间歇性踌躇满志，练习下英语听力。
材料：Advanced English Listening Practice: Sharpen Your Ears
认识单词 & 知道意思
- near-sighted，近视的
- outsource, 外包
都认识，但组合起来就不知道什么意思
- a deck of playing cards，一副扑克牌
- make it a point to do sth, 把做某事当成一项重要的任务，表示对完成这件事情的决心和重视。
- lot，一块地
- I bought a small lot on the hillside.
- make / pull a face at sb/sth 做鬼脸，摆脸色
- drop in on sb,顺便拜访某人
- nuts，疯的，狂热的
- come in handy 派上用场
- turn away 拒绝
- go out of one’s way,特意，不辞辛苦地，（特别是为其他人）非常努力地做
- They really went out of their way to make us feel welcome.
- get it through someone’s head,(使某人)了解，懂得，明白；(使某人)相信，深信不疑
- She’s finally gotten it through their heads that she doesn’t eat meat.
- He can’t seem to get it through his head that I’m not interested in working with him.
- in a row, 连续
- If something happens several times in a row, it happens that number of times without a break.
- If something happens several days in a row, it happens on each of those days.
- live high on the hog, 过着奢侈的生活
- put up with, 忍受
- I’m too tired to put up with any nonsense
- single someone/something out，（为给予批评、表扬等）单独挑出
- It’s not fair the way my sister is always singled out for special treatment.
- You can’t just single out young people when you talk about what’s wrong with the country
- I’m very glad that I’ve been singled out as being a suitable person for the job.
- bear in mind，记住
- let up, 改善，好转;停止
- If bad weather or an unpleasant situation lets up, it stops or improves
- When the rain lets up we’ll go for a walk.
- Abominable Snowman, Yeti(传说中喜马拉雅山的)雪人(=Abominable Snowman)
- inferiority complex, 自卑情结
- leave no stone unturned, 不遗余力，
- “To leave no stone unturned” is an idiom that means to do everything possible to find something or to solve a problem. It is often used to praise someone’s careful work, as in: The researcher left no stone unturned in her search for the original documents.
- all over the place, 到处都是
- be infested with, 多得成灾，
- The barn was infested with rats.
- be on the point of (doing) something,即将要做某事
- light rain,小雨
- catch on，流行起来, to become fashionable or popular
- not bring yourself to do something, 无法强迫自己做（不愿做的事）
- I just couldn’t bring myself to talk to him about it.
- She can’t bring herself to throw away photo albums filled with memories of him.
- be better off doing,日子更好过,处境更加佳， to be in a better situation, if or after something happens
- He’d be better off working for a bigger company.
- Obviously we’re better off now that we’re both working。
- safe deposit box, 保险箱
- put away， 收起来，放好
- sum up，总结
- until all hours,很晚，very late
- He stays up drinking until all hours.
- set up, 建立；准备； 安排
- We need to set up a meeting to discuss the proposals.
- at a loss,不知所措，不知说什么，not knowing what to do
- I’m at a loss to explain what happened.
- I was so embarrassed that I was at a loss for words what to say).
- grin/smile from ear to ear, ear-to-ear grin, 笑得合不拢嘴，to look extremely happy
- arise from, 源自
生词
- locket，小金盒
- grapefruit, 柚子
- infest，骚扰，寄生于，大批出没
