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18 No place like home 没有一个地方比自己家那么好。
　　跟中国俗语说的，金窝银窝，不如自家的狗窝。
　　英语国家直接用这个名字做书名和电影，话剧的作品有不少。以下列表来自互联网
　　Books
　　No Place Like Home, a novel by Barbara Samuel
　　No Place Like Home (novel), a 2005 novel by Mary Higgins Clark
　　Film
　　"There's no place like home," quote from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz
　　No Place Like Home (1989 film), CBS TV movie directed by Lee Grant and starring Christine Lahti, Jeff Daniels and Kathy Bates
　　No Place Like Home (2001 film), film written and directed by Craig Clyde
　　No Place Like Home (2006 film), documentary film directed by Courtney Fathom Sell
　　There's No Place Like Home (film), Italian film
　　Television
　　No Place Like Home (TV series), an early-mid 1980s BBC TV sitcom
　　"No Place Like Home" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a 2000 episode of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
　　"No Place Like Home" (Rugrats episode), a 2000 episode of the television series Rugrats
　　No Place Like Home (audio drama), a 2003 Doctor Who audio-drama
　　"No Place Like Home" (Wentworth), a 2013 episode of Wentworth Prison
　　"There's No Place Like Home" (Lost), a 2008 episode of the television series Lost
　　"There's No Place Like Home" (Once Upon a Time), a 2014 episode of the television series Once Upon a Time
　　Music
　　No Place Like Home (Big Country album), 1991
　　No Place Like Home (Doug Stanhope album), 2016
　　Songs
　　"There's no place like home," the last line of the 1822 song "Home! Sweet Home!"
　　"(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays", a 1954 Christmas song most famously sung by Perry Como
　　"No Place Like Home" (Squeeze song), 1985
　　"No Place Like Home" (Randy Travis song), 1986
　　"No Place Like Home", a song on the 1992 album Bigger, Better, Faster, More! by 4 Non Blondes

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19. Debut  （初次登场, 开张）
　　+ ing的时候，t不发音。
　　He started as an actor, making his debut as a director in 1990.
　　They are debuting their new list tonight.(新品上市)

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20.  Out of this world.
　　非常好，不同凡响,绝妙的,人间罕见的
　　世上所无,只应天上有,极其动人的
　　The food there is terrific. I love it. It's out of this world.
　　The scenery and costumes for the opera are out of this world.

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21. Snob   势利小人，势利眼; 附庸风雅之徒，假内行 --这些是直接翻译。
　　Pundit （评论员）夸夸其谈的人都被认为是snob，不是expert。。
　　在葡萄酒圈子里，有一个名词叫做“葡萄酒假内行”（Wine Snob/Wine Snobbery）
　　但这词如果处于自己的口里，有自黑，自嘲的意思，这人内行，对品质要求高，也挑剔
　　在英美，自诩snob的以这几种食物居多。
　　Chocolate snob,
　　Steak snob.
　　Coffee snob.

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22. First and foremost  首要的
　　If you want to improve your English, first and foremost, you need to improve your vocabulary
　　He does a bit of writing, but first and foremost he's a teacher.

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23. An edge （单名词）更具优势
　　an advantage, a better position than the competition.
　　If someone or something has an edge, they have an advantage that makes them stronger or more likely to be successful than another thing or person.
　　We must continue to build on our strengths, and exploit the markets where they give us an edge.

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24. To be Let down (失望) 等同  to be disappointed
　　When I was young I let down my parents by quitting  Stanford University.
　　Your parents will really be let down when they find out about what you did.

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24. Put in （投入）
　　It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours. 工作效益不在于时间长短，而在于真正做了什么。
　　The pay will be proportional to the time put in.

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26. Part (在电影里面的角色) acting role in a film.
　　Which part are you auditioning for? 试镜那个角色？
　　He acted the part with consummate skill.

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27. Crossover   相似，有共同点，交叉
　　There is not much crossover among readers of romance and science fiction.
　　there is some crossover between acting and modeling.