9. DROP OUT OF SCHOOL (phrasal verb) / DROPOUT (noun)

　　9.辍学(动词词组)/辍学生(名词)

　　To stop attending school completely (leave without graduating).

　　完全不上学(尚未毕业便离校)。

　　She dropped out of school at the age of 14 to help her sick grandmother at home, but now she runs her own successful nursing home for the elderly!

　　虽然她十四岁便辍学在家照顾生病的祖母，但是如今她成功经营了一家养老院。

　　He’s a dropout, I can’t see him being anything successful with his current reputation.

　　他是名辍学生，就现在而言，我看不出他能有什么出息。

　　10. SHOW OF HANDS

　　10.举手表决

　　Raising hands to vote about something.

　　对某事进行表决。

　　With a show of hands, who would prefer to have longer working days but a shorter working week?

　　举手表决，有谁支持延长工作日但缩短工作周期?

　　11. LEARN (SOMETHING) BY HEART / OFF BY HEART

　　11.用心学习某事

　　To memorise something so well, that it can be written or recited without thinking.

　　对某事十分熟悉，能够不假思索地默写或背诵。

　　I can’t believe you learnt the whole Macbeth play by heart! Well done!

　　你竟然记住了《麦克白》全部台词!真让人难以置信!干得好!

　　She learnt all the compositions by Beethoven off by heart!

　　她用心学习了贝多芬的所有曲目!

　　12. BOOKWORM

　　12.书呆子

　　This is used to describe someone who reads a lot, all the time.

　　形容某人一直读书。

　　You won’t be able to convince her to come out with us, she’s a real bookworm and will probably stay in to read!

　　你不必费力请她和我们一起去，她是个名副其实的书呆子，可能更想在家读书!

　　13. FROM THE OLD SCHOOL / OF THE OLD SCHOOL

　　13.因循守旧

　　Holding attitudes or ideas that were popular and important in the past, but which are no longer considered relevant or in-line with modern trends.

　　仍坚持过去流行的态度或主张，尽管其已不再符合现代社会发展趋势。

　　She was a teacher of the old school and believed in strict discipline.

　　她是个老派的老师，相信严师出高徒。

　　My grandmother is from the old school, she made her children make their own lunches and walk to school.

　　祖母是个传统的人，她要求儿女们自行准备午餐、步行去学校。

　　14. THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

　　14.(有教育意义的)困苦经历

　　Learning through difficult experiences in life, as opposed to a formal, classroom education.

　　从苦难的生活经历学习，而非接受正规的课堂教育。

　　I wasn’t able to go to college, but I learnt a lot in the school of hard knocks, it taught me a lot about life.

　　我虽然未受过大学教育，但是困苦的生活经历同样使我学到很多，让我深刻理解了什么叫生活。

　　15. A FOR EFFORT

　　15.获得嘉奖

　　Giving someone recognition for trying hard to do something even though they may not be successful.

　　对某人的辛勤付出做出肯定，即便并未取得成功。

　　Jenny definitely deserves an A for effort, she put so much work into her entry for the competition.

　　詹妮在比赛中倾注了大量的心血，理应获得嘉奖。

　　16. SCHOOL SOMEONE IN SOMETHING

　　16.训练某人做某事

　　To train, discipline or coach someone in something.

　　训练、训导或指导某人做某事。

　　She schooled her brother in patience.

　　她耐心教导弟弟。

　　17. CUT CLASS / PLAY HOOKY / SKIP CLASS

　　17.逃课/逃学/逃课

　　When someone plays truant and does not go to their lessons.

　　某人旷课或逃学。

　　David has been cutting class again; I haven’t seen him in any of our French lessons for the past week!

　　大卫又逃课了，上周就没见他上过一节法语课!

　　They played hooky at college so they could be first in line for the concert tickets.

　　为买到音乐会第一排的演出票，他们不惜逃学。

　　The teacher told his parents that he’d been skipping classes! He’s not allowed to go out with us now.

　　老师告诉家长他们的孩子过去一直翘课!所以，这个孩子现在不能跟我们一起出来玩耍了。

　　18. SCHOOL OF THOUGHT

　　18.思想派别

　　A particular philosophy, or a way of thinking about something.

　　一种特定的理念或思考方式。

　　One school of thought holds that cats cause allergic reactions.

　　某学派认为猫能引起过敏反应。

　　19. TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL / TELL TALES

　　19.背后讲坏话/搬弄是非

　　To gossip or spread rumours.

　　八卦或传播流言蜚语。

　　I wish Gina wouldn’t tell tales out of school so much, people find it hard to believe anything she says now, even if she is telling the truth!

　　我真希望吉娜没有现在这么八卦，即便说真话，也没人愿意相信她!

　　20. YOU CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS

　　20.老狗学不会新把戏

　　This means it is difficult to make someone change the way they do something when they have been doing it the same way for a very long time.

　　比喻长期养成的习惯，很难发生改变。

　　Jeremy tries so hard to show me how the computer works, but he doesn’t understand that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks!

　　杰里米不厌其烦地向我展示计算机是如何工作的，但是他不明白，我接受不了新事物。