第一， 情景对话

A: You look so nervous, why?

似乎很紧张，怎么了？

B: I have an English test tomorrow.

明天要考英语。

A: Oh, I see.

原来是这样。

B: I have some trouble in my homework, please do me a favor.

我的作业有点难，帮帮忙好吧。

A: What's the problem?

有什么问题？

B: I can't make heads or tails of the sentence. Could you please translate it for me?

这个句子我弄不懂，你给翻译一下好吗？

A: OK, let me see.

行，让我先看一看。

第二， 词汇拾贝

make heads or tails of

exp. To understand someone or something. （弄清楚…….，充分了解清楚………）

e.g. I can't make heads or tails of that new guy in accounting. Sometimes, he's really friendly, and then other times he acts like he's never met me before.

我搞不懂那个新来的会计。有时，他真的很友好，但有时他表现得好像从未见过我。

e.g. I couldn't make heads or tails of what he was saying.

我根本不懂他说什么。

e.g. When I was younger, I used to listen to a lot of disco. These days my kids listen to rap. I like its rhythm, but don't understand what the lyrics are about at all. Frankly, I can't make heads or tails of them.

我年轻的时候，听的都是迪斯科disco。现在我的孩子喜欢听rap说唱音乐。我很喜欢说唱音乐的节奏，但是却不知道歌里唱的是什么。说老实话，我完全听不懂歌词。

e.g. My business partner and I thought we'd save some money on furniture for our office. So we bought a desk, a set of drawers, and some shelving that required assembly. The directions explaining how to put the pieces together looked easy to follow, but we couldn't make heads or tails of them. We finally had to call a store assistant for help.

我跟合伙人原以为能省点儿钱，所以买了一个桌子，几个抽屉，外加一些架子，准备自己装起来。组装说明看上去好像也是一目了然，但是我们却完全没办法按照说明把它们装起来。最后只好打电话向商店里的人求助。

第三， 语汇积累

1. have a test：测验

e.g. Get with it, everybody. You're going to have a test soon.

各位，请注意。等一下你们要做一个测验。

e.g. In maths classes we have a test every one and a half weeks.

例如，我们的数学课每一周半测验一次。

2. have some trouble in：在…….有困难

e.g. We had some trouble in the village last night, but it's all right now.

昨晚我们村里出了点乱子, 现在没事了。

e.g. I have some trouble in reading her handwriting.

我认她的笔迹感到有些困难。

3. do somebody a favor：帮……的忙

e.g. Could you do me a favor to hand me that pencil, please?

你能帮我把那支笔递给我吗?

e.g. It's a good idea to butter a person up before asking them to do you a favor.

在要求别人帮你忙之前，最好先对他们说些好听的话。