【绝望的主妇】“我们需要削减家庭预算中的不必要开支。”

【句子】Well, I'm just fascinated with...feed.   【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/wel/ /aɪm/ /dʒʌst/ /ˈfæs.ən.eɪ.tɪd/ /wɪð/ /fiːd/【发音技巧】just fascinated不完全爆破；fascinated with类似不完全爆破的处理；【翻译】给他们喂食，总是让我意犹未尽。【适用场合】今天我们学习一下fascinate这个动词的用法；它可以指：to interest someone a lot，“非常吸引某个人”；eg: Science has always fascinated me.科学一直让我着迷。 eg: Anything to do with planes and flying fascinates me.任何与飞机和飞行有关的事物都令我着迷。 eg: It was a question that had fascinated him since he was a boy.这是一个从他童年时期就深深吸引着他的问题。 eg: She fascinated him, both on and off stage.无论在台上，还是台下，她都深深吸引着他。 这个表达在英文中，特别经常用被动语态的形式，也就是be fascinated with/by...eg: They were absolutely fascinated by the game.他们完全被这个游戏迷住了。 eg: I was fascinated by his story.我被他讲的故事吸引了。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】我对人脑的运行方式很着迷。

【句子】I don't know. You seem kinda overqualified.   【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/aɪ/ /dəʊnt/ /nəʊ/ /juː/ /siːm/ /ˈkaɪn.də/ /ˌəʊ.vəˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪd/ /ˌəʊ.vərˈkwɑːl.ɪ.faɪd/【发音技巧】don't know不完全爆破；【翻译】我说不好，你在这里似乎有些大材小用了。【适用场合】今天我们学习一下overqualified这个单词的用法。它可以理解成having more knowledge, skill, and experience than is needed for a particular job；所以其实就是“（对某一工作而言）资历过高的，大材小用的”这样的意思； eg: The problem with employing people who are overqualified for the job is that they often don't stay in it for long.雇佣资历过高的人的问题是，他们通常不会在该职位上做很久。 eg: They didn't hire her because she was overqualified for the job.他们没有雇佣她，因为她对这个职位来说，资历过高了。 eg: Sarah felt overqualified working as a waitress. She used to be a head chef in a famous hotel, and serving coffee made her feel her skills were being wasted.莎拉觉得做服务员是大材小用。她曾经是一家著名酒店的大厨，现在端咖啡让她觉得自己的技能被浪费了。 eg: After graduating from university with a degree in finance, Tom took a job as a simple office clerk. His friends told him he was overqualified, but he needed the money.汤姆在大学获得了金融学位后，找到了一份简单的办公室文员工作。他的朋友们都说他大材小用了，但他当时需要钱。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】Using that powerful, expensive computer just for web browsing and watching movies is overqualified. A much cheaper one could do the same job.

【句子】Ed's been after me to trim the fat.   【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/edz/ /biːn/ /ˈɑːf.tə/ /ˈæf.tər/ /miː/ /tʊ/ /trɪm/ /ðə/ /fæt/【发音技巧】been after连读；【翻译】埃德一直催着我精简冗员。【适用场合】今天我们学习一下trim the fat的用法，本来trim有“修剪、整理”这样的含义，这个短语字面的意思是“切掉肥肉”，稍微引申一下，可以理解成“削减开支；优化裁员；精简机构”这样的意思；对应的英文解释是to excise or discard elements that are seen as unnecessary； eg: Trim the fat off the meat before cooking it.烹饪前先把肉上的肥油剔掉。 eg: The new CEO is trimming the fat by cutting unnecessary travel.新上任的CEO正在通过削减不必要的差旅来精简开支。 eg: After the merger, the company had to trim the fat and let go of redundant staff.在合并之后，公司不得不精简人员，裁掉了冗余的员工。 eg: We need to trim the fat from our reporting process. It's taking too long.我们需要优化报告流程，去掉那些繁琐的环节，太耗时了。 eg: We need to trim the fat from our household budget - no more eating out.我们需要削减家庭预算中的不必要开支，不能再下馆子了。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】Your story is good and your writing is solid, but you need to trim the fat a bit. There are just so many characters and plot points that aren't meaningful. 

【句子】There's gonna be another round of firings coming down the pike.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/ðeə(r)z/ /ˈɡɒn.ə/ /ˈgɑː.nə/ /biː/ /əˈnʌð.ə(r)/ /raʊnd/ /əv/ /ˈfaɪə.rɪŋz/ /ˈkʌm.ɪŋ/ /daʊn/ /ðə/ /paɪk/【发音技巧】be another连读；round of连读；【翻译】接下来还有一轮大规模的解聘。【适用场合】今天我们学习一下come down the pike的用法，可以理解成“即将到来、即将发生/出现；变得显眼/重要”；对应的英文解释是：to happen or become prominent，这个短语稍微有点难，这里的pike并不是“长矛”的意思，而是turnpike，指“那些笔直、重要的高速公路”；所以come down the pike的字面意思是：“沿着公路而来”，后来自然而然也有引申为“在视野中出现、到来；登上舞台”这样的意思； eg: This is the best new software to come down the pike in years.这是近年来出现的最好的新软件。 eg: We need to be ready for any opportunity that comes down the pike.我们需要为任何出现的机会做好准备。 eg: We'll deal with that problem if it comes down the pike.如果那个问题发生了，我们会处理的。 eg: You should take this job offer. Who knows when another will come down the pike?你应该接受这份工作邀请，机不可失，谁知道下一个机会什么时候才会出现？ eg: If you don't do your homework now, expect problems to come down the pike before the exam.如果你现在不做作业，就等着问题在考试前接踵而至吧。 eg: He was the best writer to come down the pike in a long time.他是很长一段时间以来涌现的最出色的作家。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】这是我们公司历史上遇到过的最严重的危机。

【句子】This is Stu's employee evaluation file. Right here. This thing is full of black marks.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/ðɪs/ /ɪz/ /stuːz/ /ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/ /ɪˌvæl.juˈeɪ.ʃən/ /faɪl/ /raɪt/ /hɪə(r)/ /ðɪs/ /θɪŋ/ /ɪz/ /fʊl/ /əv/ /blæk/ /mɑː(r)ks/【发音技巧】This is连读；Stu's employee连读；Right here不完全爆破；thing is连读；full of连读；black marks不完全爆破；【翻译】这是斯图的员工评估表，就这个。通篇都是不足之处。【适用场合】今天我们学习一下black mark的用法；在英文中，black mark的字面意思是：“黑色的痕迹”；引申意味是：“一个不良记录；一个针对某人或某事的负面评价或污点。”；来看看对应的英文解释：a lasting negative opinion or effect resulting from a mistake or failure； eg: The scandal was a black mark on the company's reputation.那桩丑闻给公司的声誉抹了黑。 eg: His dishonesty was a black mark on their friendship.他的不诚实是他们友谊中的一个污点。 eg: Jerry's speeding ticket was a black mark on his driving record that prevented him from getting a job as a delivery man.杰里的超速罚单成了他驾驶记录上的一个污点，这使他没能得到那份送货员的工作。 eg: Being late for the important meeting put a black mark against his name.在重要的会议上迟到，成为了他的一个污点。 eg: If you refuse to work late, won't that be a black mark against you? 如果你拒绝加班，那会不会成为你的一个污点？ eg: If you complain to the boss once, you will get a black mark straight away. 只要你跟老板抱怨一次，你马上就会被记上一笔。 eg: It was another black mark against her that she had not gone to the last meeting. 她没有参加上次的会议，这又成了她的一个过失。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】They let me keep my job after I got caught, but the transgression became a black mark against me for the rest of my career.  

【句子】I can't believe you would sink so low.   【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/aɪ/ /kɑːnt/ /kænt/ /bɪˈliːv/ /juː/ /wʊd/ /sɪŋk/ /səʊ/ /ləʊ/【发音技巧】can't believe失去爆破；would sink不完全爆破；【翻译】我真不敢相信你竟然这么卑鄙！【适用场合】今天我们学习一下sink so low这个短语的用法。sink本身有“沉没”的意思；sink so low的字面意思是：“沉到如此低的地步”，其实引申一下，就是指“一个人在道德、行为、标准或者地位上堕落到一个非常糟糕、可耻或者令人失望的境地”，来看看对应的英文解释：to have such low moral standards that you do sth. very bad； eg: Stealing from your friends? How could you sink so low?偷你朋友的东西？你怎么能堕落到这个地步？ eg: I never thought he would sink so low as to lie to me about it.我从未想到过，他竟然会卑劣到对我撒谎的地步。 eg: I knew John wasn't the most generous guy around, but I never expected him to sink so low.我知道约翰在周边的人中不算最大方的，但没料到他竟然会做这样的事情。 eg: After he lost his job, he sank so low that he had to beg for money.失业后，他沦落到了不得不乞讨的地步。 口语中你也可以说sink to such depths，意思类似；eg: I can't believe that anyone would sink to such depths.真不敢相信，有人会沦落到如此不堪的地步。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】The magazine has really sunk so low. It used to publish serious journalism.

【句子】And in exchange I get your silence?  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】【发音】/ənd/ /ɪn/ /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/ /aɪ/ /ɡet/ /jə(r)/ /ˈsaɪ.ləns/【发音技巧】And in连读；in exchange连读；get your音的同化；【翻译】我这么做你就能保密了吗？【适用场合】今天我们学习一下in exchange的用法，可以理解成：in order to get or obtain someone or something else；表示“交换”的意思，这个短语的后面也经常会跟上for sth./sb.来搭配，表示“用某人/某物交换”； eg: How about you give me those boots in exchange for my old jacket?我用我的旧夹克换你那双靴子，怎么样？ eg: What can we give them in exchange for two hostages?我们能用什么来交换两名俘虏？ eg: John gave Mary a book and got a sweater in exchange.约翰送给玛丽一本书，换回一件毛衣。 eg: Jim lent Bill his motorcycle, and Bill offered his car in exchange.吉姆把摩托车借给比尔，比尔提出用他的汽车作为交换。 eg: At the party, the guests were given cookies in exchange for the ones they brought.派对上，宾客们用自带的饼干换取了其他饼干。 eg: They were given food and shelter in exchange for work.他们通过劳动换取食物和住所。 eg: I'd like to do something for you in exchange for everything you've done for me.你为我做了这么多，我想为你做点什么作为回报。 【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】I'm sure they'll give you a good bit of money in exchange for your silence on this issue.

【句子】Yeah. Pretty sweet deal, don't you think?   【Desperate Housewives S02E09】【发音】/jeə/ /ˈprɪt.i/ /swiːt/ /diːl/ /dəʊnt/ /juː/ /θɪŋk/【发音技巧】Pretty闪音；sweet deal失去爆破；don’t you音的同化；【翻译】是啊，这是相当划算的一笔交易，不是吗？【适用场合】今天我们来学习一下sweet deal的用法，可以理解成：“一笔很划算的交易”或者“一个很有利的安排”；我们来看看对应的英文解释：a beneficial business arrangement或者a purchase that one believes was a bargain； eg: Wow, they're giving away free pizza? Sweet deal!哇，他们免费送披萨？太爽了吧！ eg: A: "I got this almost new leather jacket for only fifty bucks!"B: "Wow, sweet deal, man!"A：“我花了才50美元就买了这件几乎全新的皮夹克！”B：“哇，哥们儿，这买卖太划算了！”  eg: He works from home three days a week and gets paid a six-figure salary. That's a sweet deal!他一周有三天在家工作，还能拿六位数的薪水。这待遇也太爽了吧！ eg: So, Monica gets to plan the entire wedding and I just have to show up and pay? Sweet deal. 所以，莫妮卡负责策划整个婚礼，我只需要露个脸，付个钱？真是个好差事。 eg: I got a sweet deal on these shoes—they were 75% off!我这双鞋买得太划算了，打了二五折！ 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】The benefits package that the company offered proved to be a really sweet deal. It kept employees happy and helped retain top talent.

【句子】I know that we've had our little differences. But at the core, I believe that we're both good people...  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】【发音】/aɪ/ /nəʊ/ /ðæt/ /wiːv/ /hæd/ /aʊə(r)/ /ˈlɪt.l/ /ˈdɪf.ər.ən.sɪz/ /bʌt/ /æt/ /ðə/ /kɔː(r)/ /aɪ/ /bɪˈliːv/ /ðæt/ /wɪə(r)/ /bəʊθ/ /ɡʊd/ /ˈpiː.pl/【发音技巧】that we've类似不完全爆破的处理；had our连读；little闪音；at the不完全爆破；that we're类似不完全爆破的处理；good people失去爆破；【翻译】我知道我们之间有一些小分歧，但本质上来说，我相信我们都不坏……【适用场合】今天我们来学习一下at the core的表达，core在英文中有“核心、本质”的意思，可以理解成the central part of an object； eg: Financial instability lies at the core of the institute's problems.财政不稳定是这机构诸多问题的根源。 eg: Concern for the environment is at the core of our policies.对环境问题的关切是我们政策的核心。 eg: The basic lack of government funding is at the core of the problem.政府资金的根本性缺位是这个问题的症结所在。 eg: At the core of his arguments is a desire for justice.他所有论证的核心，是对于正义的渴望。 eg: The two principles are similar at their core.这两条原则本质上是很相似的。 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】At its core the play asks: are we looking for the wrong things in life?

【句子】I mean, aside from D.N.A., you might find that you don't have that much in common.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】【发音】/aɪ/ /miːn/ /əˈsaɪd/ /frɒm/ /frɑːm/ /ˌdiː en ˈeɪ/ /juː/ /maɪt/ /faɪnd/ /ðæt/ /juː/ /dəʊnt/ /hæv/ /ðæt/ /mʌtʃ/ /ɪn/ /ˈkɒm.ən/ /ˈkɑː.mən/ 【发音技巧】aside from不完全爆破；might find不完全爆破；find that you不完全爆破+音的同化；don't have不完全爆破；much in连读；【翻译】也许你会发现，除了血缘之外，你们之间并没有太多的共同点。【适用场合】今天我们来学习一下have sth. in common (with sth./sb.)的表达，可以理解成：to share characteristics, interests, opinions, etc. with someone or something，和某个人/某个东西有共同之处； eg: Well, we have one thing in common: we both hate lettuces!嘿，咱们有个共同点：都讨厌生菜。 eg: The car has a lot in common with the more expensive model, but it does not have an advanced audio system.这款车与更高配的那款车型存在诸多相似之处，只是它未配备高级音响系统。 eg: Why would you set me up with that guy? We have absolutely nothing in common!你为什么要把那个人介绍给我？我们根本毫无共同语言！ eg: Come and meet my sister. I'm sure you two have got a lot in common.来见见我妹妹吧，相信你们有很多共同语言。 eg: I have nothing in common with Mark, so I find it quite difficult to talk to him.我和马克完全没有共同话题，总觉得话不投机。 那么在口语当中，除了会使用动词have来搭配短语have sth. in common以外，还可以使用share去进行替换，意思是一样的。 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】The cameras share some basic features in common.