万用句型背一背：

1.I advise you not to look down upon him. 我劝你不要小看他。
2.I don't think you should keep silent. 我认为你不应该保持沉默。
3.You're not serious,are you? 你不是当真的吧？

身临其境练一练：
本段对话选自《OC》（橘子郡男孩），Sandy和Seth晚上开车出去寻找出走的Ryan。

锦囊妙语学一学：

1.be better off更富裕； 境况好转

That may be true, but industry's making us wealthy.
也许是真的，不过工业正使我们变得更富裕。

Clearly, prosperity made sharing easier and cross-border trade made all participants better off.
毋庸置疑，繁荣会促进共享，跨境贸易也会使所有的成员国生活更富裕。

2.no matter how 无论如何

She'll go anyway, no matter what they may say.
不管他们会说些什么，她无论如何是要去的。
There is no excuse for sloppiness in your work.
你在工作中敷衍了事，这无论如何说不过去。

3.take down a notch 压低某人的气焰，灭某人的威风

She decided she was going to take this man down a notch or two.
她下定决心要把这个男人的锐气打下去一截子。