TalkingAboutSight

1、talking about sight by pennysue: this medication im taking is messing with my vision. everything is blurry.hamed: thats a good reason for you to stay home from work today. sue: i cant. i have to give a presentation this afternoon and i cant flake out on my coworkers. hamed: what good are you to them

2、 if youre blind as a bat?sue: everybody else will have crystal clear vision, so all i have to do is to put in an appearance. things may not be as sharp as id like them to be, but i can still make out people and objects as long as theyre really big. hamed: i dont think your coworkers are going to wan

3、t you to blindside them today with your strange behavior. youre going to do more harm than good. sue: i can see well enough. i only see double if i move my head like this. whoa hamed: at this point, i dont care if you have x-ray vision. that medication is affecting more than your vision. its impairi

4、ng your better judgment! medication (= medicine ,a drug) shes taking medication for high blood pressure. = shes on medication for high blood pressure. he stopped taking his medications. he forgot to take his medicine. a cough medicine herbal medicines mess with sb or sth. = monkey with sb or sth.: t

5、o bother or interfere with someone or something. come on, dont monkey with my new camera. dont mess with me unless you want trouble. you dont want to mess with this guy. crime really messes with the quality of life in a community. 别干预她的事，她脾气很暴。vision: the ability to see (=sight or eyesight ) she has

6、 good/poor vision. she has normal vision. = she has 20/20 vision. impaired /blurred vision /blurry vision a vision test vision problems field of vision 视野, 视界 he ran right through my field of vision. double vision 复视觉 he wore special glasses to correct his double vision.blurry :indistinct or hazy in

7、 outline 模糊的模糊的 a blurry image shes suffering from blurry vision. the letters are blurry =blurred without my glasses. the trees were just blurry shapes.blur : something that you cannot see clearly as the train sped on, everything outside the window was a blur. the letters are just a blur without my

8、glasses. the whole weekend is just a blur to me. flake out:not to do sth youre supposed to do 放某人鸽子放某人鸽子flack out = flake out :to lie down because of exhaustion(因精疲因精疲力竭而力竭而)瘫倒瘫倒(或睡着或睡着) all the hikers flacked out when they reached the campsite. after a few hours, the hikers all flaked out.别惊动他，他睡着了

9、。我从机场回到家，便一下瘫倒在离我最近的沙发上了。flake: a small, thin piece of something delicate flakes of snow white flakes of dandruff snowflake 雪花, 雪片 cornflakes 干玉米片(as) blind as a bat : unable to see well at all / having very poor vision without glasses im blind as a bat. he lost his sight in an accident and is as bl

10、ind as a bat. im as blind as a bat without my glasses. connie is blind as a bat when it comes to her daughters disgraceful behavior.crystal clear: perfectly clear /absolutely clear : able to be seen through completely透明的透明的, 极其明白的极其明白的, 十十分清楚的分清楚的 crystal clear water a crystal clear sky to give me c

11、rystal clear directions “was my request clear?” “yes, crystal clear.” its crystal clear to me. 再清楚不过了。 eventually it became crystal clear that something had to change.她把她的意思解释得清清楚楚。他想表明清楚他不同意我们的意见。put in an appearance (at sth) =make an appearance : to go to an event, gathering, etc., usually for a s

12、hort period of time 露面露面, 到场一会儿到场一会儿 i only wanted to put in an appearance at the reception, but i ended up staying for two hours. do we have to stay a long time, or can we just put in an appearance? the candidate made an appearance at the rally. to put in an appearance at the partysharp : clear and

13、 easy to see /very noticeable a sharp image/picture/photograph a sharp difference/distinction her cheerful mood stands in sharp contrast to her dreary surroundings. make (sth) out or make out (sth) : to see and identify we could just make out a ship approaching through the fog. i couldnt quite make

14、out what she said. i cant quite make out =tell whether hes drunk or sober. were still trying to make out =find out, figure out what really happened. blindside: to hit (someone who is facing in another direction) suddenly and very hard 攻击无防备的一侧攻击无防备的一侧 the quarterback was blindsided just as he was ab

15、out to throw a pass. blindside:to surprise or shock (someone) in a very unpleasant way 使不愉快地感到意外使不愉快地感到意外 we were all blindsided by the news of her sudden death. the economic downturn blindsided many investors.do more harm than good: to be damaging rather than helpful 弊大于利弊大于利;害多利少害多利少 giving children too much freedom often does more harm than good. see double: to see two things when only