新东方在线时时学英语 20070117

Part One 你听不懂的

put a sock in it 别做声，住嘴

Would you please put a sock in it? I am on the phone right now!

Oh, Jerry is starting to tell his boring jokes. Will anybody ask him to put a sock in it?

Put on one’s thinking cap 认真思考

In order to work out a careful plan, we need to put on our thinking cap.

The math teacher gives us a difficult question and asks us to put on our thinking cap. Whoever¹ answers the question right can get a simple gift.

Part Two 你说不出的

---Cool, a playground! Let’s go down the slide!

---Act your age. That’s for children.

---Says who? Why can’t adults play, too?

---Because they’re supposed to be mature².

---Aw, that’s no fun. If you’re serious all the time, how can you be creative or use your imagination?

---Got me. Is that so important?

---You’re darn tootin’. Otherwise we wouldn’t have any artists, musicians, or writers.

---Ok, well, you go down the slide. I’ll watch.

---No sale. You need to have some fun. Come on!

---Oh, all right, why not. I’ll race you to the slide!

Part Three 有趣的故事

天主教的组织结构

1 whoever   

pron.无论谁，不管谁；任何人

参考例句：

• I'll find the person who did this,whoever he is.我要找出干这件事的人，不管他是谁。
• Whoever does best will get the prize.谁做得最出色谁就得奖。

2 mature   

adj.成熟的，到期的，充分考虑的；vt.使成熟；vi.成熟，到期

参考例句：

• This is a dress shop for mature women.这是一家成年妇女服装店。
• It's a mature plan.这是个深思熟虑的计划。