极客专属课堂周二（4.26） 录音+笔记

1.burn oneself out.筋疲力尽 Be worn out疲倦的 Burn the midnight oil开夜车，加班，熬夜 2.overwork过度工作 Someone overworks you某人让你过度工作 3. hit the books看书 Hit the road出发，上路 Hit the hay/hit the bed睡觉 4.提高口语 brush up one’s English Improve one’s English 5. What do you mean? What exactly are you getting at?你想说什么？你说的是什么意思？ 6. What worries/concerns me is… What worries me is my spoken English. 7.idiaomatic地道的 对话 A:Seems you’ve burned yourself out, you must have overworked yourself. B:A little bit. I’ve been hitting the books. A:Why have you been studying so hard? B: I need to brush up my English. Now , what worries me is my English. A:Your English is very good! B:You’re just saying that to be nice. A:What exactly are you getting at? B:What I mean is that I know every word in an expression, but I really don’t know what the expression implies. It is the American slang that is hard for me. A:You’re right. We use some existing words and put them together in a new sense. B:What really bothers me is when people lose me in the middle of a conversation A:Relax, I understand how you can feel that way. American English is heavily idiomatic, especially when we use slang. What you’d like to do is not fret about it, don’t get too upset. B:That sounds great.