1. big noise 重要的新闻
2. big talk 吹牛
3. big-time spender 出手很阔的人
4. be big with… 深受……的喜爱
5. go on a binge 狂欢
6. be bird-brained 愚蠢的
7. bite someone’s head off 对某人大发雷霆
8. be bits and pieces 心烦意乱
9. bleed someone white 榨干血汗
10. blind date 男女间的初次约会
习惯用语
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1． have something to do with… 与……有关
2． front-page news 头版头条新闻
3． take great pride in… 对……感到骄傲
4． aim at… 目的在于
5． be cut out for… 天生适合……
6． make big bucks 赚大钱
7． make big noise 报导重大新闻
8． a fat cat 大款，很有钱的人
9． splash one’s money about 挥霍钱
10． pinch pennies 节俭
11． get pleasure in… 从……得到快乐
12． a white-haired boy 受宠的人
13． to a certain degree 从某种程度讲
14． can’t agree more 再同意不过
15． social celebrities 社会名人
16． feel like a million dollar 特别开心
17． splurge 挥霍
18． cost an arm and a leg 宰人（价格）
19． chicken out 因害怕而打退堂鼓
20． let one’s money go down the drain 把钱白白浪费
21． a miser 吝啬
22． a chicken guy 胆小鬼
23． class-A 一流的
24． have a big time 玩得很高兴
25． give someone a good piece of one’s mind 好好教训某人一顿
26． have had one too many 喝多了
27． put down one’s foot 坚决反对
28． insist on… 坚持……
29． a stick in the mud 老古董
30． generation gap 代沟
31． give in 屈服
32． thin edge 开头事小，后果严重
33． not have the heart to… 不忍心
34． be in a placid mood 心平气和
35． see eye to eye 看法一致
36． old-fashioned 过时的
37． modern way 现代方式
38． object to… 反对……
39． not give someone a tumble 不理睬某人
40． fall for… 爱上……
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Dialogue for Practice
A: I don’t know why Yelsin makes much big noise in major English newspapers and magazines.
B: That has something to do with（与……有关）reporters who crave to make big noise.
A: He appears in most newspapers in recent years. And news about him always seems to be front-page news（头版头条）.
B: Reporters take great pride in（感到骄傲）their news coverage, and front-page news is the only thing they seem to aim at（最终目标）.
A: Talking about reporters, it always seems that they tend to exaggerate things: they make small things appear big.
B: Big talk（吹牛）, I’d say. They are cut out for（天生适合）talking big.
A: They should be faithful in reporting things.
B: That’s their job to make big noise, or they may lose news coverage. I know a reporter. His name is Frank. He makes big bucks（赚大钱）by making big noise（报导重大新闻）for several major newspapers.
A: I’ve heard about him. A friend of mine told me that he himself is big noise. Many people call him “a fat cat”（大款）.
B: He is a fat cat. And he’s a big-time spender, too（出手很阔的人）. He splashes his money about（挥霍钱）like anything.
A: But many rich people don’t behave that way. They are pinching pennies（节俭）.
B: But Frank is different. He gets a lot of pleasure in spending（从……中得到很大的乐趣）money. Frank is not only a big-time spender, but also big with most notables in Chicago. He is a white-haired boy（受宠的人）among them.
A: Nothing to be surprised about that. He helps them a lot in increasing their popularity. Social celebrities（社会名人） depend their popularity on reporters, to a certain degree（从某种意义程度说）.
B: I can’t agree more（再同意不过）. It’s reporters who help make them know.
A: Let’s stop talking about social celebrities（社会名人）. I want to be a big-time spender（出手阔的人）today.
B: Yeah. Let’s go on a binge. I feel like a million dollars（特别开心）today.
A: Right. Let’s go and splurge（挥霍）. But where shall we go?
B: Let’s go to Hilton. I have never been able to be in there.
A: What? Going to Hilton? That will cost us an arm and a leg（宰人的价格）.
B: You want to chicken out on（打退堂鼓）that?
A: Better somewhere else. I don’t want to let my money go down the drain（把钱白白浪费）in Hilton.
B: You are simply a miser（吝啬鬼）. Didn’t you suggest we splurge（挥霍一下）?
A: Yea, I did. But I don’t see a point in splurging in a place like Hilton. Don’t be bird-brained and let our money go down the drain（把钱白白浪费）like that.
B: I’m disappointed. I didn’t know you are a chicken guy（胆小鬼）.
A: Listen! We can go to the Grand Hotel. And there is a number of A-class（一流的）night clubs around the place.
B: All right. I’ll follow yours.
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A: It was really great fun. I haven’t had such a big time（玩得很开心）before.
B: But I didn’t enjoy for long. When I got home, my father bit my head off and was giving me a good piece of his mind（教训）.
A: What for? Was it because you late again?
B: Not really. I had had one too many（喝多了）and he put down his foot（坚决反对）and insisted on（坚持）my not going out again. He doesn’t allow me to drink.
A: He must be a stick in the mud（老古董）. He should know that we are not in his generation.
B: There is a generation gap（代沟）. They can’t seem to understand us.
A: You shouldn’t give in（屈服）. That’ll be the thin edges（开头事小，后果严重）.
B: Well, he was bits and pieces. I didn’t have the heart（不忍心）to get on his nerves and drive him mad.
A: I know. I know. But you should bet him know that we are…
B: I’ll have a talk with him in a placid mood（心平气和）. I might be able to convince him of what I think. But it takes time for him to see eye to eye（看法一致）with us young people. But one thing my father will never agree with us.
A: Something about modern things?
B: No. About the way we splash our money about（挥霍钱）. He even thinks that eating out will bleed us white（榨干血汗）.
A: He’s old-fashioned（过时的）. He doesn’t have a sense of modern way（现代方式）of consumption.
B: We can’t force old people to accept what we enjoy doing, of course.
A: May I ask you a question?
B: Sure. Go ahead.
A: Does your father object to（反对）your dating different men?
B: How can I know? I’ve never done that.
A: But I still remember your telling me something about your blind date（男女的初次约会）. You said that you didn’t give the man a tumble（不理睬）on your blind date, didn’t you?
B: But that doesn’t have anything to do with（与……有关）dating different men.
A: I’m sorry. What I mean is…
B: Is what?
A: Well, I mean do you like dating?
B: Yes, I do. I like going out with the one whom I seem to fall for（爱上）.
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