雅思口语2018题库5-8月_英语日常口语,Unit88:Hot,water热水
英语日常口语 Unit88:Hot water热水 本单元是关于热水的对话 Boss: Look Tim, it looks like we"re in a bit of hot water here. Tim: We? You mean you"re in hot water. I haven"t done anything. This is your problem: you"ve made your bed, and now you have to lie in it. Boss: Now that"s not quite true, is it Tim? You"re in charge of the stockroom, and you sold the watches, didn"t you? Tim: Well yes, but... Boss: So you could easily have switched the real watches for fakes. You sold the real ones yourself and made a nice little profit. Tim: You know that"s not true. Boss: But you can"t prove it, can you? Tim: Well, no, but... Boss: Don"t worry Tim, I"ve got a little plan. It"s not quite on the level, but it should get us both out of the soup. Vocabulary (词汇): switch 转换，转变 change, exchange, swap 本单元的语言点是关于 trouble 的习语，请看下面的解释和例句 Idioms – trouble Background (背景): Idioms use language metaphorically rather than literally. If you "make your bed and lie in it", it means you accept the consequences of your actions, not that you arrange your bed and then lie down and go to sleep. Idioms are also fixed groups of words so you can"t change the wording of an idiom. For example, you can say "face the music" to mean "accept a punishment for a wrong-doing", but you can"t say "face the song" or "face the movie". To be in / get into trouble (惹上麻烦): To be in hot water To get in hot water To land in hot water To find oneself in hot water To be in a dangerous situation, or a difficult situation where you are likely to be punished. "She sent quite a few emails complaining about her boss. Someone forwarded them to the boss - she"s in hot water now!" To be in the soup This idiom is similar in meaning to "to be in hot water." It means: to be in a dangerous situation, or a difficult situation where you are likely to be punished. "I told her not to send that email, but she wouldn"t listen to me, and now she"s in the soup." To get out of the soup To escape from a difficult or dangerous situation, thus avoiding pu