身临其境练一练：
本对话选自《Ugly Betty》（丑女贝蒂）。Daniel被人敲诈，向Henry倾诉，Henry为他出主意。
万用句型背一背：
1.I'm too busy to take a breath.
我忙得连喘口气儿的功夫都没有。
2.How it's always the case?
怎么总是这样？
3.I hate to bring this up,but your child is making too much noise.
我真不愿提这件事，不过您的孩子太吵了。

4.Still the same thing.
还是老样子。
5.It's a sin the football game is cancelled.
真可惜，足球赛取消了。
锦囊妙语学一学：
1.dump：vt.倾倒，丢弃，倾卸；堆放；倾销，抛售
Don't dump that sand in the middle of the path! 别把沙子倾倒在路中央！
2.screw up：拧紧；扭歪（脸）；<非正式>把......搞糟
It was such a simple plan;how could you have screwed it up? 这是个很简单的计划，你怎么会把它弄得一团糟呢？
3.set up：建立，创立，竖立；准备；安排；引起，产生；设计陷害
Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here. 很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。
4.count for：有价值，有重要性
For him fame does not count for much. 在他看来，出名算不了什么。