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A Flash in the pan
My friend Marta wanted me to be in the talent contest with her. I didn't want to get onstage. I have no talent. But she said that I was a wet blanket and that I never wanted to do anything fun. I decided to throw in the towel and not to argue with her.
At the contest, Marta sang a Beatles song. Then it was my turn. Fortunately, I'd found one of my nephew's old puppets. I did a ventriloquist act, in which it looked as if the puppet and I were trading old jokes. My friends who saw me onstage must have thought I had a screw loose. I was surprised that the audience laughed and seemed to enjoy my act.
Then it was time for the winner of the contest to be named. I could see Marta, waiting on pins and needles, hoping to win. I could see that she was angry when my name was called. She didn't talk to me for a week. But now we've buried the hatchet and we are friends again. But my victory was a flash in the pan. I have never been onstage before or since.
Definitions 习语注解和例句
1. a wet blanket
-a person who says or does something that stops other people enjoying themselves 掃興的人
Andy is such a wet blanket. He never wants to go to parties, and if he does go, he won't dance
2. throw in the towel
-to admit defeat 認輸
When the candidate saw she couldn't win the election. she threw in the towel and quit the race
3. to have a screw loose
-If you say that someone has a screw loose, you mean that they behave in a strange way and seem slightly mentally ill.
行爲乖戾；神經有點不正常
Anatoly didn't take a jacket even though it was cold and windy. He must have a screw loose
4. on pins and needles
-worried or excited about something that is going to happen 為即將發生的事情而擔心（或激動），如坐針氈
I wasn't sure if I did well on the test. So I was on pins and needles when the teacher was giving them back
5. to bury the hatchet
-to stop an argument and become friends again 言歸於好
Let's forget our disagreement and bury the hatchet.
6. a flash in the pan
-something that happened only once or for a short time and was not repeated 曇花一現
I got a 100 on the final test, but that was just a flash in th pan. I got low scores on all the rest of the tests, and I was barely able to pass the course
More to Note
1. as sharp as a tack
-extremely clever or astute. 頭腦很清楚、敏捷
Tommy is only three, but he's as sharp as a tack. He can say the ABcs and can read some words
2. to pan out
-to develop in a particular way or in a successful way（以某種方式）發展；進展順利
If things pan out, we hope to get a bank loan and start a computer service business
3. potluck
-anything that is available or is found by chance, rather than something chosen, planned, or prepared 碰巧得到的東西
Our end-of-class party was a potluck dinner for which each student made a special food
4. soap opera
-a series of television or radio programmes about the lives and problems of a particular group of characters. The series continues over a long period and is broadcast (several times) every week. 肥皂劇（展示一群角色的生活與遭遇的系列電視或廣播節目，持續很長時間，通常每週（多次）播出）
My aunt has watched the same soap opera on TV for ten years. She's very interested in all the difficult problems that the people in the soap opera have
5. to sponge off
-clean with a sponge, by rubbing （用海绵）拭去，除去，依赖他人生活
It's about time Gary got his own apartment. He's sponged off us long enough
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