1. thermos: 热水瓶 pour: 倒,倾泻
2. embarrassed: 尴尬的
3. waver: 颤抖
4. disgusting: 令人厌恶的
5. startled: 震惊
6. switch: 转变,切换
7. Catholic: 天主教的
8. distraught: 烦恼的,心痛的

短语学习：

1.at the sink: 在水槽边sink: 污水槽

2.heads up:（常用作提醒他人的惊叹语）当心！注意！

eg. She just wants to give her fellow Aussies a heads up, that’s all.
她想要做的只是给她的澳洲同胞们带一个头，仅此而已。

eg. Heads up! This is the only Full Moon all year at high noon in your chart.
注意了，本周满月出现在你星座位置的正午，一年仅此一次。

eg. If the coin is heads up to begin with, it's more likely to land on heads.
如果硬币是头朝上往上抛，那么很有可能掉下来时也是头朝上。

3.the other day: 前几天

eg. I saw him in London the other day.
我最近有一天在伦敦见过他。

eg. Every Sunday we go to the Sangone. The other day, a trout this big.
每个星期天我们都会去桑戈内河，有一天，我们看到了一条这么大的鳟鱼。

4.hit on:本文中是“调戏”的意思，另还有“偶然发现；忽然想到”的意思

eg. Tom, don't hit on girls when you go to the bar with your roommates today, or you never see me again.
汤姆，今天你和室友去酒吧可不要对别的女孩子献殷勤哦，否则你就再也见不到我了！

5.take it: 默然同意；接受

6.we kicked your butts: 我们痛宰了你们

7. swoop: 突然，突然行动swoop in: 乘虚而入

eg. There are few investors ready to swoop in to keep cash-strapped companies running.
很少有投资者愿意保持一个现金拮据的企业运行。

eg. This hero of the skies is always ready to swoop in for the rescue.
这个翱翔天空的英雄时刻准备着扑身而下进行施救。

8.pick up the pieces: 收拾残局

eg. They can pick up the pieces, reshuffle the deck and create together the relationship of both of their dreams — at any age.
他们可以收拾残局，修复感情，然后一起创建他们梦想中的美好关系——无论什么年纪。

9.usher in: 迎来,开始usher: 引导,带领

eg. I believe we need to usher in a new era of responsibility.
我相信我们需要迎接一个负责任的新纪元。

eg. If art and light usher in calm, then for one week each year, the Old City of Jerusalem fosters that aura.
如果艺术和灯光引进了平静的理念，那么每年一周，这座古老的城市——耶路撒冷就形成了那种氛围。