活學活用
1. eighty-six
這是個俚語，用作動詞，表示“趕出；哄出；扔掉；遺棄；拒絕招待（不受歡迎的顧客）”，這里Maggie的意思是要Cindy把狗弄走。
2. obedience school 寵物訓練學校
An obedience school is an institution that trains pets （particularly dogs） how to behave properly. When puppies are young and in the first stages of training, they are often taken by their owners to obedience schools. Most obedience schools are located in the United States. Training usually takes place in small groups. In addition to training pets themselves, obedience schools also teach pet owners how to train, praise, and scold their pets.
3. shazam
這是一個兒語，意思是“快變”（用于要東西突然出現(xiàn)或消失時的咒語中）。
4. hydraulic fluid 液壓機液體，這里應該是潤滑油之類的東西。
5. turn one's head
這個片語的意思是“cause to become conceited使某人變得自以為是”，通常都是夸贊和榮譽讓人昏了頭就會變得這樣，比如：Winning that prize has turned his head. 贏得那個獎項讓他變得自以為是。
6. Loafer 路夫鞋
一種矮幫休閑皮鞋的商標。這種鞋鞋面類似北美印第安人的鹿皮鞋，只是鞋跟寬而扁。這一商標在印刷中經(jīng)常以小寫字體出現(xiàn)。
7. No relation 不是親戚。
8. He's given eight-to-one odds that she won't.
Odds 是“賠率”，eight-to-one 是一種分數(shù)賠率，UK常用。意思就是：下注$100，返回$800，實際贏利$700，寫作8/1，讀做eight-to-one或者eight-to-one against.
文化面面觀
美國花樣滑冰運動員 Peggy Gale Fleming
Peggy Gale Fleming （born July 27, 1948 in San Jose, California） is an American figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in 1968.
In 1961, when Fleming was 12 years old, her coach William Kipp was killed in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 along with the rest of the United States figure skating team while en route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships. Fleming was subsequently coached by Carlo Fassi. She would be forced to define her own style in figure skating, a style that would lead to five US titles, three World titles and the gold medal in the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France. Her award in Grenoble was singularly important for the American athletes and the nation as a whole, for this was the only gold medal that the US Olympic team won in the 1968 Winter Games. It signaled a return to American dominance in the sport of women's figure skating following the unprecedented tragedy of the 1961 plane crash.
Within six months, she would star in the first of five television specials. For several years she toured the US as a special guest star in the Ice Follies ice show, cheered on by huge crowds of admirers at certain large cities along the show's tour route. One of the memorable highlights during her ice shows was a solo skate in blue light to the music of "Ave Maria." Peggy Fleming has skated for four US presidents, and was a featured performer at the 1986 rededication of the Statue of Liberty. She has been a commentator on figure skating for ABC Sports for over 20 years, as well as a spokesperson for the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
In 1970, she married dermatologist Dr. Greg Jenkins （who as a young man had competed as an ice dancer）. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area. They have two sons, Andy and Todd （born 1977 and 1988） and three grandsons.
Fleming was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. The cancer was detected in its early stages, and surgery was successful. She became a breast cancer activist who recommends not procrastinating and early detection. She stated: "If you catch most breast cancers early enough, it's very treatable."
Fleming and her husband also own and operate Fleming Jenkins Vineyards & Winery in California. The winery produces close to 2,000 cases of wine a year with such brands as the $50 per bottle Choreography Cabernet and the $17 San Francisco Bay Syrah Rosé. Profits from the $20 a bottle Victories Rosé goes towards charities that support research towards breast cancer.
1. eighty-six
這是個俚語，用作動詞，表示“趕出；哄出；扔掉；遺棄；拒絕招待（不受歡迎的顧客）”，這里Maggie的意思是要Cindy把狗弄走。
2. obedience school 寵物訓練學校
An obedience school is an institution that trains pets （particularly dogs） how to behave properly. When puppies are young and in the first stages of training, they are often taken by their owners to obedience schools. Most obedience schools are located in the United States. Training usually takes place in small groups. In addition to training pets themselves, obedience schools also teach pet owners how to train, praise, and scold their pets.
3. shazam
這是一個兒語，意思是“快變”（用于要東西突然出現(xiàn)或消失時的咒語中）。
4. hydraulic fluid 液壓機液體，這里應該是潤滑油之類的東西。
5. turn one's head
這個片語的意思是“cause to become conceited使某人變得自以為是”，通常都是夸贊和榮譽讓人昏了頭就會變得這樣，比如：Winning that prize has turned his head. 贏得那個獎項讓他變得自以為是。
6. Loafer 路夫鞋
一種矮幫休閑皮鞋的商標。這種鞋鞋面類似北美印第安人的鹿皮鞋，只是鞋跟寬而扁。這一商標在印刷中經(jīng)常以小寫字體出現(xiàn)。
7. No relation 不是親戚。
8. He's given eight-to-one odds that she won't.
Odds 是“賠率”，eight-to-one 是一種分數(shù)賠率，UK常用。意思就是：下注$100，返回$800，實際贏利$700，寫作8/1，讀做eight-to-one或者eight-to-one against.
文化面面觀
美國花樣滑冰運動員 Peggy Gale Fleming
Peggy Gale Fleming （born July 27, 1948 in San Jose, California） is an American figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in 1968.
In 1961, when Fleming was 12 years old, her coach William Kipp was killed in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 along with the rest of the United States figure skating team while en route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships. Fleming was subsequently coached by Carlo Fassi. She would be forced to define her own style in figure skating, a style that would lead to five US titles, three World titles and the gold medal in the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France. Her award in Grenoble was singularly important for the American athletes and the nation as a whole, for this was the only gold medal that the US Olympic team won in the 1968 Winter Games. It signaled a return to American dominance in the sport of women's figure skating following the unprecedented tragedy of the 1961 plane crash.
Within six months, she would star in the first of five television specials. For several years she toured the US as a special guest star in the Ice Follies ice show, cheered on by huge crowds of admirers at certain large cities along the show's tour route. One of the memorable highlights during her ice shows was a solo skate in blue light to the music of "Ave Maria." Peggy Fleming has skated for four US presidents, and was a featured performer at the 1986 rededication of the Statue of Liberty. She has been a commentator on figure skating for ABC Sports for over 20 years, as well as a spokesperson for the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
In 1970, she married dermatologist Dr. Greg Jenkins （who as a young man had competed as an ice dancer）. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area. They have two sons, Andy and Todd （born 1977 and 1988） and three grandsons.
Fleming was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. The cancer was detected in its early stages, and surgery was successful. She became a breast cancer activist who recommends not procrastinating and early detection. She stated: "If you catch most breast cancers early enough, it's very treatable."
Fleming and her husband also own and operate Fleming Jenkins Vineyards & Winery in California. The winery produces close to 2,000 cases of wine a year with such brands as the $50 per bottle Choreography Cabernet and the $17 San Francisco Bay Syrah Rosé. Profits from the $20 a bottle Victories Rosé goes towards charities that support research towards breast cancer.