主持人：陳銳

北京新東方學校優秀英語教師，主教聽說速成，聽說讀寫，電影聽說強化等課程，有多年的英語聽說教學經驗。陳銳老師主修英文專業，深刻了解英語學習的困難所在；并有豐富的口譯經驗及體會。通過多年的經驗積累，陳銳老師總結出一套適合中國學生自己的漢英學習法，更好的結合漢語來攻克英文。

影片對白

Connelly: Nancy?

Nancy: Hello, Mrs. Connelly.

Connelly: Nancy, dear. I couldn't help noticing that Alex left the house this morning while you stayed home.

Nancy: I was downsized from my job.

Connelly: Aw, I'm sorry. But I'm sure it's for the best. Let Mr. Rose get out there and bring home the bacon . I always thought it was strange. A husband staying home while you were out there providing.

Nancy: Well, he's a writer.

Connelly: Writer. The man naps more than a newborn pup. What's he writing about? Sheep?

Nancy: Is there something, Mrs. Connelly?

Connelly: Oh, I guess you could say there was something. I've got something on display in my kitchen.

Nancy: That is not a mouse dropping. It's a raisin.

Connelly: That is the leavings of a mouse.

Nancy: It's a raisin.

Connelly: I sprayed it with Lysol.

Nancy: Ohh. And she puts on this sweet face, and she acts all innocent. Nancy, could you help me? I think I found the leavings of a mouse, as if she didn't know it was a raisin.

Alex: I know.

Nancy: I've never designed religious leaflets, per se.1:00. Great, Rabbi. Thank you so much.

Connelly: Nancy? 

Nancy: Okay.

Connelly: Nancy? Nancy? Are you down there?

Nancy: What is it, Mrs. Connelly?

Connelly: Little Dickey's caught in the dumbwaiter shaft.

Nancy: Well, how did he get there? Aaah!

Connelly: Oh, don't hurt him. Oh, ooh, Dickey boy. Oh, careful.

Nancy: Aah!

Connelly: Shame on you .

妙詞佳句，活學活用

1. be downsized...
指的是公司裁員。在這里大家注意它和fire之間的區別。兩個詞都有被解雇的意思，但是fire指的是因為某種原因而被解雇了，downsize 則是指因為公司要減少開支等原因而裁員。

2. bring home the bacon
這個短語的意思是“……是家里掙錢養家的人”。打個比方，“老爸是家里的頂梁柱”就可以說：It is my father who brings back the bacon.

3. spray it
夏天的時候，蚊蟲亂飛，夠討厭的吧？用噴霧劑殺蟲是個有效的辦法。spray 的意思就是用“噴霧劑殺死……”。

4. shame on you
是“不知羞恥，不知害臊”的意思。通常情況下在一個人很臉大的做了一件事時，我們就會說：Shame on you！

考考你

1. 公司為了減少開支，裁了很多人。
2. 在美國，很多女性已成為家里的頂梁柱了。
3. 真是不害臊，都多大了還撒嬌！