伦敦大学的克里斯多佛·弗里斯表示，在眨眼的过程中，瞬间抑制这个和视觉意识有关的脑部区域可能是一种神经机制，这种神经机制可防止大脑意识到眼皮突然盖 住瞳孔和世界因此变得漆黑一片。
Weather
天气
01锦囊妙句
01.The weather is abnormal this year.
今年的气候不正常。
02.It's raining hard.
雨下得很大。
03.Snow covered the ground.
积雪覆盖了大地。
04.Snow is falling all over the country.
全国各地都在下雪。
05.Have you listened to the weather forecast
你听天气预报了吗？
06.What's the temperature today
今天的气温多高？
07.The fog cleared off.
雾气已散。
08.It's cloudy today.
今天阴天。
09.It's a find day today.
今天的天气真好。
10.Cold weather，isn't it
天气很冷，不是吗？
11.The weather becomes warmer.
天气变暖和了。
12.It is sunny today.
今天天气晴朗。
13.Wet weather always depresses me.
depress [dipres] v.使沮丧
我在阴雨天总是心灰意懒。
14.It's raining cats and dogs outside.
外面正下着倾盆大雨。
15.It's freezing.
天冷极了。
02实用对话
Talking About Weather
Cathy：It is boiling today，isn't it
Kayla：Yes，it's very hot and stuffy.
Cathy：It's been looking like rain for several days.But it hasn't rained yet.①
Kayla：There are thick black clouds in the sky now.The wind is rising.
Cathy：It looks as if a thunder storm is coming in.
Kayla：It's a bit windy.But I like the breeze.
Cathy：It's beginning to sprinkle.
Kayla：The weatherman says some showers are expected this afternoon.
Cathy：It's turning warmer，isn't it
Kayla：Yes，the temperature is going up today.The temperature has climbed to 36℃.
Cathy：After a heavy rain，the temperature should drop a lot.
Kayla：Yes，there will be a cool day tomorrow.
谈论天气
凯茜：今天的天气热得要命，是不是？
凯拉：是的，今天天气很闷热。
凯茜：好几天总是要下雨的样子。但还是没下。
凯拉：现在天空乌云密布。刮风了。
凯茜：看起来一场雷雨即将来临。
凯拉：是有点风，但我喜欢微风。
凯茜：开始下小雨了。
凯拉：天气预报说今天下午将有阵雨。
凯茜：天气在转暖，是不是？
凯拉：是的，今天气温在上升。已上升到36摄氏度了。
凯茜：大雨过后，今天气温会降很多。
凯拉：是的，明天会是个凉爽的日子。
词汇档案
boiling [bili] a.沸腾的
stuffy [stfi] a.（房间等）不通风的
thunder storm雷雨
breeze [briz] n.微风
小叮咛
① But it hasn't rained yet.但还是没下。yet：还。在现在完成时的句子中，already常用于肯定句，yet常用于否定句和疑问句。用于否定句时，yet表示“还 、尚、迄今”等意思，例如：He hasn't done much yet.他做的还不是很多。用于疑问句是，yet表示“已经”。例如：Have you seen such a space shuttleyet 你见过这样的航天飞机吗？
03经典背诵
The Beloved被爱之人
Now，the beloved can also be of any deion.The most outlandish people can be the stimulus for love.A man may be a doddering greatgrandfather and still love only a strange girl he saw in the streets of Cheehaw one afternoon two decades past.The preacher may love a fallenwoman.The beloved may be treacherous，greasy-headed and given to evil habits.Yes，and the lover may see this as clearly as anyone else--butthat does not affect the evolution of his love one.A most mediocre person can be the object of a love which is wild，extravagant，and beautifulas the poison lilies of the swamp.A good man may be the stimulus for a love both violent and debased，or a jabbering madman may bring about inthe soul of someone a tender and ****** idyll.Therefore，the value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself.
It is for this reason that most of us would rather love than be loved.Almost everyone wants to be the lover.And the curt truth is that，in adeep secret way，the state of being beloved is intolerable to many.The beloved fears and hates the lover，and with the best of reasons.For thelover is forever trying to strip bare his beloved.The lover craves any possible relation with the beloved，even if this experience can cause him only pain.
现在，被爱的人可以是任何人。最稀奇古怪的人可能是爱的起因。四十年前的一个下午，一个男人可能已是老太龙钟的曾祖父了，但还仍然独爱二十年前他在奇霍街 道上见到的一个陌生女孩。传教士可能爱上一个堕落的女人。被爱之人可能是诡计多端，油头粉面，具有恶习。是的，情人可能和其他任何人一样清晰地明白--但 是，这并不影响他们的爱情进展。一个最平庸的人可能有一个狂热、挥霍无度、和沼泽里的有毒百合一样美丽的钟爱对象。一个好人可能是暴力低俗爱的起因，或者 一个叽叽喳喳的疯子可能给一个人的灵魂带来温柔简单的田园生活。因此，任何爱的价值和质量完全是由爱人本身决定的。
正是由于这个原因，我们大多数人更愿意去爱而不是被爱。几乎每个人都希望成为爱人。而简单的事实是，从心底说，被爱的状态许多人都无法容忍。被爱之人有充 分的理由恐惧和憎恨情人，因为情人永远试图毫无保留地了解他心爱的人。情人渴望与被爱之人的任何关系，即使这种经历只能让他痛苦。
Body Slimming Treatment
美体瘦身
01锦囊妙句
01.You're skinny enough without going on a diet！
skinny [skini] a.极瘦的
你不必节食就已经够瘦的了！
02.She goes to the fitness centre every day in order to lose weight.
为了减肥，她每天都去健身中心。
03.There are many fitness clubs in big cities.
在大城市有许多健身中心。
04.Eating too much can make you fat.
吃得过多会使你发胖。
05.He is skinny.
他骨瘦如柴。
06.He is overweight.
他太胖了。
07.Weigh yourself often and you may well start to lose weight.
经常称一称体重，你或许就会真的开始减肥。
08.My weight keeps going up although I try not to eat too much.
虽然我尽量不多吃，我的体重却越来越重。
09.I really need to lose some weight.
我真的需要减肥了。
10.The weight is too much for my height.
相对于我的身高来说，体重太重了！
11.You are just putting on a little weight.I believe you'll get that off easily.
你只是稍微胖了些．很快就会恢复的。
12.You both are very slim.
你们俩都很苗条。
13.It's healthier to be slim.
slim [slim] a.苗条的
苗条更健康。
14.You are slim enough.
你已经够苗条了。
15.I try to stay slim.
我努力保持苗条。
02实用对话
Losing Weight
Mike：Jerry，you look so fat.
Jerr： Not only fat，but so tired.
Mike：What's your weight
Jerr： 150 pound.
Mike：Do you put yourself on a diet Otherwise you'll be too fat.
Jerr： I can't bear eating less.
Mike：That doesn't mean to eat less necessarily.
Jerr： So what do you mean by diet
Mike：That means you should eat foods containing less fat.
Jerr： I just can't bear that.
Mike：So you must work out regularly.
Jerr： What exercise may I take part in
Mike：At the beginning，you can try jogging.Jogging can keep your weight down easily.①
减肥
迈克：杰瑞，你看起来太胖了。
杰瑞：不只是胖，而且我也很累。
迈克：你多重？
杰瑞：150磅。
迈克：你饮食合理吗？否则你就会更胖了。
杰瑞：少吃东西我受不了。
迈克：合理饮食不一定就非得少吃。
杰瑞：那你是什么意思呢？
迈克：我是说你要吃低脂肪的食物。
杰瑞：我可受不了。
迈克：那你要经常锻炼。
杰瑞：我能参加什么运动呢？
迈克：一开始，你可以尝试慢跑。慢跑可以很容易地让你减下来。
词汇档案
otherwise [ewaiz] adv.否则
regularly [reɡjulli] adv.有规律地
jog [dɡ] n.慢跑
小叮咛
①Jogging can keep your weight down easily.慢跑可以容易地让你减下来。
keep one's weight down： 减肥，控制体重。例如：How have you kept your weight down (你怎么减的肥？)"keep sth down"意思是“控制或阻止……的增长 或变大”，例如：We need to keep costs down.(我们需要把成本降下来。)另外，“keep sth down”还可以表示“（生病期间）能让吃下去的东西不吐出来”， 例如：I could hardly keep anything down for about three days.(大约三天了，我吃下去的东西几乎都会吐出来。)
Beauty
美容
01锦囊妙句
01.Let me show you how to use it.
让我给你示范一下怎么使用。
02.It's a world-famous brand.
这是国际名牌。