(一) 語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)
1. cushion 軟墊，可以做動(dòng)詞
? ? △ cushion the blow 減少打擊
? ? ? ? ?○ He broke the news of my brother's death to me, making no effort to cushion the blow.?
? ? ? ? ?○ She's just cushion the blow, the real answer is NO.
2. 對(duì)你不好：It isn’t good for you./ It doesn’t do you any good
3. 好吃：
? ? delicious有點(diǎn)兒用爛了/ scrumptious，yummy是小孩子用的
? ? △ It's very good. / It tastes good. / It's mouthwatering.?
4 -ish 有...性質(zhì)的，像...似的：blueish有點(diǎn)兒藍(lán) ?thirtyish三十左右
5. bike可以動(dòng)詞
? ?△ My dad bikes to work every day. 我爸爸每天騎車上班。
? ? △ I'll bike the contract over to you this afternoon. 我今天下午騎摩托車把合同給你送過(guò)去。
(二) 語(yǔ)音點(diǎn)
1. grocery /?ɡro?s-???ɡro??/ 兩種都可以，但是so不能讀成show
2. who /u?/ 不要讀成中文的“呼”。soon還要注意鼻音不能丟。
3. OK語(yǔ)調(diào)不能讀成中文的
4. I don't know.不要以中文三聲開頭 “矮冬no”。重讀不是必須特別用力，pitch高起來(lái)。
5. /?/是微撅嘴的/?/，而不是縮短的/u?/
6. 找出pattern，舉一反三：It wouldn’t BE there. To BE with you.
7. could should would 一般元音都讀成?/?/
8.?/a?/ 不需要把嘴巴長(zhǎng)得特別大，上嘴唇不動(dòng)，下巴動(dòng)、舌頭動(dòng)。如果后面有/n/，可以拆分來(lái)讀，比如mind?/ma-?n-d/
9. eye經(jīng)常跟別的詞連讀。
(三) 其他takeaways
1. 每個(gè)人都有自己的pet peeve 會(huì)一直gnaw/?n??/折磨你
? ? ? △ pet peeve ：所謂的 pet peeve 就是個(gè)人生活習(xí)慣上的一些小毛病, 例如有些人不喜歡別人碰他的計(jì)算機(jī), 要是你碰他的計(jì)算機(jī)他就會(huì)不高興, 這就是所謂的 pet peeve. (而非 bad habit.) 通常 pet peeve 都是比較無(wú)傷大雅的小毛病, 幾乎每個(gè)人都有屬于他自己的 pet peeve。 " Everybody has his pet peeve." 如果是這個(gè)壞習(xí)慣大到會(huì)影響別人, 像是在公共場(chǎng)所老是講話很大聲, 這就不是 pet peeve, 而要用 annoying 來(lái)形容。 ?" Don't you think he is annoying? "?
? ? ?△ gnaw本義是“啃，咬”，比如： The dog was gnawing a bone. Rats had gnawed through the cables.
比喻義是“折磨”：The problem had been gnawing at him for months. Self-doubt began to gnaw away at her confidence.
? ? ?△ inhibition 拘束感 (Eric點(diǎn)咖啡不說(shuō)ice的梗? ?(?ˉ???ˉ???)?”)
? ? ? ? ?○ The children were shy at first, but soon lost their?inhibitions. 孩子們開始很羞澀，但很快就放開了。
2. 做作業(yè)的時(shí)候要設(shè)置標(biāo)準(zhǔn) set the bar
