跟艾米莉一起学口语 第520期:绞尽脑汁

 A:I have racked my brain. I still have no idea about how to spend Valentine's day.
我绞尽脑汁，仍然想不出如何过情人节。
B:Just take her to a high ranking restaurant andpresent her with a bunch of flowers.
那就带上她去一个高级饭店，然后送她一束花。


发音训练
I still have no idea about how to spend Valentine's day.
Just take her to a high ranking restaurant and present


口语训练
rack¹ one's brain 绞尽脑汁
He had racked his brain but he could not be able to work out the answers to the problem.
他已经绞尽脑汁，但是还是无法想出这个问题的答案。
I racked my brain trying to recall² where we put the key.
我绞尽脑汁回想我们把钥匙放在哪里了。

have no idea about... 不知道做...
If you have no idea about it, consult a dictionary, please.
要是你对这个问题不清楚，请查字典。
I have no idea about her visit except that she is likely to be away for several months.
我对她的访问情况一无所知，只知道她可能要外出好几个月。

present sb with sth 赠送某人某物
They presented the college with a sum of money.
他们向学院赠送了一笔款项。

1 rack   

n.挂架，搁架；vt.折磨；使紧张，使努力

参考例句：

• He went over and took his jacket from the coat rack.到衣架上取外套。
• The old house soon went to rack and ruin.这所旧房子很快就毁坏了。

2 recall   

n.回忆，召回，取消；vt.回想起，召回，与...相似，恢复

参考例句：

• As you may recall, he was in the army then.你可能记得当时他正在从军。
• We demand that you recall your army from our border.我们要求你们撤回在我们边境的部队。