1 Lesson Eight How to say “浑身上下”in real American English?

2 课后习题参考答案各位亲爱的听众朋友，这里是晨间7点档“话说地道美语”，我是Juliet。非常高兴与您在这美丽的清晨相见。

【课前热身】

First of all , let's have a review. 在第七课中我们学了与“be scared to death”的地道美语说法，大家还记得吗?它们是：make one's hair stand on, 吓得某人的毛发竖起来;make one's blood run cold 吓得某人浑身冰凉;scare the shit out of somebody (scare somebody shitless)吓得某人屁滚尿流。与之同义的中文四字短语有：吓得(毛骨悚然，不寒而栗，胆战心惊，魂飞魂散，摄人心寒等等)。

【本课主题】

现在我们开始第8课的学习。Lesson eight How to say “浑身下上”in real American English? 第八课：浑身上下，美语怎么说?Let's listen to the following sentence: Louise is the one in red over there from head to toe. Louise就是在那儿的那位穿一身红衣服的人。Louise /is the one/ in red/ over there /from head to toe. 听众朋友，在这个句子中哪里表示出“浑身上下”的意思?

【主题详说】

它是一个介词短语，含有我们身体的部位，一个是head, h-e-a-d , 脑袋，一个是toe, t-o-e, 脚趾间，这个介词短语是：from head to toe，从头到脚，浑身上下。In English it means" covering one's whole body".

Let's look at two more sentences. 1 They looked me over from head to toe. 他们从头到脚打量了我一番。(备注："Look over" means "examine"，查看，检查。Can you look over my composition for me?你能帮我检查一下我的作文吗?The bell rang before I could look over my answers.我还没来得及看一下答案铃就响了。None of us will ever have to look over our shoulders again.我们都不必再战战兢兢地过日子了。)2 She was mildly bloated from head to toe. 她浑身上下轻微浮肿。