001 How are you doing?(How ya' doin)

解釋：你好嗎，日常問候語。

用法：how的讀音接近ha'，are省略，you有三種讀音，you,yah,yuh；doing的ing也有三種讀音ing, ?n和in。

A: How are you doing?

B: Great! How are you doing?

A: Not too bad, thanks!

B: Take it easy~

002 What do you do for a living?

解釋：你做什么工作？日常問候語=what is your job?=how do you make money?=Do you have a job?=Where do you work?=How do you earn money?。

用法：do的讀音接近d?，you有三種讀音，you,yah,yuh；for的讀音接近f?r。

A: What do you do for a living?

B: I'm a teacher.

A: Oh, really? What do you teach?

B: I'm a math teacher at Carson College.

003 I'm into sports!

解釋：對…感興趣。be into sth=be interested in sth。

用法：后接something，類似用法有 get into sth。

A: I can't believe you're watching that.

B: The Golf Channel? I'm into golf.

A: Since when?

B: Since college. I used to play every day!

004 My knee went out.

解釋：not working properly，有點(diǎn)問題。

用法：發(fā)音時went out省略t，變成wen out。在美語中有三個強(qiáng)音 s, n, l，遇到三個弱音d, t, th時，經(jīng)常省略掉弱音，比如went out。

A: You wanna play some basketball this weekend?

B: I'd love to, but my knee went out.

A: Ouch! How did that happen?

B: When I was playing soccer~

005 What's up this weekend?

解釋：…怎么了？

用法：問對應(yīng)的人…時候要做什么，what are you doing?？梢匀∠鹷hat”s中的t，也有人寫成wassup.

A: What's up this weekend?

B: I'm gonna go hiking.

A: Where at?

B: Park Canyon. You wanna go?

006 I'm gonna kick back

解釋：kick back 休息，放松=relax

用法：I'm gonna=I'm going to， 發(fā)音接近 ahm m?nuh.

A: You wanna go do something?

B: No~ I'm gonna kick back.

A: You're so lazy!

B: Hey! I had a long week.

007 I slept in.

解釋：sleep in = to sleep late in the morning without alarm clock，睡了個懶覺

用法：不及物動詞.

A: You look refreshed.

B: Yes! I slept in. I woke up at 10!

A: I wish I could. I've got kids~

B: That's why I'll never marry!

008 I overslept.

解釋：睡過頭

用法：不及物動詞.

A: Where have you been?

B: I'm sorry, boss. I overslept!

A: Again?!!

B: I'm sorry. It won't happen again~

009 I'm gonna stock up on water.

解釋：gonna stock up on=going to buy a lot. 置辦，囤積，大量購入

用法：I'm gonna stock up on beer, bread, frozen veggie.后加名詞，特別是將來會用到的。

A: What are you getting at the store?

B: I'm gonna stock up on water.

A: What about cookies?

B: Those, too!

010 I'm counting on you.

解釋：I'm counting on you. =I'm relying on you.=I'm trusting in you. =I'm believing you.指望，依賴，相信某人會做某事。

用法：說快發(fā)音去掉t，類似 am cauning on you.

A: Will you help me move this Sunday?

B: Sure!

A: I'm counting on you~~

B: Don't worry! I'll be there~

011 I had a long week.

解釋：a long week=a difficult/tiring week.漫長的一周，難熬的一周，反義詞是 a good week, a easy week, a nice week, a stress-free week。

用法：說快發(fā)音去掉h，類似 I ad a long week，其中l(wèi)ong更接近lawng.

A: You look stressed.

B: Well, I had a long week.

A: Already? What happened?

B: Just work. I have a new project that's taking forever.

012 TGIF！(Thank god, it's Friday!).

解釋：TGIF!=Thank God, it's Friday! 經(jīng)常用在難熬的一周終于結(jié)束了之后。

用法：God有的人寫作god，F(xiàn)NL=Friday night life.

A: Ugh! Thank god, it's Friday!

B: No kidding! You going out tonight?

A: No way! I've got FNL~

B: Have fun~

013 That's pure nonsense.

解釋：That's pure nonsense=That's not true=That's a rumor.無稽之談，胡說八道。

用法：pure說話接近pi?.

A: You're sitting too close to the TV.

B: I'm comfortable.

A: Your eyesight is going to get bad.

B: That's pure nonsense!

014 Did you get out ~ing?

解釋：Did you get out shopping?=Did you go (out) shopping? 你外出去做某事了嗎？

用法：英語國家的人喜歡使用兩個詞的動詞，out是強(qiáng)調(diào)在外面。可以用作 did you get out ving=did you go ving?=did you get out to do sth?但是經(jīng)常用ing格式，沒有did you get ving的用法。

A: Did you get out hunting this weekend?

B: Yesterday morning.

A: Did you get anyting?

B: Nothing but really cold feet!

015 (to) do away with (something).

解釋：to do away with sth=to get rid of sth，去掉、除去、消滅。

用法：后接名詞、代詞或者ving。

A: I need to do away with my knuckle cracking.

B: It's a hard habit to break.

A: I know. It's almost impossible.

B: Want me to help?

016 (to) do sth up.

解釋：to make it very exciting，完美完成。

用法：經(jīng)常用作 do it up，it一般指事件events，party、celebration，up的位置可以調(diào)換 to do up sth。

A: Are you gonna do it up for your mom's birthday?

B: No, we're just gonna have a nice dinner at home.

A: No party?

B: She said she didn't want one.

017 (to) do up (sth).

解釋：系好，綁好，衣服帶子、拉鏈等。

用法：to do up 后加名詞。

A: Is it cold outside,mom?

B: Yes. Be sure to do up your jacket.

A: Okay. Where's my hat?

B: It's in your pocket.

018 (to) do it over.

解釋：一般接介詞over表示 再一次，所以意思是 do it again，再做一次。

用法：do it over=do it again，美語發(fā)音t接近d，接近 flipped sound彈音。

A: How do you like my picture, daddy?

B: What is it?

A: It's a picture of a bear.

B: Oh…um… you shold do it over.

021 Check back in a jiffy

解釋：東西還沒有準(zhǔn)備好，等一下回來取。check back，再聯(lián)系，in a jiffy=quickly，馬上，不一會兒。

用法：另有一個用法 I'll be with you in a jiffy，In a jiffy, it will be my birthday。

A: Hi, are my copies done?

B: Not yet. Check back in a jiffy.

A: All right, I'll go get a latte and come back.

B: They'll be done for you.

022 Pick your poison

解釋：由你選吧，一般指很好吃，但是無益健康的東西，比如酒精飲品，甜食等。

用法：your在日常英語讀起來弱了一些，接近yer。

A: Ooh, these all look good!

B: Pick your poison.

A: Hmm… I'll have the peanut butter cookie.

B: Good! I want the triple chocolate!

023 Those poor children

解釋：poor=helpless，無助的，那些無助的孩子。

用法：用于憐憫，poor還有另一個意思 貧窮。

A: Those poor children. Why do wars mostly affect poor people?

B: I hate wars.

A: We need to tell our leaders “No more war”.

B: We have to

024 ~ is pathetic

解釋：pathetic有很多種意思，比如可憐的，可悲的，這里采用 inadequate（不可勝任的），inept（無能的）。

用法：。

A: How do you spell “raisin”? With an “i” or an “e”?

B: An “i”.

A: What about “streusel”? Two “s”s?

B: No. One. Your spelling is pathetic!

025 What purpose does it serve

解釋：what is it used for，他是用做什么的？what is its function

用法：

A: Why are you taking vitamin C all day long?

B: These are really good when you're sick.

A: What purpose do they serve?

B: They help strengthen your immune system.