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A: 美语训练班上课啦！大家好，我是杨琳！
B: 我是Kat! 杨琳，快说说咱们今天都要学什么？
A: 好！今天，咱们一起去学学怎么打篮球，看看怎么装饰办公室来鼓舞士气，吃顿饕餮大餐，还要告诉大家怎么说“换位思考”！
B: 换位思考! 这是我无数优点中的一个呀！
A: Uh oh...大家都笑了……好了好了，言归正传，我们赶快先来进入第一个单元，Learn a Word!
今天我们要学的短语是lock horns. Lock是锁上， horn是动物头上的角，lock horns原指动物用角互顶打架，引伸为“激烈争论”，杠上了。India and the European Union are likely to lock horns over new green energy norms at the Earth Summit in Brazil. 在巴西召开的地球峰会上，印度和欧盟很可能就新的绿色能源标准争论不休。U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder locked horns with congressional Republicans at a hearing on a gun-trafficking case. 美国司法部长霍尔德同国会共和党人在听证会上因一起枪支走私案顶了起来。The mayor and her deputy locked horns over plans for a new road. 市长和她的副手因为修路计划而激烈争吵。好，今天我们学习的词是lock horns.
A: 说起lock horns, 你看了这一期的Iron Chef, 料理铁人了吗? I love that show so much! It's so intense—I can't get enough of watching the competitors lock horns in epic food battles!
B: Yeah, that kitchen is definitely a war zone. I saw this one episode where the chefs had to cook five dishes with just eggs! Only eggs! Now that's a seriously tough challenge.
A: 可不是！They're amazing- for me, I have to keep my fingers crossed that even my scrambled eggs in the morning don't turn out horrible!
B: Hahah, well in the end, the contestants successfully made some AMAZING gourmet food! 你刚才提到了一个很好的词儿，fingers crossed!! 咱们一起来听听这个习惯用语的用法！
