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Part One 你听不懂的

be on tenterhooks1 焦虑不安，提心吊胆

Kelly was kept on tenterhooks for a week before the result of exam came out.

People are all on tenterhooks waiting for the result of the general election2.

Pull oneself3 up by the bootstraps 凭自力获得成功

Andrew doesn’t want to spend his parents’ money after graduating from college so he will have to pull himself up by the bootstraps.

Holly4 works5 very hard and tries to pull herself up by the bootstraps.

Part Two 你说不出的

---Hello?

---Hi. It’s me. What’s cooking?

---I was just about to take a shower. Aren’t you flying to Europe today?

---I’ve got an hour until my flight. I’m trying to kill time till then.

---Ooh, waiting in the airport. Not my idea of a good time. Are you excited about the trip?

---To say the least. It’s better send me a postcard.

---You can count on it.

Part Three 有趣的故事

七件盛事之：告诫
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1 tenterhooks tenterhooks     
n.坐立不安
参考例句：
  • The students are on tenterhooks to hear the result of the examination.学生们烦躁不安地听考试结果。
  • The mother was on tenterhooks until her little Laura came back.当小珞拉回来后，她母亲才放下心来。
2 election ujezm     
n.选举，选择权；当选
参考例句：
  • There is no doubt but that he will win the election.毫无疑问，他将在竞选中获胜。
  • The government will probably fall at the coming election.在即将到来的大选中，该政府很可能要垮台。
3 oneself uINxC     
pron.[反身代词]自己；亲自，本人
参考例句：
  • If one wants to learn it,one must do it oneself.要想学会它就得亲自去做。
  • It is not good to think only of oneself.只为自己着想是不好的。
4 holly hrdzTt     
n.[植]冬青属灌木
参考例句：
  • I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
  • People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.人们总是在圣诞节时用冬青来装饰房屋。
5 works ieuzIh     
n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件
参考例句：
  • We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

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