一、邊聽邊學 Listen and Learn
goner 無可救藥的人
bomb 失敗
go over big 成功
go up in smoke 消失
from left field 意想不到地
square one 開端
ballpark figure 大致的數目
back to the drawing board 重做，重新思考
二、邊聽邊說 Listen and Speak
A: I’m a goner. My new project bombed.
我不行了，新計劃沒有成功。
B: I thought it would go over big with the boss. Why did it go up in smoke?
我覺得老板也很滿意這個計劃，為什么打消了？
A: A problem arose from left field, and now I’m back to square one.
出現(xiàn)了意想不到的問題，現(xiàn)在我得重頭開始了。
B: How much will it cost now? Can you give me a ballpark figure?
還要花多少費用？你可以給我一個大概的數字嗎？
A: I won’t know for another week. Meantime, I have to get back to the drawing board.
要花一個星期才會知道。無論如何都要重新開始了。