托福词汇之“书中自有黄金屋”——与book有关的短语

　　书是我们最好的朋友，不同的书会带给我们不同的收获。在英语里，跟book一词相关的短语也不少，今天我们就来介绍其中的几个。

　　1. A closed book

　　已经完结的事情/高深莫测的人或事物

　　"As far as I am concerned, that matter with the council is a closedbook"

　　"I have never been able to work or communicate with John. He is a closedbook"

　　2. An open book

　　一目了然的人或事物

　　"Julia's life is like an open book. You always know what she's up to".

　　3. Read someone like a book

　　一眼看穿某人想法

　　"I can read Angela like a book. I always know what she's thinking and whatshe's about to say at meetings."

　　4. The oldest trick in the book

　　老套的把戏

　　"It was the oldest trick in the book – one man distracted me while anotherstole my wallet. I can't believe I fell for it."

　　5. In someone's good/bad books

　　得到/失去某人的欢心

　　"Tommy has been on his best behaviour today. After yesterday's tantrums,he's been doing his best to be in my good books all day."

　　6. By the book

　　照章办事

　　"We're not going to leave things to chance.We're going to run this companyby the book."

　　7. To bring someone to book

　　惩罚某人

　　"I had to bring Tom to book after our meeting. He shouldn't have lost histemper at Bridget".

　　8. Take a leaf out of someone's book

　　以某人为榜样

　　"You should take a leaf out of Keith's book. He has achieved wonders withthose children".

　　9. Don't judge a book by its cover

　　不要以貌取人

　　"When I first met Charlotte she had had a really tough two weeks and wasn'tin the mood for chatting and appeared very moody and unsociable. She is not atall like that. One should never judge a book by its cover".

　　10. Cook the books

　　做假账

　　"It appears that Stanley had been cooking the books for years. He wasfinally caught last year."