聽力測試：
A: Why did you fire John? Isn't he smart?
B: He's smart all right. But he's too smart.
A: What do you mean?
B: What really annoyed me was that he was always trying to
kill two birds with one stone.
A: 你為什么開除了約翰？他不是很精明嗎？
B: 他的確很精明。不過太精明了。
A: 什么意思呢？
B: 我最氣的是他總想一箭雙鵰。
重點解說：
★ fire (someone)為「開除(某人)」之意，也有give
(someone) the sack的說法。
★ 像He's smart all right.這般在句尾接用all right時，常有「的確如此」的味道。
★ What really annoyed me was ~「我最氣的是~」以What起首的名詞子句當全句的主詞時，有強調談話主題的功能，例如：What
I don't understand about this is ~ 「這個讓我最不了解的是~」What I don't
like about her is ~ 「我最不喜歡她的是~」What attracts me most about
this painting is ~ 「這幅畫最吸引我的是~」。
★ kill two birds with one stone「一箭雙鵰，一石二鳥，一舉兩得」
聽力挑戰：
Crystal: Wow! The fried chicken looks great!
Denise:
Where's your willpower? No food enters your mouth unless you
say so.
Crystal:
But I just want to splurge a little bit.
Denise:
Your fruit diet works. Eh, Crystal? [to the waitress] A fruit
plate, please.
Crystal:
OK, you win. [to the waitress] Salad, fat-free dressing on
the side, no croutons.
Denise:
Hey, look. Isn't that Amanda? Look at what she's eating!
餐廳里
克莉絲︰喔！炸雞看起來不錯！
狄妮絲︰你的意志力去哪了？除非你自己說要，不然沒有食物可以進你的嘴。
克莉絲︰但是我只是想要稍微多點一些。
狄妮絲︰你的水果減肥餐有效。是吧，克莉絲？（對著侍者）請來份水果盤。
克莉絲︰好，你贏了。（對著侍者）色拉，無脂的色拉醬另外放，不要炸面包丁。
狄妮絲︰嘿，你看。那不是阿曼達嗎？你看看她吃的！
