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美联英语提供：容易让人迷惑的习语表达（二） 两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平 /test/xiaobai.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 11. LEARN (SOMETHING) BY HEART / OFF BY HEART 11.用心学习某事 To memorize something so well, that it can be written or recited without thinking. 对某事十分熟悉，能够不假思索地默写或背诵。 I can’t believe you learnt the whole Macbeth play by heart! Well done! 你竟然记住了《麦克白》全部台词！真让人难以置信！干得好！ She learnt all the compositions by Beethoven off by heart! 她用心学习了贝多芬的所有曲目！ 12. BOOKWORM 12.书呆子 This is used to describe someone who reads a lot, all the time. 形容某人一直读书。 You won’t be able to convince her to come out with us, she’s a real bookworm and will probably stay in to read! 你不必费力请她和我们一起去，她是个名副其实的书呆子，可能更想在家读书！ 13. FROM THE OLD SCHOOL/ OF THE OLD SCHOOL 13.因循守旧 Holding attitudes or ideas that were popular and important in the past, but which are no longer considered relevant or in-line with modern trends. 仍坚持过去流行的态度或主张，尽管其已不再符合现代社会发展趋势。 She was a teacher of the old school and believed in strict discipline. 她是个老派的老师，相信严师出高徒。 My grandmother is from the old school, she made her children make their own lunches and walk to school. 祖母是个传统的人，她要求儿女们自行准备午餐、步行去学校。 14. THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS 14.（有教育意义的）困苦经历 Learning through difficult experiences in life, as opposed to a formal, classroom education. 从苦难的生活经历学习，而非接受正规的课堂教育。 I wasn’t able to go to college, but I learnt a lot in the school of hard knocks, it taught me a lot about life. 我虽然未受过大学教育，但是困苦的生活经历同样使我学到很多，让我深刻理解了什么叫生活。 15. A FOR EFFORT 15.获得嘉奖 Giving someone recognition for trying hard to do something even though they may not be successful. 对某人的辛勤付出做出肯定，即便并未取得成功。 Jenny definitely deserves an A for effort, she put so much work into her entry for the competition. 詹妮在比赛中倾注了大量的心血，理应获得嘉奖。 16. SCHOOL SOMEONE IN SOMETHING 16.训练某人做某事 To train, discipline or coach someone in something. 训练、训导或指导某人做某事。 She schooled her brother in patience. 她耐心教导弟弟。 17. CUT CLASS / PLAY HOOKY / SKIP CLASS 17.逃课/逃学/逃课 When someone plays truant and does not go to their lessons. 某人旷课或逃学。 David has been cutting class a