Words & Expressions
*for days/weeks/years on end, for many days, weeks years etc without stopping
--Lately she stays in her house for days on end, goes out only to get food.
*line:words[countable].
a) a line of written words, for example in a poem or a document
--He quoted a few lines from Shakespeare.
--Scroll down to line 29.
b) a remark
--This was one of his favorite chat-up lines(=remark for impressing someone you want to attract).
c) [usually plural]words that someone has to learn and say as part of a play or performance
--Paul often messed up his lines.
--It always took me ages to learn my lines.
*much to somebody's something给某人带来很大的...
much to somebody’s surprise/embarrassment etc
--Much to the aristocrat's amusement 贵族感到可笑的是...
--Much to my relief, the conversation turned to another topic.
*by heart, when you know something by heart, you remember all of it exactly
--Actors have to learn their lines by heart.
*gaoler/warden 监狱长
Sentences
One would expect them(the actors) to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter.
Yet there is not always the case.情况并非总是如此。
Pronunciations
kiss/case: 注意/i/和/ei/的区别
aristocrat 英音[ˈærɪstəkræt]美音[əˈrɪstəkræt]
资产阶级bourgeois [ˌbʊrˈʒwɑ:]
无产阶级proletariate [proʊle'teərɪrt]
