学英语需要的不仅仅是浓厚的兴趣，还要有desperate的精神。听读保持心静，写说力图传神。我想《绝望主妇》这么经典的剧本，如果没有编剧的静心创作再加上演员的激情表演，是不可能得到众多的称赞和追捧的。Ok, let’s get to the point：老规矩，先放出视频下面我们逐个场景来解析片中的实用短语及句型吧：

Episode04：Tom将干练的Lynette劝回家做baby-site，用了这么一句话：

“Why not quit your job? Kids do better with stay-at-home moms, It would be so much less stressful.”

男人希望女人为家庭做出牺牲，就得学Tom这样，话说得棒，姿势也做得到位。

Episode05：Bree给Mary Alice丈夫Paul送甜点以示慰问时，Paul说道：

Bree, you shouldn’t gone to all this trouble.

这句话的表达很中国式思维，when someone show their respect for you loss, 而你觉得给人添麻烦了，就可以使用这个句子。

Well, at least I can do is to make sure your boys had a decent meal to look forward to in the morning. I know you’re out of your mind with grief.

请注意我有蓝色标记出的这个词组：decent meal：decent这个形容词的解释如下：

adj. 有分寸的,得体的,相当好的，建议大家牢记掌握，并加以运用，以下是例句：

The lack of decent public transport is a great disadvantage.

没有适当的公共交通工具是很不方便的.

His first novel was a flash in the pan, and he hasn't written anything decent since.

他的第一部小说如昙花一现，此后他再没写出像样的东西。

He dreamed of living in decent conditions.

他梦想着过体面的生活。

It was decent of her to help the homeless.

她帮助无家可归的人，真是可敬。

至于“look forward to”这个词组更是常见，在这里就不多说了。

Episode06：Narrator在讲述Susan的经历遭遇时，用了下面的一段话：

A year had passed since the divorce; Susan had started to think how nice it would be to have a man in her life, even one who would make fun of her cooking.

这段话是非常有用的一个写作句式，大家不妨根据自己的经历和体会造个句子，以便加深记忆。这里有个短语：“make fun of”（取笑和嘲弄的意思），举个例子：

It's cruel to make fun of people who stammer.

嘲笑口吃的人未免不近人情.

That will teach him a lesson! It doesn't pay to make fun of the Law, my man!

那会给他一个教训！与法律开玩笑绝不会有好下场，我的老弟。