托福词汇之“书中自有黄金屋”

　　书是我们最好的朋友，正所谓“书中自有黄金屋”，不同的书会带给我们不同的收获。在托福词汇中，跟book一词相关的短语也不少，今天我们就来介绍几个这样的托福词汇表达。

　　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 closed book".

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

　　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 what she'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 another stole my wallet.I can 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 behavior 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 goingto run this company by the book".

　　7

　　To bring someone to book

　　惩罚某人

　　"I had to bring Tom to book after our meeting.He should't have lost his temper 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 with those 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't in the moody for chatting and appeared very moody and unsociable.She is not at all like that. One should never judge a book by its cover".

　　10

　　Cook the book

　　做假账

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