核心知识点
I'm impressed with his extensive knowledge of wine.
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My family and I recently moved here. We're very impressed with this school.
I'm impressed with his extensive knowledge of wine.
extensive 广泛的,广博的
extensive knowledge of wine 渊博的红酒知识
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Thanks for saying no! I don't want to toot my own horn but we're actually one of the top schools in the state! 谢谢您的夸奖。不夸张的说,我们学校在整个州里都是最好的学校之一。
toot 吹奏
took on's own horn 自吹自擂,炫耀某人自己的才能或功绩
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I'm not trying to boast, but I feel a great sense of pride in what we do.
我并非自吹自擂,我很为我们所做的事而骄傲。
boast 自夸,自吹自擂
a sense of pride 自豪感
feel a great sense of pride in sth 对某事有强烈的自豪感
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Look,I don't mean to sound arrogant or anything, but I'm the greatest botanist in this planet.听着,不是我自吹自擂,但我可是这个星球上最棒的植物学家。
arrogant 自大的
sound arrogant 听起来自大
be arrogant 看起来自大
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Not that I want to pat myself on the back.不是我自吹自擂。
pat 轻拍
pat oneself on the back 轻拍某人自己的背
pat myself on the back 沾沾自喜,自吹自擂
not that 并非,并不是说
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We do! There's a class we can place him in.
situation 处境
in an impossible situation 在不可能的处境中
I'm sorry for placing you in an impossible situation.很抱歉置你于万难境地。
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We can go ahead with the enrollment.
get started on sth 开始去做某事
take the first step to do sth开始去做某事的第一步
I want to get started on this right away.我会马上开始这个计划。
right away/ right now 立刻,马上
enrollment 注册,入学
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That'd be great! The sooner the better! 太好了,越快越好!
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Well, you gave it a shot.好吧,你们也试过了。
give it a shot 试一试
You should give it a shot. 你应该试一试。
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We wish you luck with Shelton elsewhere...我们真诚希望谢尔顿能在别的学校茁壮成长...
wish sb luck with sth 希望某人在某事上很幸运
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I sure can't homeschool him. 我也不能自己教他。
homeschool 自主学习或在家教育
We're gonna have to homeschool them.我们得在家教他们。
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All I care about is that my son gets the education he deserves, so you all re gonna have to figure this out. 我唯一关心的是我的儿子理应得到他该有的教育,所以你们必须把这一问题解决。
care about 关心,关注
all I care about 我唯一关心的事
All I care about is that we're together.我唯一关心的就是我们在一起。
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Key points
an impressive performance
thank for doing sth
toot one's own horn
a sense of pride
feel a great sense of pride in sth
sound arrogant
be arrogant
I don't mean to...
pat oneself on the back
pat myself on the back
not that
have room for sb/sth
place sb in somewhere
in an impossible situation