Iris's BLOG

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   When the Japanese ask you "Would you like some coffee?" think twice before you answer. In Japan, it is quite popular to have a "coffee bath." For about US$20, you can get a ground coffee bath; that is, they "boil" you in coffee.The coffee smells good, but you'll probably feel the heat.
It sounds like fun, doesn't it? Well, the Japanese don't do it for fun. They believe it helps cure diseases. Who knows?Maybe it's true. But in spite of what they say, I'll just take my coffee in a cup, thank you.

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                              【NEW WORDS】    

stink  v.发出臭味
boil n.费点， v.煮沸
boiled water  开水
oiling water  正在开的水
 for fun  adv. 开玩笑地
soaking wet 全身湿透
a tube of ointment  一条药膏

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                              【KEY POINTS】  

1.coffee
  coffee bathing
  fix/make/propare coffee for sb. 为某人冲咖啡
  would you like a cup of coffee?
  i prefer tea to coffee.
  neither of my sisters drinks coffee.
  she put the sugar into the coffee and mixed them up with a spoon.

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2.bathing
  bath    n.洗澡  v.洗澡，给...洗澡
  he takes a cold bath every day.
  他每天洗一个冷水澡。
  i shall have a hot bath and go to bed.
  我要去洗一个热水澡，然后睡觉。
  please run a bath for me.
  请给我放一盆洗澡水。
  your bath is ready.
  洗澡水给你准备好了。
  bathe   v. 沐浴 ,洗， n.洗澡
  the nurse were bathing the babies.
  护士正在给婴儿洗澡。
  bathing n. 洗澡，游泳，泡热水澡
  she's fond of bathing.
  她喜欢游泳。
 bathing suit  游泳衣 swimsuit （女）游泳衣
 coffee bathing

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3.think twice   v. 重新考虑，仔细考虑
 I advice hime to think twice before deciding to quit school.
 我劝告他在决定退学之前再仔细考虑一番。
 you should think twice about employing someone you've never met.
 你要雇用素未谋面的人应三思而行.
 look before you leap 三思后行
 think of ,think over,

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4.popular adj.大众的，流行的
 This is a very popular name for a girl.
 这是 个非常普通的女孩的名字。
 Do you like popular music?
 你喜欢流行音乐吗？
 Fashion is a very popular magazine in America.
 《时尚》是美国很流行的杂志。
 Her charm of manner made her very popular.
 她风度优雅，备受欢迎。
 Hair dyeing is popular with the youth.

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5.grind n.磨， v.磨擦，磨碎 过去式：ground, ground
  grinding  adj.磨的，磨擦的
  grindingly  adv. 虐待的，苛刻的
  grind out  机械的做出
  grind down  碾碎
  grind up  碾成粉
  People in this area were ground down by hunger and poverty.
  这个地区的人们受着饥饿和贫穷的折磨。
  We grind up the wheat to make flour.
  我们把小麦磨成面粉。
  It won't grind down any finer than this.
  不能磨的比这个再细了。
  If you want to master english or any language,you have to put your nose to the grindstone.
  如果你想精通英语或其它语言，你需要孜孜不息地努力。

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6.fun n.乐趣，玩笑，有趣的人
  People make fun of her because she always speaks foolishly.
  人们潮笑她，因为她常说傻话。make  fun of  v.取笑
  You'll sure to have fun at the party tonight.
  你在今晚的晚会上一定会玩得很开心。 have fun 玩得开心
  Swimming in the sea is great fun.
  在海里游泳很好玩。great fun 有趣的人或事物
  I'm learning to cook,just for the fun of it.
  我正在学做饭，做着玩而已。for the funof it  为了取乐好玩
  He only said it in fun he didn't really mean it.
  他只是说着玩，并非真是那个意思。 in fun 开玩笑