2009年中考英语复习八：状语从句的考点讲解和训练

In good nick 品质好、没有损坏

A bitter pill to swallow 不得不吞的苦药

Going forward 从今往后

Chelsea doctor and surfing in Australia 切尔西队医与球队和解，澳大利亚冲浪

Test the water 试探，摸底

One good turn deserves another 以德报德，礼尚往来

In the blink of an eye 一眨眼之间

Pain in the neck 令人讨厌的事情或人

Cyclists make Olympic history, 400-year-old shark 英国自行车运动员创英奥运历史，400岁格陵兰鲨鱼

There's method to my madness 我有一个不合常理的办法

Close, but no cigar 几近成功

A recipe for disaster 后患无穷

Alligator takes boy and Tate Modern extension 鳄鱼拖走小男孩，泰特现代美术馆扩建完工

Cyborg beetle and the teenage brain 半机械甲虫，青少年脑部发育

Crash course 速成课

Art and football 海底发现文物，莱斯特城足球俱乐部曼谷庆功

It takes two to tango 一个巴掌拍不响

Phelps makes history and marine species 菲尔普斯创造历史，海洋新物种

Until I'm blue in the face 任凭你磨破嘴皮

To make a monkey out of me 捉弄我

Barefaced 厚颜无耻的

The last/final straw 忍无可忍，使人最终崩溃的一击

World's longest tunnel and a strange kind of race 世界最长铁路隧道，扛羊毛袋比赛

To turn something upside down 把……翻个底朝天

Cheap and cheerful 物美价廉

To lie through your teeth 睁眼说瞎话

You're pulling my leg! 你在愚弄我！

Axe to grind 别有用心

Burn a hole in your pocket 有钱不花难受

Indian state introduces 'fat tax' 印度一省拟征收“脂肪税”