妙语佳句:

原句:She is out of her mind. People.

out of mind:发疯, 忘却, 不想

He was almost driven out of his mind with anxiety.

他焦急得差不多精神都错乱了。

We've been going there every year for time out of mind.

很久以来，我们每年去那里。

原句:Look dad, they're New Yorkers, they are just...ruined and frightened people.

ruin:毁灭

destroy多指彻底地、毁灭性地破坏，含导致无用，不能或很难再修复的意味。

ruin多指因外部原因而受到严重破坏或毁灭，侧重破坏的彻底性，也可用于引申意义。

The old empty house soon went to rack and ruin.

这所旧的空房子很快就毁坏了。

He worked out methods to destroy bacteria on the seeds.

他研究出消灭种子上细菌的方法。

frighten:使惊吓, 害怕

frighten普通用词，使用广泛，指产生突然、短暂的惊慌、恐怖感。

James love sneaking up on his sister to frighten her.

詹姆斯喜欢溜到妹妹身后吓她一大跳。

scare指非正式文体中可与frighten换用，但语气较重，侧重人受惊吓后立即停下正在干的事或跑掉。

A beater was sent ahead to scare out the partridge.

猎人助手被派到前面去把鹧鸪赶吓出来。

考考你:

她神智不清醒。

别让他们跑了。

上期答案:

The plane won't be fixed until the suits meet our demands.

I'm gonna get the busty not bully you if you don't get this plane going.