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Do Your Best(尽最大的努力） 2
[摘要]
6. Make Ends Meet = pay one’s bills
收入能够支付支出，不至于捉襟见肘。
范例对话:
A: It’s almost impossible trying to keep up with the high cost of living.
B: It’s true. Things are so expens...
6. Make Ends Meet = pay one’s bills
收入能够支付支出，不至于捉襟见肘。
范例对话:
A: It’s almost impossible trying to keep up with the high cost of living.
B: It’s true. Things are so expensive nowadays that it’s very difficult to make ends meet.
A: You know, even with Lucie’s salary, our combined income is hardly enough to pay all the bills.
7. Pull String = exert influence
施展影响力。
范例短文:
Steven had been unsuccessful in getting tickets for the opening game of the season. However, he pulled some strings with the manager of the team and got excellent seats. There’s no doubt that he got the tickets only by exerting his influence with a person important enough to help him get what he wanted.
8. Spread Oneself Too Thin = become involved in too many activities
参与太多活动了。
范例短文:
Although Teresa has always been an excellent student, her marks have been going down lately because she is spreading herself too thin. Besides spending a great deal of time in after-school sports, she got a part-time job as a clerk in a department store. It’s only natural that her grades would suffer. She is becoming involved in so many activities that she cannot devote the time that it takes to excel in any one of them.
9. Go to Bat for Someone = help out and support someone
棒球是美国人喜欢的一种运动，去帮别人击棒球，表示去帮助别人。
范例对话:
A: Is it true that Don got into some trouble at work last week?
B: Yes, he did. He was reproached for not turning in his sales reports, but his secretary went to bat for him.
A: What was she able to do?
B: She helped him out a great deal by admitting that she had misplaced the reports that he gave her to be typed.
A: So, it was her fault, not his.
B: Right.
10. Duck Soup = easy, effortless
容易，不需付出什么努力，就像中国人说的小菜一碟。
范例对话:
A: Can you help me hook up my new stereo equipment? I’m having quite a bit of trouble with all these connections.
B: Sure. That’s duck soup for me.
A: Well, with all your experience in electronics, I have no doubt that it will be very easy for you to do.
B: No problem. Glad to help out.
其它培训参考信息：
Do Your Best(尽最大的努力） 1
成对的英语短语
英语俚语4
英语俚语3
英语俚语2
英语俚语1
美国生活常用习语 下
美国生活常用习语 上
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