用美国人的一天学英语 Unit 2 Go to school 去学校 03

 　　cut class/cut school

　　逃学

　　Jane was punished because she cut school in order to join the party.

　　简因为要去派对逃学而被处罚了。

　　from the old school

　　老派的

　　Aunt Helen is from the old school. She loves to wear a colorful long skirt.

　　海伦阿姨很老派。她喜欢穿彩色的长裙。

　　school of hard knocks

　　从艰苦中习得经验

　　Jeff did not go to school, but he went to the school of hard knocks. He learned¹ things by his experience.

　　杰夫没有上过学，但是他从他的困难中学习成长。

　　tell tales out of school

　　散布谣言和秘密

　　Don't trust what Jimmy says. He never stop telling tales out of school.

　　别相信吉米说的话。他从没停止散布不实的话和消息。

　　the old school tie

　　学校所认识的人脉

　　The old school tie still has enormous² power when you work in some big companies.

　　当你到大公司工作时，学校所认识的人脉有着很重大的影响。

　　schoolboy humor³

　　幼稚的笑话

　　Come on! The joke is not funny at all. That is really schoolboy humor.

　　拜托！这个笑话一点也不好笑。真的是个幼稚的笑话。

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 enormous   

adj.巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。
• They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。

3 humor   

n.(humour)幽默，诙谐

参考例句：

• He is distinguished for his sense of humor.他以其幽默感著称。
• American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.美式幽默主要以夸张为基础。