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今天我們還是繼續講在大選年中時常用到的習慣用語。多數參選的侯選人在選戰剛拉開序幕時常常會作承諾。例如，他們會信誓旦旦地保證絕不向競爭對手進行人身攻擊，也決不信口詆毀對手所鼓吹的方針政策。然而在選戰進行到如火如荼的階段，他們卻往往會忘記自己的保證。

依照個人經驗，履歷表要在最短時間（五秒內）抓到雇主注意力。
另外，雖然履歷表會依照申請的工作性質而改變，不過一般不超過兩頁。

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to seek out covert items at fast food chains around the country. Be warned, this mission includes very real dangers such as hardening arteries and skyrocketing cholesterol. We’ve compiled a list to get you started.

1. In-N-Out Burger’s “secret menu” isn’t so secret these days – in fact, they’ve posted it on their website. But in case you’re not in the habit of surfing fast food sites, here’s the skinny on the rather un-skinny items: ordering something “Animal Style” at In-N-Out means you’re going to get it with lettuce, tomato, a mustard-cooked beef patty, pickles, extra spread (it’s sort of Thousand-Islandy) and grilled onions. You can even get your fries Animal Style. “Protein Style” is a burger wrapped in a lettuce leaf instead of a bun. A Grilled Cheese is two slices of American cheese, lettuce, tomato and spread on a bun (grilled onions if you so choose). And you can get just about any combo of meat and cheese that you want if you order it like you’re ordering lumber: 3×3 gets you three beef patties and three slices of cheese, 4×4 gets you four of each, and so on. It doesn’t stop there – one gluttonous patron requested a 100×100 at an Las Vegas store a couple of years ago. One item not listed on the website secret menu: the Flying Dutchman, which is two slices of cheese sandwiched between two patties, hold the bun.

今天我們要講的兩個習慣用語裏都是以sit這個字作為關鍵的字。我們現在先來講第一個習慣用語。Sitting pretty. 大家都知道，sit是一個動詞，意思就是坐下。Sitting就是 to sit這個動詞的現在進行式；pretty 就是好看，漂亮。但是，sitting pretty作為一個習慣用語，它的意思並不是具體地說一個人坐在那裏很漂亮。Sitting pretty作為習慣用語的真正含義就是一個人處於優勢的地位；每各個方面的條件都對他有利。

這個說法是從二十年代開始的，當時有一首流行歌曲。名字叫："I'm sitting pretty in a pretty little city."

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一個秋日夜晚，微軟（Microsoft）執行長包默（Steve Ballmer）出現在矽谷住宅區的一戶平常人家裡。

Imitation, they say, it’s the highest form of flattery. Could we consider counterfeiting as flattery of some kind? At least commercially?

BBC News, Sydney

上次我們學了幾個由lip這個詞發展而來的習慣用語。今天再學幾個，第一個是: bite one's lip。 Bite意思是“咬，” 想一想人在什麼情況下會咬嘴唇呢? 常常是竭力克制自己的時候。而且如果咬住了嘴唇，就說不出話來了。所以bite one's lip用來表示極力克制自己不衝口而出，忍住不說會給自己招惹麻煩的話。

例如，你的上級把曾經向你許諾的升級機會給了別人。一時衝動之下你簡直想馬上衝進他的辦公室發泄你的滿腔怒火，並告訴他你辭職了，但是冷靜思考之後你卻覺 得也許還是先找好另一份工作再辭工更妥當，so you bite your lips and wait，意思是你克制自己，保持沉默。等待時機。