1. Q: what’s up? A: not (too) much.这是固定格式，别人这么问，你必须这么回答。

2. to give you a bell英式英语=to give you a ring.

3. to get back to you later回复你

4. an estimated completion date估计完成日期

5. My boss is breathing down my neck老板一直盯着我

6. ball park figure大约数字

7. iron out 解决

以下是我用本课所学的词组所写的一片文章

Yesterday I gave Tom a bell, wanting to follow up on the French project. Tom told me he would give Bill a ring and get back to me later. This morning Tom called and told me that he managed to contact Bill. “Don’t worry about the project, mate. It’s not a big deal” he said, “We’ll work out a solution to push Bill to speed up”.

When I asked Tom the ball park figure of the French project, he promised to check it out with Bill ASAP. Bill is planning to visit Yantai in August, and he told Tom the estimated time of arrival (ETA). We are likely to send a car to pick him up at the airport. When Bill arrives in Yantai, we’ll iron out all the deatails.

    1.'save for a rainy day' = save something for the future when it is needed 把....留着以备不时之用
eg:'Instead of spending money on a new TV, I'm going to save it for a rainy day. You never know when you'll need it.'

    2.'a dime a dozen' = very common, usually inexpensive, and easy to find 多得很；不稀罕、不值钱
'I bought my dad a new watch at a flea market, and I thought I got a great deal only to discover they were a dime a dozen at other places.'

Being a government employee like me, it is unlikely to have enough opportunity to practice my spoken English. Since I graduated from university, I have only met with no more than 10 foreign investors who can communicate with me in English through my work. So you can imagine my English, especially my oral English.

What did I do in the past? For a long time, I had kept complaining about my lack of opportunity and feeling desperate. After communicating with other English learners, I realized that the only chance to master English is to learn it by myself, and there are no other options.

So I decided to change and do something to me. I knew that I couldn’t rely on those foreign investors whom I met for the first time. Every time I encountered them, my job was being the interpreter of the senior government leaders. So they are not the right persons to practice my spoken English.

Occasionally I encountered Shawn Dickson, an American English teacher at Ludong University. He is very friendly and helpful. Regularly I came to visit him during his office hours. I got a large amount of time to speak with him in English. At the same time I became confident when speaking with foreigners.

After a long period of time, now I can speak English with Michel Hubert, the senior advisor in Yantai IDB. Although his English is not so good, I can still understand him and express what I want to say clearly. This is kind of progress for me, because I used to avoiding speaking with him in English.

Actually I am eager to meet with an American now and have a long conversation with him. I have made a lot of improvements and I want to practice what I learned and listened,

It proved to be an arduous process for me; I had to try every ways to endure the loneliness and failure. I chose to study English discreetly and didn’t want other people to know that I was learning English then.

I will continue my learning process in the future, because English is part of my career planning. I am such a real dragon that I won’t stay in the small pond like a fish. Someday I will reach the top and be a successful man.  

英语口语千万不要人家说上一大堆，然后你来个“Yeah”,Yeah他一次两次还可以，从头到尾都Yeah只能说明你的口语太差劲了，只能让旁边的高手耻笑了。

When you meet foreign friends, try using expression_rs like 'Oh really?', 'How interesting!' or 'No kidding!' in a genuine way to show you are interested in them.

1.'red-eye' = an passenger airplane that flies at night

'We took a red-eye so we would arrive earlier in the morning for the meeting.'

2.'wait on someone hand and foot' = do everything for someone, attend to their every need

'When you fly first class, the flight attendants wait on you hand and foot.'

1.'crack the books' = start studying 学习

'The reason why he isn't doing very well is that he rarely cracks the books.'

2.'cut class' = miss school逃学，旷课

'Although some of my daughter's friends cut class a lot, she is at school every day.'

3.'call someone up' = telephone someone
    'Hey, call me up if you want to get together.'

4.'call on someone' = drop by and visit
     'I'll call on you tomorrow around noon.'

5.'do the dishes' = wash dishes
'If you want to earn allowance this week, you need to do the dishes everyday.'

6.'a drop in the bucket' = a very small amount
'I've been saving my allowance for two months, but it's still only a drop in the bucket, and it'll take me forever to save enough money for a new bike.'

    共和党候选人麦凯恩的精选搭档Sarah Palin说的，我很喜欢她。她辞职演讲中所说的两句名言：

1.Don't explain: your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe you anyway.

 2.We're not retreating, we're just advancing in another direction.

成功的男人白天瞎JB忙，晚上JB瞎忙；失败的男人白天没啥鸟事，晚上鸟没啥事.

我喜欢的人名花有主，喜欢我的人惨不忍睹

终于有了一个正式的女朋友，甜蜜的恋爱中，她希望我裸露心灵，而我希望她裸露身体

感冒已经一个星期了，一直没好。

开始的时候是流鼻涕、头痛和咳嗽，吃了点药，鼻涕没有有了，头痛也好了，只剩下咳嗽了。

没日没夜的咳，睡觉都不安稳。

重要的是spoken english 没法操练了。

上午打电话请教了larry一个问题，他很爽快的答应了。还是认识人好啊。

领导的big plan因故取消了，我白忙活了一场。

However the good news is i am feeling better now.下几天有客户来，别到时候说不出话来就好。

我很早以前就撰文说过，毛剑卿这厮绝对不是什么好鸟。

不是因为他进过鲁能的球，他是申花的队员我才这么说他，或者说是恶意攻击也行。

事实证明我没看走眼。

当初毛剑卿打人被判赔偿，他妈妈跑出来哭哭啼啼，说什么其父亲有病，家里没存款，连几千块钱的医药费都不出。当时让全国广大球迷感到愕然，进而不好意思再穷追猛打。现在看来他家人上演了一出苦肉计，蒙骗了全国人民。

朱骏对毛剑卿还是可以的，可惜这伙计不长志气，一身纹身不说，出了拘留所还和以前的“狱友”没事喝点小酒聚聚。说句实在话，交几个形形色色的社会朋友无可厚非，可是天天酗酒影响训练，进而影响比赛，放在那里也说不通。

毛剑卿是个天才，朱骏这么说，贾秀全也这么说，包括毛剑卿自己也这么认为，天才都有些与众不同的特点，但特点过于突出，往往会毁了自己。

朱骏想800万卖掉毛剑卿，不过我想不会有俱乐部花钱买个惹事包回来。

毛剑卿技术不错，在边路很有威胁，发挥好的时候，再加上一身蓝袍，能跟上切尔西的边卫了。

还有天津的谭望嵩，活生生的一个坏蛋，其夺命剪刀脚动辄就现身江湖，让人感到是既气愤又无奈。对他的惩罚够重了，还是不改，只能说明他人品有问题了。