Vol.455 地道表达live in a glass house，住在玻璃屋子里？

Live in a glass house 容易被批评或指责或议论 I am the only vegan among my friends, I feel like I am living in a glass house now. 我是朋友圈里唯一一个素食主义者。我感觉自己很容易被他们背后议论。 People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. 自己有缺点，莫揭他人短 Jill: Richard drank too much at the office party last night. Richard在昨晚的办公室聚会上喝太多了！ Jane: I noticed you had quite a few cocktails yourself. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. 我看到你也喝了不少鸡尾酒。自己有问题，就少说别人。 Glass ceiling 天花板，无形障碍 At the age of 35 she became the vice president in her company, only to find she’d hit the glass ceiling. 在35岁的时候，她当上了公司的副总裁，结果却发现自己已经触到了天花板。 Fragment n. 碎片 Fragments of glass covered the floor near the broken window. 破碎的玻璃窗旁边，玻璃的碎片铺满了地板。 Glass breaks 玻璃破碎 This type of glass doesn’t break easily. 这种玻璃不会轻易碎掉。 今日挑战 选词填空并翻译 写在留言处和大家分享 The road was covered ___ fragments of glass ___ the shattered window. A. with...from B. in…on C. with…for D. on…into 【翻阅上一期内容即可查阅正确答案】 【下一期内容的正确答案解析】 I ___ here for nearly two hours now and the doctor still ___. A. was waiting / wasn’t coming B. am waiting / hasn’t been coming C. have waited / didn’t come D. have been waiting / hasn’t come E. wait / isn’t coming D正确；时态的练习。先理解整个句子的时间逻辑，中间有now，指的是现在，所以选项中过去时全部错误，即A和C错误； 又因为有for two hours，这是明显的完成时标志，所以选D； 第一空have been waiting，现在完成进行时，指等待的动作一直在进行，还未停止； 第二空用现在完成时，指come的动作对现在造成的影响就是我需要继续wait 句子意思：我在这等了将近两小时，但是医生依然没有来。