重点讲解：
1. get one's knickers in a twist
恼火；烦闷；
eg. The company, which makes its money on 3,000 grocery lines has its knickers in a twist about Sunday trading.
这家依靠3，000种食品杂货盈利的公司为其星期天的营业状况烦恼!]Iq8xyOcXO^C6qc。
eg. Don't get your knickers in a twist. It is just a small test.
别不高兴了，这只是一个小考试而已5zbn;zgNFA7AsS。
2. poke fun at
取笑；戏弄；拿…开玩笑；
eg. She poked fun at people's shortcomings.
她拿别人的缺点开玩笑kgIrO;|!UKMd。
eg. We all poke fun at her because she wears such a strange hat.
我们大家都笑她戴这么一顶古怪的帽子+p5;ZfkWPBqa]xKk。
3. bother to do sth.
操心；费力；麻烦；
eg. Few black children today bother to humiliate themselves like this.
今天，几乎没有黑人孩子为像这样让他们丢人的事情而烦恼@Enr&]o@T,。
eg. He did not bother to undress.
他懒得脱衣服了mc,fB3cghx+&(。
4. tidy up
收拾；整理；
eg. I really must start tidying the place up.
我真得开始收拾收拾这个地方了;~SH2YqF2Rr+。
eg. Anne made the beds and tidied up the nursery.
安妮把床铺都整理好，然后把幼儿室收拾停当aM=C(8A4IDgZVOTID+Fk。
5. by the way
顺便说一下；
eg. OK. By the way, tell your wife she throws a successful party.
好.4lrt~s29m,i)+VY1。还有，请告诉你夫人，她办了一个很成功的宴会@JP.pqN,(8_。
eg. By the way, I want you to know that none of this was my idea.
顺便说一句，我想让你知道所有的一切都不是我的主意rEwM^~te@BA~U。
6. tell off
斥责；训斥；训诫；
eg. He never listened to us when we told him off.
我们教训他时，他从来不听Uv5UH&kc^JDzI。
eg. I'm always being told off for being so awkward.
我笨手笨脚的，总挨训GAW*-9A~)#-Sk。