一“看”究竟

So theres this girl at school. Ive had the biggest crush on her for years. The only thing that excites me about going to school—the only thing I look forward to—is knowing that Im going to see her in class. Shes beautiful， a real looker， but shes also smart as a whip. I really look up to her and admire her. And shes just so nice！ Shes always taking care of the weaker students and looking after them. Everyone looks to her for advice because they know shes always willing to help. She says she wants to be a teacher some day， and she really looks the part because shes got small-framed glasses and wears her hair short， kind of like Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds. Shes practically a Michelle Pfeiffer look alike！

The only problem？ Shes got a boyfriend and hes a real jerk. Hes the kind of guy who only ever looks out for number one—himself！ My friend said that maybe he was a jerk in public and really nice in private， but I told him if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck， its probably a duck， and that Id trust my own judgment. The guy seems so cold and unfeeling—he looks as if butter wouldnt melt in his mouth. And hes always disrespecting her and looking down on her； it just makes me so mad that hed look a gift horse in the mouth and be so ungrateful. I wish shed take a long， hard look at him and realize how horrible he is.

But then guess what happened yesterday？ Youll never believe it！ I was looking for my favourite pen and Id been searching for a long time. Id looked high and low， just about everywhere， but there were so many places I could have lost it that it was like looking for a needle in a haystack—hopeless！ Then， in walks my girl looking like a million bucks. I mean， shes always pretty， but today she was gorgeous—she looked fit to kill. She asked me what was going on and I told her that Id just given up the search for my pen， but she was having none of it. “Look sharp！” she yelled at me. “Were going to find that pen！”

So were searching and searching. Then， in walks her boyfriend and he gives her a look. I mean， he was really looking daggers at her. He walks over and tells her that she looks like something the cat dragged in. I couldnt believe hed tell such a beautiful girl that she looked terrible！ And， I guess， neither could she. She stood up， looked him in the eye without fear or shame， and said， “Look whos talking. Youre not looking so great yourself.”It was unbelievable！ Id never seen her stand up for herself to him before. He stormed out and she just sat there looking like the cat that swallowed the canary. She seemed so pleased with herself. I looked questioningly at her and she told me theyd broken up that morning. “Look on the bright side，” I said. “Now I can ask you out.” But she just laughed.

Looking back， that might not have been the best thing to say.

look forward to（anticipate something with pleasure）： 期待。

real looker（a quite attractive， good-looking person）：長得非常漂亮的人。

look up to（admire）：尊敬，敬仰。

look after（take care of）：照料，照顧，關心。

look to（expect someone or something to provide information or help）：希望某人或某物提供信息或幫助。

look the part（appear to be suited to a particular type of work）：看起來適合某種角色或工作。

look alike（appear similar）：面貌酷似的人。

look out for number one（take care of oneself first， rather than those of other people）：先為自己著想，謀求自身的利益。

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck， its probably a duck.（An ironic term for all formulations， that are implicit reasoning）：如果它看起來像只鴨子，叫起來也像只鴨子，那么很可能它就是只鴨子。指的是毋庸置疑的推理。

look as if butter wouldnt melt in ones mouth（appear to be cold and unfeeling）：看起來好像黃油不會在某人嘴里融化。指的是道貌岸然，表面上一副忠厚老實相。

look down on（regard with contempt）：看不起某人，輕視。

look a gift horse in the mouth（be ungrateful to someone who gives you something； treat someone who gives you a gift badly）：對別人給予你的東西過于吹毛求疵。

take a long， hard look at（examine something very carefully in order to improve it in the future）：仔細審視某物以便將來改進。

look for（search for）：尋找。

look high and low（try very hard to find something）：四處尋找。

like looking for a needle in haystack（be difficult or impossible to find）：大海撈針，指很難找到。

look like a million bucks（look or feel extremely attractive）：滿面春風，看上去神清氣爽。

look fit to kill（look very fancy or sexy）：盛裝打扮。

look sharp（act or move at high speed）：快速行動起來。

give someone a look（look at someone）：看某人。

look daggers at someone（give someone a dirty look）：怒目而視，狠狠地瞪。

look like something the cat dragged in（look very shabby or dirty）：看起來邋遢。

look someone in the eye（look directly at someone without fear or shame）：直視某人的眼睛。

Look whos talking！（You are guilty of doing the same thing that you have criticized someone else for doing or that you accused someone else of doing）：看看誰在說話！用以表示自己同樣不對時不要批評別人。

look like the cat that swallowed the canary（appear as if one had just had a great success）：滿面春風，非常得意、滿足。

look on the bright side（consider the positive aspects of a negative situation）：對某事抱樂觀態度。

look back（to cast ones mind to the past）：回頭看，回顧，追憶。