重点词汇词组：

Jo¹understood²exactly what the smiles were saying³, and went out to⁴the kitchen⁵complaining to herself about "excellent young men with brown eyes!"⁶

长难句分析

解：1主语+2谓语+3宾语从句+4谓语+5宾语+6状语

析：①宾语从句：what the smiles were saying

该从句由连接代词what引导，其他常见的连接代词有：who, whom, which, whose等。宾语从句要用陈述句语序，而不用疑问句语序。

②现在分词短语complaining to herself about "excellent young men with brown eyes!"作伴随状语。

1.stare at 盯着看

例：Don'tstare atpeople like that, it's rude.

不要那样盯着人看，很不礼貌。

【相关俚语】

①be staring at sth. 面对，正视（糟糕的局面或问题）

例：By late in the first half the teamwas staring atalmost certain defeat.

在上半场后半段这支球队就基本上是必输无疑了。

②stare sth. in the face 与（令人不愉快的）事件非常接近

例：At this point they werestaring death in the face.

此时他们离死神只有一步之遥。

2.smile at 对……微笑

例：When hesmiled atme I knew everything was all right.

他冲我笑时，我就知道一切正常。

【常见短语】

smile on sth./sb. 积极对待

例：The godssmiled on usand we had brilliant sunshine throughout the day.

上天眷顾我们，我们度过了阳光明媚的一天。

3.complain to sb. about sth. 向某人抱怨/投诉某事

例：I'm going tocomplain to the manager about this.

我要就这件事向经理投诉。

【常见短语】

complain of sth. （病人）主诉，诉说

例：She's beencomplaining ofa bad back recently.

她近来一直说自己的背疼得厉害。

4.black look 怒视；仇恨的注视

例：She gave me ablack look.

她恶狠狠地瞪了我一眼。

【相关俚语】

①black and blue 青肿的，瘀血的

例：His arm wasblack and blue.

他胳膊青一块紫一块的。

②not as black as he/she/it is painted 不像别人说的那么坏

例：He's not very friendly, but he'snot as black as he's painted.

他不太友善，但也不像别人说的那么坏。

③by the look(s) of things 从现有的情况判断

例：By the look of things, we won't finish till next week.

从现在的情况看，我们要到下个星期才能做完。

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