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　　The first Unit 水果和蔬菜(1)

　　Apple 苹果

　　apple of one's eye ( to be the ):to be one's favorite 掌上明珠;心爱物

　　She is the apple of her father's eye.她是她父亲的掌上明珠。

　　Big Apple (the):New York 大苹果城【即纽约】

　　I live in the Big Apple.我住在大苹果城。

　　compare apples and oranges (to):to compare two things that simply cannot be compared.比较两个无法相比的事物

　　That's ridiculous. Now you're comparing apples and oranges .真可笑。你是在那两种无法相比的东西作比较，就好像苹果和桔子。

　　“How do you like the apples?”：“What do you think of that ?”

　　*注：这是对某种冒犯性行为做出报复后说的话。

　　Banana(香蕉)

　　bananas (to be ):to be crazy 发疯的，神经错乱的

　　That guy’s bananas!那家伙真是疯了!

　　*注意：to go bananas:1.to become crazy.发疯，神经错乱

　　I'm so bored I'm going bananas.我厌烦的要死，都快发疯了。

　　2.to become wild with anger狂怒，气得发疯

　　She went bananas when she found him cheating.她发现他欺骗时气得要命。

　　play second banana (to):to be second choice第二选择，次要人物

　　I always play second banana to her.我总是做她的后补。

　　top banana: main boss领袖，头头，大老板

　　He's (the) top banana in this company.他是这家公司的大老板。

　　Bean (豆)

　　bean brain :idiot 白痴，笨蛋

　　He is such a bean brain.他是个大笨蛋。

　　Beans about sth. (not to know):not to know anything about sth.对某事物一无所知，一窍不通

　　I don't know beans about computers.我对电脑一窍不通。

　　*注意：此词语只有否定形式，“to know beans about sth.”这种说法不存在。

　　Bean Town : Boston, Massachusetts 豆城【指马萨诸塞州波士顿市】

　　*注：波士顿市以其特产烘豆而闻名。

　　Beet(甜菜)

　　beet red (to be):to be extremely red from blushing ,embarrassment,etc.[因窘迫，羞愧等]脸红

　　She was so embarrassed she turned beet red.他窘迫得满脸通红。

　　Cabbage(洋白菜，甘蓝菜)

　　cabbage: money钱，金钱

　　*注：这个词语尽管已不在常用，但偶尔也会在老影片或玩笑中听到。

　　carrot(胡萝卜)

　　Carrot in front of someone (to danglea)

　　ex. tempt someone with an unobtainable offer开空头支票[以实践不了的诺言诱惑某人]

　　The boss told me lf I perform well on the job; we’ll talk about a salary increase next year. But I think he's just dangling a carrot in front of me.老板告诉我，如果我工作表现出色，明年加工资就有商量了。但我想他这不过是开了一张空头支票。

　　Cauliflower(花椰菜，菜花)

　　cauliflower ears: swollen ears usually resulting from a boxing match[拳击运动员因多次受击而肿起的]开花耳朵

　　That boxer has cauliflower ears.那位拳击运动员的耳朵被打开花了。

　　Cherry(樱桃)

　　bowl of cherries (to be a ):to be wonderful 精彩的，绝妙的

　　Life isn't always a bowl of cherries.生活并不总是美好的。

　　Corn (谷物;谷粒)

　　“For corn sake!”：“Oh, my goodness!” “噢，天哪!”

　　*注：这个词语虽然已相当过时，但中老年人仍在使用。

　　Corn: n. melodrama, overemotional drama情节剧;感情表现夸张的戏剧

　　What a bunch of corn! 这一连串的情节剧真精彩啊!

　　adj. melodramatic 情节剧的;夸张的

　　That movie was so corny! 这部电影表现得太夸张了!

　　cornball: adj. ridiculous 荒唐的，可笑的

　　Where did you buy that cornball hat? 你从哪儿买来那顶滑稽的帽子?

　　cucumber(黄瓜，胡瓜)

　　cool as a cucumber (to be):to be calm and composed 十分冷静，镇定自如

　　Although he's guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as a cucumber.尽管他犯了罪，却还是那么镇定自如。