身临其境练一练：

本对话选自《Ugly Betty》(丑女贝蒂)。Daniel被人敲诈，向Henry倾诉，Henry为他出主意。

万用句型背一背：

1.I'm too busy to take a breath.

我忙得连喘口气儿的功夫都没有。

2.How it's always the case?

怎么总是这样?

3.I hate to bring this up,but your child is making toomuch noise.

我真不愿提这件事，不过您的孩子太吵了。

4.Still the same thing.

还是老样子。

5.It's a sin the football game is cancelled.

真可惜，足球赛取消了。

锦囊妙语学一学：

1.dump：vt.倾倒，丢弃，倾卸;堆放;倾销，抛售

Don't dump that sand in the middle of the path! 别把沙子倾倒在路中央!

2.screw up：拧紧;扭歪(脸);<非正式>把......搞糟

It was such a simple plan;how could you have screwed it up? 这是个很简单的计划，你怎么会把它弄得一团糟呢?

3.set up：建立，创立，竖立;准备;安排;引起，产生;设计陷害

Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here. 很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

4.count for：有价值，有重要性

For him fame does not count for much. 在他看来，出名算不了什么。