材料：Friends Season 1 Episode 3
简单单词 & 似乎认识
- cushion, n. 软垫 vt. (跌倒或碰撞时)起缓冲作用，缓和冲击; 缓和打击;
- cell, n. 细胞; (尤指监狱的)牢房;
- softball, n. 垒球; 垒球运动;
- innate, adj. 天生的; 天赋的; 固有的; 内在的;
- row, n. 吵闹; 争吵; 吵架; (尤指)激烈争吵; v. 划(船); (使)排成一行; (使)排成一列;
词组/习语/惯用语
- cushions the blow, 缓和打击, idiom. to make a bad situation less serious
- He’s lost his job, but the redundancy money will cushion the blow.
- put to sleep, 使安乐死；使入睡；使失去知觉
- index finger, 食指
- middle finger, 中指
- ring finger, 无名指
- pinky, 小指
- good for sb 某人干得好
- Good for me! 我真行
- I’m with you 我同意，我赞成；we’re with you 我们同意
- more than her fair share of，超出正常份额
- nursery rhyme, 童谣
- big deal n. 了不起的事; 大事; 要事; conv. 有什么了不起;
- I could live without it, 我不太喜欢
- I have had it 我受够了
- bottom line 最重要的因素；最后我想说的是
- now and then 时而;有时;
- put it 叙述,说明
新词
- warden, n. 管理人; 看守人; 监护人; 监狱长
- puff, n. 泡芙; 吸，抽(把气体经口或鼻引到体内的动作); (烟、气等的)一缕
- take a puff 吐口烟
- cappucino 卡布奇诺
- minion，仆人，手下
- karmic，因果报应的
- karmic debt 因果报应，业绩
- coyote，n. 丛林狼，草原狼
- bash, v. 猛击; 猛撞; 严厉批评;
- crooked, adj. 扭曲的; 弯曲的; 不直的; 不诚实的; 欺诈的
- yardstick, n. 码尺; (好坏或成败的)衡量标准; 准绳;
- saltine, n. 苏打饼干; 盐饼干;
- tin-foil, n. 锡箔纸;
- pretzel, n. 椒盐脆饼; 椒盐脆饼状物;
- hitch, v. 免费搭车; 搭便车
- hitch-hike, 搭顺风车; 搭便车
- knuckle, n. 指关节; 指节
- endearing, adj. 可爱的; 讨人喜欢的
- emphysema, n. 肺气肿
- lambchop, n. 羊排
- nicotine, n. 尼古丁
- gum, n. 口香糖
