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1．a(chǎn) piece of cake

A: What do you think of the final exam?

B: It＇s a piece of cake to me.

A: You＇re bragging again， what if you failed?

B: No way.

甲：你覺(jué)得期末考試怎么樣？

乙：再容易不過(guò)了。

甲：你又在吹牛了。你要不及格呢？

乙：不可能。

2．think twice about

A:You＇re a native of the city and you have lived here for many years.How do you like it?

B:Well. I＇d have to think twice about that.

A:It＇s familiar to you， isn＇t it?

B:Well. I think it＇s beautiful. I especially like the weather here.

甲：你是本市人，在這兒住了很多年，你覺(jué)得這座城市怎么樣？

乙：嗯，我得好好想一想。

甲：你不陌生吧？

乙：嗯，我覺(jué)得這兒很美。我特別喜歡這兒的天氣。

3．a(chǎn) bad apple

A: Oh， my God!What happened? Why are you black and blue?

B: I got beaten by Peter＇s brother.

A: That＇s a bad apple!Let＇s think up a way and teach him a lesson.

甲：噢，天哪！怎么啦？你身上怎么青一塊紫一塊的？

乙：彼得的弟弟把我給打了。

甲：這壞蛋！咱們想個(gè)辦法來(lái)教訓(xùn)教訓(xùn)他。

4．no point

A: There＇s no point in losing temper on me. It＇s unfair.

B: What did you do to him?

A: If I did something bad， I wouldn＇t blame him for getting angry with me. The point is that I did nothing wrong.

B: Maybe he thought you reported him to the manager.

甲：沒(méi)理由向我發(fā)火，這太不公平了。

乙：你對(duì)他怎么了？

甲：如果我做了壞事，我不會(huì)怪他生我的氣。可事實(shí)是我沒(méi)做什么錯(cuò)事啊。

乙：說(shuō)不定他認(rèn)為你向經(jīng)理打了小報(bào)告。

5．something the matter with

A: Hey. Richard!What are you doing right here?

B: My recorder has something the matter with its speaker. I want to have it fixed.

A: It broke down again? You really need a new one.

甲：嘿，理查德！你在這兒干什么呢？

乙：我的錄音機(jī)的喇叭壞了，我想找人把它修好。

甲：又壞了？你真該買個(gè)新的了。

6．a(chǎn) hard nut

A: Bob refused all his classmates＇ invitations.

B: I really couldn＇t understand him.

A: He＇s surely a hard nut. Nobody likes approaching him.

B: We＇d better also leave him alone.

甲：鮑勃拒絕了班上所有人的邀請(qǐng)。

乙：他這個(gè)人我真搞不懂。

甲：他真是個(gè)腦子不開(kāi)竅的人，沒(méi)人愿意靠近他。

乙：我們最好也別惹他。

7．to my way of thinking

A: To my way of thinking. I think you behaved rudely before your dad.

B: I couldn＇t keep my temper then.Poor dad， he must be very sad.

A: How about apologizing now?

B: I hope he can forgive me.

甲：依我看來(lái)，你在你父親面前表現(xiàn)得太無(wú)禮了。

乙：當(dāng)時(shí)我控制不住，可憐的爸爸，他一定很難過(guò)。

甲：現(xiàn)在去向他道歉怎么樣？

乙：我希望他能原諒我。

8．Fat chance of that!

A: I think it was Jason who stole my document（文件）.

B: Fat chance of that!

A: He＇s the only one who left here late.

B: I know him. He＇ll never do that sort of thing.

甲：我覺(jué)得是詹森偷了我的文件。

乙：不會(huì)的。

甲：他是唯一走得晚的人。

乙：我了解他。他絕不會(huì)干那種事兒。