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。

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Becky: So then what happened?

Annie: So then I left, obviously.

Becky: You were standing in the middle of a street?

Annie: You know that dream where you're walking down the street naked and everyone is looking at you?

Becky: I love that dream.

Annie:That was nothing compared tothis humiliation. Nothing.

Becky: But he saw you, right?

Annie: He saw me.

Becky: You were face to face.

Annie: He said "Hello".

Becky: He said "Hello", and what did you say? 

Annie: All I could say was "hello".

Becky: Oh my God.

Woman on television: All I could say was "hello".

Becky:It's a sign.

Annie: It's a sign that I have watched this movie too many times. Such stupid... From the minute I listened to that stupid girl's show on the radio. I've been a completejerk.

Becky: You are not a jerk.

Annie: Thank you. I'm an idiot.

Becky: You don't know who she was, Annie.

Annie: I saw her. I have a picture of her. I'll show you a picture of her. That detective in Seattle sent me a picture of her. Here. See. Huh? That's exactly what she looks like.

Becky: This is a picture of someone's back.

Annie: Well, it was her and he was crazy about her. What's this? This is from Seattle. Becky...

Becky: So I mailed your letter.

Annie: "Dear Annie, thanks for your letter. It was great. You sound neat. We're very excited about meeting you in New York on Valentine's Day and seeing if we are M-F-E-O. See you soon. Sleepless in Seattle.

Becky: M-F-E-O?

Annie: "Made for each other".

Becky: It's cute. It's like a little clue. So he can't write. Big deal.Verbal ability is a highly over-rated thing in a guyand our pathetic need for it is what gets us into so much trouble.

Annie: I am going to run back to Walter's arms, if he'll still have me.

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. That was nothing compared to...

“沒有什么比……更……”，這可是個經典句型。“沒什么比這更丟人的了！”就可以說成是That was nothing compared to this humiliation.

2. It's a sign.

有些人認為美國人是一個非常理智的民族，其實不管在哪個國度都有迷信的人。It's a sign. 這句話是老美經常說的。假設一個場景，你好端端的突然打了個噴嚏，有些人就會覺得不好的事情要發生了，就會說“這是個預兆！”老美就會說It's a sign.

3. Jerk

這個詞的意思可不是很好。當別人表現得很笨、很蠢的時候，我們會說 You jerk! （你這傻蛋！）或者自己做了蠢事的時候說I'm such a jerk! （我怎么這么笨呢！）

4. Verbal ability is a highly over-rated thing in a guy

這句話的意思是：對于男人來講表達自己的情感是一件很難的事情。這里的難點就在于 highly over-rated thing （高難度的事情）。舉個例子給大家看看它的用法：

學習英文還真是挺難的！
Learning English could be a highly over-rated thing.