3.sec.: second, "秒"的缩写形式
4.peek: have a glance look quickly and secretly一瞥,匆忙看过,偷看
用法:(1)peek at somebody's diary偷看别人的日记;
(2)peek at others' privacy偷看别人的隐私
5.pick…up: (顺便)接
用法:I will pick you up after work right at the company gate.
下班后我在公司大门口接你。
6.sharp:整,正好
用法:How about meeting at 4:00 p.m. sharp?
下午4点整见面怎麽样?
7.outfit: a set of clothes衣服
用法:(1)She looks great with the wedding outfit.
她穿上婚纱,看上去棒极了。
(2)She bought a new outfit for the awarding ceremony.
她为参加颁奖典礼买了一套新衣服。
8.make up: compensate for弥补
用法:Sometimes the crimes which have been committed can not be made up.
有时候,犯过的罪无法弥补。
9.awesome: causing admiration or fear令人敬畏的,可怕的;这里是口语用法,表示wonderful or better than average极好的、比一般的要好
用法:My girlfriend thought my new car was really awesome.
我的女友觉得我的新车棒极了。
10.a taste of one's own medicine:以其人之道还治其人之身
用法:Maria gave Peter a taste of his own medicine by not returning the money back。
作为报复,Maria没有还给Peter借给她的钱。
11 stand somebody up: to fail to keep an appointment with爽约,相当于现代汉语口语中的"晾了某人","晒了某人","放鸽子"等。
用法:If you continue standing your boyfriend up, he will get annoyed.
如果你还放你男朋友的鸽子,他会翻脸的。
12 settle in:to stop activity to rest or sleep停止某一活动去休息或睡觉
用法:I will settle in for the evening if there is no work.
如果没有更多的工作要做那今晚我就准备休息了。
Exercise: Turn the three mini-dialogues/into/ONE descriptive narrative. Use only indirect speech.
