1.A: What do you think of your girlfriend? 　　你觉得你女朋友怎么样? 　　B: Everything’s all right except for her temper. When she loses her temper, there’s nothing you can do about it. 　　什么都好，就是脾气不太好。当她发脾气时，你简直拿她没办法。 　　经典实用句之二---a pushover for flattery 　　A: Cypher is getting married, do you know that? 　　Cypher就要结婚了，你知道吗？ 　　B: That can’t be. You must have heard it through the grapevine. 　　不可能，你一定是道听途说。 　　A: No, I got it straight from the horse’s mouth. 　　没有，我是从他本人那边得知的。 　　难点解析： 　　hear sth. through the grapevine, 考虑一下葡萄藤弯弯曲曲向四面八方伸展的情况，就会了解把他比作道听途说是如何贴切了。

　　get it straight from the horse’s mouth, 这里it指the horse’s age.要知道马的年龄，只要看它的牙就没有错。引申为从本人或可靠来源处得知。