“單詞背后的故事”是一個電臺節(jié)目，通過講故事和舉例子，讓英語學習者更系統(tǒng)地了解到英語習語的意思與用法。當然，要學以致用才能真正掌握這些習語哦。夏天總會讓人想到陽光與海灘，還有——清爽的短發(fā)。古人說“頭發(fā)長見識短”，小編說“頭發(fā)多長見識”，咔咔，看看本期的習語就知道了。Ready? Go!

A listener named Rita wants to learn about expressions with the word “hair.” So we will tell a story.

Yesterday when I woke up， I looked in a mirror.

I looked very neat and organized. 1)Not a hair was out of place. But today when I woke up， I knew I was going to have a 2)bad hair day. My hair was standing up in all the wrong places. I thought I would be unhappy all day and things would not go well. I work at home so I just hoped that my

computer would work right and not have a bad hair day also.

I was very tired because I did not sleep well last night. I made the mistake of watching a horror movie on television.

The movie really 3)made my hair stand on end. It was about a house possessed by evil spirits. The thought of having to live alone in a house like that was so frightening， it was enough to 4)curl your hair. I will say it another way: watching that movie was a 5)hair-raising experience.

I prepared a meal for my children but they were behaving badly. I turned on the television so they would be quiet. I did not want them to be difficult or to 6)get in my hair while I was working on the computer.

My children were making so much noise that I could not work. I was getting angry. In fact， I was ready to 7)pull my hair out. I told them to please be quiet or I would punish them. But they knew I would not 8)harm a hair on their heads.

I decided to make myself some strong coffee so I could work better. But my drink was so strong that it could 9)put hair on your chest.

Finally， I got back to work. I was writing a proposal for a project. I knew that I was very close to finishing the proposal. Success was very close –10)within a hair’s breath. My supervisor called me to discuss the project. She wanted to argue about very small differences and unimportant details. But I told her not to 11)split hairs.

Later， I got a telephone call from a friend whom I had not seen in a long time. In fact， I had not seen 12)hide nor hair of him in months. So I was glad to know that he was all right.

I worked all day and finished my project. So I decided to celebrate， have some fun and 13)let my hair down. I played some old recordings， and my children and I danced around the room. The recordings are from my favorite musical， a show called Hair. It takes place during the 1960s when many young people wore their hair very long.

Notes

1) Not a hair was out of place. 干凈利落，一絲不亂

2) bad hair day 不如意的一天，不愉快的一天

3) make one’s hair stand on end 使某人毛骨悚然，使某人極度震驚

4) curl one’s hair (=make one’s hair curl) (俚)使某人毛骨悚然，把某人嚇壞

5) hair-raising a. 令人毛骨悚然的，恐怖的

6) get in one’s hair (俚)打擾某人，使某人氣惱

7) pull one’s hair out生氣，發(fā)怒，抓狂

8) not harm/touch a hair of one’s head 不動某人一根毫毛，絲毫不傷害某人

9) put hair on one’s chest 讓人不舒服

10) within a hair of 差一點兒

11) split hairs (對某事)作無益的、瑣碎的分析;在小事上爭論不休，斤斤計較

12) hide or hair 蹤跡，蹤影，證據(jù)，常接“of sb.”

13) let/take one’s hair down (口)輕松一下，毫無拘束，隨隨便便