本书将带我们进处一个“绝望主妇”的纷扰世界，这是一部生动完美的美语视听资料，它的用词、语言思维方式、所体现的美国文化，都给这部美剧贴上了一个令你我惊羡的标签——地道！英语学习，异域体验，如此境界，舍他何求！

本书犹如一个风趣的讲堂，而所要讲解的内容是地道美语，依托的是流行美剧。该系列书主要建立在《绝望的主妇》这部美剧之上，旨在透析这部中产阶级美剧地道语言的方方面面，讲解西方文化的点点滴滴。

本书主要在于“示范”、“模仿”，围绕剧中的情节，对人物对白展开详细讲解，重点则在近200个频频出镜的地道表达之上。本书主要有以下特点：解析美剧，洞悉美语；选词精道，讲解生动；例句充分，译文优美；对比清晰，区别到位，读来会令人记忆犹新。

前言

第一部分　主妇的绝望，英语的希望：美语百分百

Desperate

Dirty laundry

Out of one's hair

Flip-flop

Foot the bill

Fresh as paint

Take it outside

Hurt my teeth

Jump ship

Church mouse

Bum out

Water under the bridge

The coast is clear

Hit rock bottom

Cut the apron strings

Klutz and Butterfingers

第二部分 流行口语元素

Ⅰ 第一季

Bang

Can I use your bathroom?

Catch

Dead

Drag

Family resemblance

Fling

Get over

Get somebody wrong

Get the picture

Help out

Hit and hit on

How come

Keep up with the Jones's

Killer idea

Motel

Not an ounce

Out of whack

Pad

Friend, pal and buddy

Rough and rough housing

Snoop around

Survive

Teenage

Throw a party

Thunder

Tough

You know what?

Your choice!

Ⅱ 第二季

Arms

Bite

Blow

Cloud

Come around

Compliment

Deserve

Dime

Duck

Due

In the flesh

Get in Someone's way

Get off

Grand

Have an open casket

Hook

Hunch

Knock off

Knock out

Knock up

Knock yourself out

Last straw

Make up

Mess

Nail

Paternity test

Portfolio

Premises

Pudding

Pull off

Put away

Put up with

Rain check

Salt

Shark

A slap on the wrist

Stab someone in the back

Stack

Strip joint

Sugarcoat

Technically

Ugly

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