- Previously on Desperate Housewives.
- Previously on: 前情提要; 前情回顾。
（看美剧的时候,基本上每一集刚开始都是previously on XXX (电影名). previously on xxx是一个副词修饰介词的例子,previously是副词,修饰介词on.其他的例子：well above average, well past midnight. ）
- Our senses vanished. Taste, touch, smile, and sound, become a distant memory, but our sight, uh, our sight expands, and we can suddenly see the world we've left behind so clearly.
- vanish:
1.不翼而飞
-He vanished without trace
他消失得无影无踪。
-disappear/vanish off the face of the earth
完全消失；消逝得无影无踪
2.消亡/灭绝
-Thirty percent of all animal life vanished.
3.消失
Why does your sense of self vanish?
为什么你的自我意识消失了？ - a distant memory：遥远的回忆
eg.
-The life in the countryside has become a distant memory.
- Platinum jewelry and her brand-new diamond watch.
- platinum /ˈplætɪnəm/ : 铂; 白金
eg.
-Platinum exceeds gold in value.
-Metals commonly mixed with gold are nickel, platinum, and copper.
通常与金混合的金属有镍、铂和铜。
- Gabrielle was a drowning woman, desperately in search of a life raft.
- raft: 木排;筏;橡皮艇(觉得整个形容不错)
- She saw her young gardener as a way to infuse her life with a little excitement.
- infuse/ɪnˈfjuːz/：to fill someone or something with an emotion or quality.
( in 进入 + fus 流，泻；融化 + e → 流进去 → 注入)
eg.
-His landscape paintings were infused with a warm, subtle light.
-Many of the girls seemed to be infused with excitement on seeing the snow...
-Herbalists infuse the flowers in oil
补充：泡茶 - Allow the tea to infuse for five minutes.
- She knew if her husband discovered her secret, she would feel the full force of his wrath.
- wrath /rɒθ/：extreme anger
eg. The people feared the wrath of God.
- The peaceful facade of Wisteria Lane had recently been shattered.
- facade /fəˈsɑːd/
1.剧里的意思:虚伪的表面 (FALSE APPEARANCE)
a false appearance that makes someone or something seem more pleasant or better than they really are.
eg.
-He kept his hostility(敌意) hidden behind a friendly facade.
-We are fed up with(厌倦) this facade of democracy.
2.建筑物的正面 (BUILDING)
the front of a building, especially a large or attractive building.
eg,
-the gallery's elegant 18th-century facade.
- He's still mourning, he might freak out.
- mourning /ˈmɔː.nɪŋ/ 读音和morning很像: great sadness felt because someone has died.
- freak out : to become or cause someone to become extremely emotional.
eg.
-He freaked out when he heard he'd got the job.
-This song just freaks me out whenever I hear it.
- Another bear claw?
- bear claw: 熊爪, 剧里形容二次伤害。
- Do you remember when you proposed?
- propose：to ask someone to marry you. 求婚
eg.
-I remember the night your father proposed to me.
- Susan awoke that night alone and parched, but as she gazed out her window, she saw the tall drink of water she needed to quench her thirst.
- parch: /pɑːtʃ/ to dry something out because of too much heat and not enough rain. 剧里指：口干舌燥。
- gaze out on (something)：to look or peer out at something.遥望
eg.
-We stood on the balcony and gazed out on the New York City skyline in awe(感叹中). - quench：解(渴);止(渴);扑灭;熄灭
eg.
-Having a bottle of soft drink is not enough to quench my thirst.
-Drink some sweet-sour plum juice (酸梅汁) to quench your thirst.
- Shouldn't you be making brownies for your nerdy friends?
- nerdy/ˈnɜːdi/：傻瓜似的;呆傻的;蠢的
eg.
-I switched to contact lenses because I felt so nerdy wearing glasses.
-You can even print out a certificate to show all your nerdy science friends.(这里指书呆子)
- I came this close to actually cleaning the house.
- come this close：差一点点.(记得说这话时配上动作，哈哈)
eg.
-This afternoon I came this close to plowing into a huge truck(撞上大卡车). - I came this close to winning a pen. I only had one word wrong.
- Nope. You're not gong to buy your way out of this one.
- buy your way out：To pay money to escape or avoid something unpleasant.
eg.
-With enough money, you can buy your way out of any problem.
-You can't buy your way out of this mess, buster/jerk(混蛋)!
-You made this mess and you can't buy your way out!
