Jessica：Morning,怡茹! Oh.You don’t look so well, are you sick?

YR: 生病倒沒有，就是精神快崩潰了。老板讓我做調研，一共需要1000多個樣品數據!我已經做了兩個星期，頭昏腦脹，可還是沒做完!I am going crazy!

Jessica: Don’t freak out yet. 怡茹，咱們一塊想想辦法!

YR: Wait a second.。。你說，freak out?

Jessica: Freak is spelled f-r-e-a-k, freak; freak out就是崩潰的意思。

YR: OMG! That’s totally me! I’m freaking out! 你說想辦法，我已經上網找，問朋友，去圖書館查，都沒有現成的數據，完全要自己一點一點搜集! 我覺得我已經走投無路了……

Jessica: Yeah... seems like you are at the end of your rope. This phrase basically means you are out of options. I’m so sorry怡茹!

YR: At the end of my rope? 真形象。繩子到頭了，沒有別的辦法。I’m so at the end of my rope! Jessica，你說要是我無法按時完成任務，那可怎么辦呀!老板都催我兩次了，我現在感覺如履薄冰。

Jessica: Yeah, being on thin ice is definitely not the best feeling in the world。

YR: On thin ice就是中文里說的如履薄冰吧?太形象了。

Jessica: You know what? I’m not worried about you. I think you can definitely finish the assignment on time!

YR: 真的嗎?好，那我加油，一定按時完成，做得漂漂亮亮的!

Jessica: That’s the spirit!

YR: 我去了!Bye Jessica!

Jessica: Wait 怡茹!Before you go, tell me what you’ve learned today!

YR: 第一，崩潰可以用to freak out;

第二，走投無路，無計可施是at the end of someone’s rope;

第三，如履薄冰on thin ice。