语言点
1. get stuck in traffic （之前学的get held up）
2. Where are you headed？=Where are you going？where to？去哪儿
3. hop in 上车
hop 名词指“乘飞机的短途快速旅程” It's only a 20 minutes hop.
4. step on it 给脚油，开快点
△ Please step on it. I'm late!
5. get pulled over 被警察拦下车
△ No matter how adept your driving skills may be, if you get pulled over and blow above the legal limit, you're going to jail.
※ 'pullover 名词 套头毛衣
6. back road 乡间小道，僻径
△ Don't take the highway during rush hour. Take the back roads instead.
7. close call 千钧一发，惊险
△ We nearly didn't get out of the burning building. It was a pretty close call, let me tell you!
※ near miss/ narrow escape
△ For many, a near-miss with death is a wake-up call.
△ He thanked his father for his narrow escape.
8. break sth to sb 告诉某人坏消息
△ I hate to break it to you, but...
（联想※ ease sb into sth 慢慢告诉，含蓄地表述）
9. bumper-to-bumper traffic 大排长龙的车流
bumper是保险杠，路上交通繁忙时，车辆的行驶会非常缓慢，或是完全不动，前面那辆车几乎要碰到后面的车了，所以说是前后保险杠几乎要碰上了。
10. fender bender 轻微车祸 fender是挡泥板（※之前学的 pile-up 连环车祸）
11. rubber necking 减慢车速伸着脖子看事故看热闹 （真有意思，这也专门有这个词，想起了backseat driver）
△ Rubber-necking at accidents on the opposite side of the road seemed to cause most of the senseless traffic jams.
△ There was an accident on the highway, and traffic was backed up for miles due to rubber-necking.(back up 车辆堵塞，排成长龙)
12. What rotten luck! 真倒霉（联想昨天※ Just my luck！）
13. back out （of XX） 变卦，退出，食言
14. at the eleventh hour 最后一刻 last minute
15. What a shame！真可惜！
16. come up 突然发生
△ I was delayed — something came up at home.
17. slip my mind 丢在脑后，忘了，想不起来
△ Your name has just slipped my mind for the moment. （联想※You look familiar, but I can't quite place you. Have we met before？）
18. miss out on 错过...
19. flake 不靠谱的人 形容词：flaky （※靠谱的solid）
20. Don't sweat it. 别担心，别发愁。
(想起之前学的no worries)
21. These things happen. 这种事在所难免
（联想※ shit happens 天有不测风云，难免有坏事发生）
22. make it up to sb 补偿XX
△ Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?
23. the more the merrier 人越多越好玩儿
△ ‘Can I bring a friend to your party?’ ‘Sure—the more the merrier!’
24. 又遇到suggest了，翻了一下2月晨读笔记复习一下
❣️ suggest 用法❣️
a）suggest doing sth 建议
suggest sb to do sth
She suggested leaving them a note. 她建议留给他们一张纸条。
b）suggest sth/sb（to sb）提议
He suggested dinner the next evening. 他提议次日大家吃顿晚饭。
I suggested three alternatives to them. 我给他们提出了三个可选方案。
c）suggest sth/sb（to sb）as 推荐
suggest sb sth
He suggested Smith to us as a suitable candidate. 他向我们推荐史密斯作为合适的人选。
She suggested Paris as a good place for the conference. 她推荐说，巴黎是举行这次会议的理想地点。
d）suggest that 提议建议
He suggested to me that I (should) look for another job.他建议我另找工作。
划重点重点，不能是：
suggest sb to do sthsuggest sb sth
25. hold up 耽搁
△ I hope I didn't hold up the meeting. 希望我没有耽误开会。
（之前学过get held up和hold up 的名词What's causing the hold-up?）
hold off 推迟
△ We need to hold off on any meeting. 我们现在最好不要安排任何会面。
△ Hold off for a moment. 再拖一会儿。
26. 不好意思久等啦！I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Sorry for the hold-up.
27. be onto sb 盯着XX呢
△ The police were onto him.
（※ I’m on it 我正做着呢。）
28. ❣️ run拓展
run over
① 超时：The meeting ran over.
② 溢出：His cup ran over.
③ 撞倒，碾压：The dog was run over by a car.
④ 再看一遍：Let's run the lines over together one more time.
run late/behind
（之前学的run you XX钱 ）
29. 你老有理。It's always one excuse after another with you.
30. 小题大做 make a mountain out of a molehill /make a meal of sth
△ It's not all that hard, you know! Don't make a meal of it!
31. give sb a heads-up 提个醒，提前通知
△ This note is just to give you a heads-up that Vicky will be arriving next week.
32. get/set/start the ball rolling 着手做起来，
△ There are several things we should discuss. Who’d like to start the ball rolling?
（联想※撸起袖子加油干roll up one's sleeves。喊破嗓子不如甩开膀子 “screaming yourself hoarse” was not as good as “rolling up your sleeves and getting to work”.）
33. 下车 if let you out，if I drop you
34. bring them along一起带过来吧
35. “我得先问下我妈” Let me check with my mother.
语音点
1. ˈdinner party 重音在前
2. molehill /ˈmoʊlhɪl/ 重音在前
3. ˈfender bender重音在前
4. heads-up 重音在前
5. weekend 英音重音在后，美音重音在前
