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素材来源：Friends S01E07
校对：现象级英语晨读团队
五道口，看美剧学五个地道实用的表达！
1. black out (S01E07)
power is out，power went out, 停电。black out, 表示对某某，实行灯火管制；使一片漆黑，延伸为停电。The entire city is blacked out.
因为暴风雨大作，山上的很多地方都停电了，陷入一片漆黑，large parts of the mountains were blacked out after a storm blew up.
2. is way overrated (S01E07)
is way overrated. 远被高估了。overrate 表示高估，way等同于very或者too much.
在中国，文凭被过多看重了，Diplomas are way overrated.
海外留学被过分美化了，Studying abroad is vastly overrated.
3. what's messing you up? (S01E07)
what's messing you up? 什么在困恼你？同类的表达还有What's wrong with you? What's the matter with you? what's up with you? what's eating you? 注意，这里，what's eating you?，可不要误以为，是什么吃了你哦。也是询问，“你怎么了”。
4. act surprised (S01E07)
act surprised. 假装很吃惊的样子。
act, 我们知道它有“动作/行为”的意思，口语中，也常理解为“假装，摆出”，比如，act crazy 装疯，act the fool 装笨，act cute, 卖萌。
有些欠钱，故意不还的人，你会发现，当你提起欠钱的事，他们可能会摆出忘记了的样子，A guy owed me 500 yuan, when I brought this up, he acted as if he totally had forgotten.
5. second-to-last (S01E07)
second-to-last. 倒数第二。同意思的表达还有，last but one。
表妹最近期中考，告诉我，本周四，早上考英语，是他们的倒数第二门考试，my second to last exam, on Thursday morning, is English.
second 相关的另一个表达，second to none, 意思是无语伦与，出类拔萃，有种，你敢说第二，没人敢说第一的感觉。
作为歌手，迈克杰克逊的才华，是无语伦与的，As a singer, Michael Jackson's talent is second to none.
That's all for today. See you next time~
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