothing else． 他至少会眨巴眨巴眼睛。 2. If nothing else, I do amuse myself. 至少我是自娱自乐。 Words Phrases strike the right note: create a particular mood by the way that one speaks or behaves 说话说到点子上；做事做得恰到好处 e.g. 1. Her speech appeared to strike exactly the right note. 她的演说看来说到了点子上。 2. The headmaster had failed to strike the right note in his speech on discipline and the pupils continued to behave in their own way. 校长有关纪律的讲话并没奏效，小学生们还是我行我素。 Words Phrases by all means: 1) in every possible way; at any cost, without fail 尽一切办法；一定，务必 e.g. Try by all means to save the dying. 一定要尽力抢救那个垂危的病人。 2) (