1. come across 碰到遇見-When you read this morning's paper, you may come across an article about the unusual day I had last week.

2. seem as normal看起來正常-Normally, there's never anything newsworthyabout my life. That all changed last Thursday. Of course everything seemed as normal at first.

3. chore 零工，而household chores 可指家務(wù)勞動- I performed my chores.

4. errand 任務(wù)使命- I ran my errands.

5. in truth 事實上，不僅要會用actually, as a matter of fact,還要會用in truth，它們語意相近，但是之間存在一些語感上的微妙差異，請試著去體會。-In truth, I spent the day as I spend every other day.

6. In truth, I spent the day as I spend every other day -quietly polishing the routine of my life until it gleamed with perfection.這部美劇的旁白具有很好的文學鑒賞價值，而本句就是這種文學色彩的代表句之一。Polish愿意為打磨，擦亮，推敲，潤色，那么打磨常規(guī)的生活，就是指，不斷重復(fù)過著例行公事的生活，借以把生活潤色得完美。全句的意思則是，不斷重復(fù)這例行公事的生活，直到生活閃現(xiàn)出完美那一刻。而直到完美之前都在例行公事般的生活，那么這個達到完美狀態(tài)的時刻，就暗示了她自殺這件不平凡的事情的到來。

7. arouse喚醒引起-Her curiosity aroused. 當旁白說道自殺者的尸體被鄰居發(fā)現(xiàn)的同時，鏡頭正好對準發(fā)現(xiàn)尸體的鄰居吃東西的畫面。而她吃的東西，是用手指從木質(zhì)吧臺上蘸了的一點紅色醬汁，很容易讓人誤解為她在從地板上蘸了鮮血來吃，編劇和導演的用心可謂良苦，總是利用這種雷人的玩笑增加影片的行為藝術(shù)效果。

8. drop in on sb unannounced 不請自來。Unannounced是副詞，用來表明探訪某人而事先未通知對方。-Mrs. Huber tried to think of a reason for dropping in on me unannounced. After some initial hesitation, she decided to return the blender she had borrowed from me 6 months before. 語法上的一個注意點是，she had borrowed 是過去完成時態(tài)的從句，用來修飾名詞blender, 所以時間上要用 before 而不是ago。

為什么她猶豫了片刻？因為不請自來是很不禮貌的，也是經(jīng)常會令人感到尷尬的。除非她能夠想出一個探訪的好理由，這樣的理由要具備兩個條件，一是要有必要性，就是說理由很充分；二是妥協(xié)性，即假如無法探訪對方，也沒有什么不妥。所以她選擇了歸還絞肉機作為探訪的理由。接下來你會發(fā)現(xiàn)為什么這個理由符合這兩點條件。

9. 一系列描述人由于震驚或悲痛而神情恍惚的表達,motionless靜止的； grief-stricken極度憂傷的，在下邊的例句中是做過去分詞使用；tragedy 悲劇-And for a moment, Mrs. Huber stood motionless in her kitchen, grief-stricken by this senseless tragedy. But, only for a moment.If there was one thing Mrs. Huber was known for, it was her ability to look on the bright side. 用only對for a moment進行強調(diào)，以及反復(fù)出現(xiàn)for a moment，極大地諷刺了這位善于化悲痛為力量的主婦的品質(zhì)。

10. be laid to rest安息，死的委婉說法-I was laid to rest on a Monday.