情景对话

A：Tom did something bad in class.

汤姆在课上干了坏事儿。

B: Did he get a dressing-down?

他挨批评了吗？

A: You hit it on the nose. The teacher was so angry that he scolded him and let him stand for quite a few minutes.

说对了，老师气坏了，责备了他，并让他站了好几分钟。

一， 词汇拾贝

on the nose

exp. exactly right. （恰好，准确无误地，正好，恰到好处）

Her predictions about the company's collapse were right on the nose.

她对公司倒闭的预测完全正确。

e.g. Your comments are on the nose.

你的评语真是恰到好处。

e.g. He hits the target on the nose.

他正好击中了目标。

e.g. He has got that point on the nose.

他对那一点的理解完全正确。

二， 语汇积累

1. get a dressing-down：挨狠狠地批评

e.g. He had been given a good dressing-down but he felt he was got something of a bum rap.

他挨了一顿臭骂，但他觉得受了委屈。

e.g. The teacher beside the lunch line saw Jack cut in and she got a dressing-down.

老师在排队买午餐的人旁边看杰克插队，就把他狠狠地批评了一顿。

2. in class：在课堂上，在上课

e.g. Children who talk too much in class get under the teacher's skin.

班长随便说话的孩子闹得老师不安宁。

e.g. I will amend my ways and stop talking in class.

我要改正错误，不在课堂上说话了。