从美剧看常用口语及中美文化差异
时间：6月4日（星期三） 20:00 - 21:00
主讲老师：尚晓明（点击关注老师的沪江部落>>>）
公开课地点：英语大厅（点击下载CCTalk）

讲师简介：

尚晓明
当过兵，在听过李阳的疯狂英语后深受鼓动，成为一位“疯狂英语学习者”。
后由于过度疲劳患病，放弃了英语学习专心治病。08年重操旧业，重新开始研究名师的教学、教材，逐个尝试，发现这些名师各有长处，如果要是把他们的精华溶于一体，那将是非常有效率的一种学习法。
正如李小龙大师一样，他就是融合了各武术大家的精髓与一身，才形成世界上最具实战功效的截拳道。
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课堂内容提要：

1. a baker‘s dozen
A: All in all, how many students are there in your dorm?
B: Ah, don't remind me of that. There are eight.
A: You've got nothing to complain about. I know in some colleges a baker's dozen share one room.

2. a bird in the bush
A: I heard Cornell has given you an offer. Congratulations! How come you don't look quite happy?
B: Well, I'm still hesitating. I'm waiting for Harvard, but Cornell has a deadline, and I'm afraid to end up with nothing. It's after a bird in the bush.
A: Right. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

3. a bolt from the blue
A: I heard Henry didn't pass the final exam, is it true?
B: Yeah, it is. Unthinkable, right? It must have been a bolt from the blue to him.
A: I wonder why? He was always the best!

4. a chance in a million
A: Hello, I want to apply for a university-owned apartment. Do you think I may possibly get one for the coming semester?
B: Well, I'm afraid you have only a chance in a million. There are already many applicants waiting.

5. a clip on the ear
A: There has been great uproar yesterday in the dorm.
B: What happened?
A: Cathy said something about Jamie's figure. and Jamie gave her a clip on the ear.
B: She could have done worse. That's why I told you to never mention anything like "fat" to her.

6. a country mile/beat someone by a mile
A: John told me you won the race, and he came in second.
B: Yeah, it was really exciting.
A: John said it was really close.
B: No way! I beat him by a country mile!

7. a demon from work
A: You know what, Bryan has started working in the dining hall.
B: Oh my God, Doesn't he need any rest?
A: Yeah, considering his own study and his work as a teaching assistant.
B: He is nothing short of a demon for work.

8. a far cry from
A: I've at last finished my research paper.
B: Oh, really. Do you mind I have a look at that?
A: Of course not. There you go.
B: What? You call this a finished research paper? It's a far cry form that.

9. a knight in shining armor
A: Harris has become a knight in shining armor at school.
B: How's that?
A: He was seen giving that notorious Big Mike a good lesson for bullying a youngster.
B: Wow, then he surely deserves the admiration.

10. a labor of love
A: I can't believe your Mom spent all this time putting together a care package for you and mailing it.
B: Yes, but it was a labor of love.

11. a month of Sundays
A: Have you got the apartment you applied for at the start semester?
B: Haven't yet. They said I'm still on the waiting list. I have been waiting for a month of Sundays already. It's going to drive me crazy.

12. a pawn in the game
A: Don told me you were elected to the student council.
B: Yes, that is true.
A: You should be able to make a lot of great changes around here, then.
B: No, I'm just a pawn in the game.

13. a red letter day
A: Today has finally come! Graduation, it feels so good.
B: Congratulations! All these years' hard working finally pays off. It must be a red letter day for your families.

14. a shoulder to cry on
A: My roommate always made me annoyed. It's so hard living with her.
B: I don't think her a particularly hard person to deal with. It's only that people always dislike their roommates.
A: Not so, my roommate back in high school was really nice. I always felt I had a shoulder to cry on.

15. a square deal
A: Hey, man, I think we've got to change the simple way we pay the utilities.
B: How's that? Isn't half-and-half fair?
A: Not at all. You see, you watch twice as much TV as I do. Is that what you call a square deal?

16. a vote of thanks
A: How's the welcome party going?
B: Pretty good! We started by giving a vote of thanks to Dr. Meador, who organized the whole thing, and then began talking with others and eating and drinking.

17. aboveboard
A: All these awarding procedures are aboveboard; there's no cheating going on.
B: That is a well-said claim, yet how can you prove it?

18. absent-minded professor
A: Mary is such an absent-minded professor. She always forgets to lock the door when she leaves.
B: That's not the worst thing. My roommate remembers to lock the door but she always leaves the key inside.

19. ace in the hole
A: Have you finished writing your paper?
B: No, I hardly started, actually.
A: Why, you're going to be late. You have only a few days left.
B: Don't worry. I have an ace in the hole.

20. act of God
A: Have you studied for Prof. Smith's exam?
B: Yes, I have been studying for weeks. I heard her exams are really hard.
A: Maybe this time she'll write an easy one.
B: No, she promised us a hard one and I think it would take an act of God to change her mind.

21. add insult to injury
A: I'm going to register for five courses this semester.
B: That's quite a lot.
A: And to add insult to injury, as a teaching assistant, I will be teaching two classes at the same time.

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