像美国人一样说英语第14期:Amber and Ted heat up the kitchen
Amber: Ted, when I met you, it was love at first sight.
Ted: I was nuts about you from the beginning too, Amber. Don’t forget, I broke up with that girl Tiffany after I met you.
Amber: come here and give me a kiss.
Ted: give me a break, Amber! We don’t have time for that now. we need to crank out these cookies.
Amber: you don’t really love me, do you?
Ted: Amber, I am head over heels in love with you. But it’s crunch time with these cookies.
Amber: cookies, cookies, cookies---you’ve got a one-track mind. He loves cookies, yeah, yeah, yeah…
Ted: Amber, I need to keep working, but you can take a break if you want.
Amber: No, I’ll keep plugging away…I’m just your cookies slave. Go ahead, treat me like dirt!
Ted: sorry, Amber. Come here and let me give you a quick kiss.
(Susan enters the kitchen)
Susan: hey, what’s going on in there? Are you two making cookies or making out?
To break up with someone: to end a relationship with a romantic partner 分手
To crank out: to produce rapidly or in a routine manner迅速而经常地制作；机械地完成，刻板地制造出，粗制滥造
He cranked out three novels per year.
他每年都要机械地写3本小说.
crunch time: a short period when there's high pressure to achieve a result高压时期，紧缩时期
give me a break: that's ridiculous; that's outrageous 饶了我吧；这太可笑了
Go ahead: to continue; to proceed without hesitation 继续
'May I start?'Yes, go ahead.'
"我可以开始了吗?""可以,开始吧."
Love at first sight: an immediate attraction 一见钟情
To make out: to kiss with much passion柔情地接吻和抚摸；爱抚
To be nuts about: to like very much 很喜欢
To have a one-track mind: having all thoughts directed to just one thing or activity 一根筋，死心眼
To plug away at sth: to proceed with a boring or routine task; to keep trying埋头苦干
He was plugging away at his work.
他正在埋头苦干。
To treat someone like dirt: to behave in a nasty way towards someone视某人如草芥，把某人看得一钱不值，瞧不起某人，怠慢某人，侮慢某人
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n. 犹豫
联想记忆X单词hesitation联想记忆：hesitate踌躇，犹豫+ion→踌躇，犹豫 produce[prə'dju:s]
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n. 产品，农作物
vt. 生产，提出，引起，
pro向前，duce引导－引导出的产品－农产品 passion['pæʃən]
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n. 激情，酷爱
联想记忆X单词passion联想记忆：pass=felling感情+ion→激情 routine[ru:'ti:n]
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n. 例行公事，常规，无聊
adj. 常规的，
rout[=route常走的道路]+ine表名词，“状态，药物等”→常规 boring['bɔ:riŋ]
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adj. 令人厌烦的
partner['pɑ:tnə]想一想再看
n. 搭档，伙伴，合伙人
v. 同 ... 合
part部分+ner人→合作伙伴 proceed[prə'si:d]
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vi. 继续进行，开始，着手
联想记忆X单词proceed联想记忆：pro向前＋ceed行走，前进→向前走→继续进行，前进 immediate[i'mi:djət]
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adj. 立即的，即刻的，直接的，最接近的
联想记忆X单词immediate联想记忆：im无+med中间+iate→无中间→即刻的；直接的 achieve[ə'tʃi:v]
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v. 完成，达到，实现
pressure['preʃə]想一想再看
n. 压力，压强，压迫
v. 施压
press挤压+ure→压力
