think outside the box 跳出固定思维/创新思维
When you're asked to think outside the box, you should think differently, unconventionally or from a new perspective. This phrase often refers to novel, creative and smart thinking. Think outside the box，顾名思义为“在盒子外面进行思考”。
追根溯源，这个短语来自于一个游戏（nine dots puzzle），在一个正方形内平均分配的9个点，需要一个直线把它们都连起来——如果思考只限制于在正方形内，就无法做到。Think outside the box由此用来形容“新颖的，充满创意的，富有智慧的构想”。
Examples:
1. You won't come up with good ideas until you think outside the box. 除非你跳出固定思维，否则你不会想出好点子来的。
2. We should think outside the box to solve the problem. 我们应该用创意思维来解决这个问题。
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Today Topic: Leave Me In The Cold 遭受冷遇
Today Vocabulary: hit it off 谈得来，投缘
Host: Micah
Sue:I haven’t seen you for ages, Bob.
苏：我很久没有见到你了，鲍勃。
Bob: Yeah, long time no see. How are you?
鲍勃：是啊，好久不见。你好吗？
Sue:I'm fine, thanks. And you?
苏：我很好，谢谢。你呢？
Bob:Not too bad. But I do seem to have problems.
鲍勃：不算太坏。但我确实看来有些问题。
Sue:What's eating you?
苏：什么事情让你烦恼了？
Bob:I can't get on with some of my classmates .They leave me in the cold.
鲍勃：我不能和班上一些同学很好相处。他们对我很冷淡。
Sue:Sorry to hear that. But why do they give you a cold shoulder?
苏：很抱歉听到这个。但是为什么他们对你很冷淡？
Bob:I don't know. They're not interested in me.
鲍勃：我不知道。他们对我没有兴趣。
Sue:Maybe you have little in common with them.
苏：或许你和他们共同点不多。
Bob:They are so fond of joking and playing tricks, but I am not.
鲍勃：他们很喜欢开玩笑和恶作剧，但是我不是。
Sue:That's where the shoe pinches, I think .By the way, what are you keen on?
苏: 我想这就是问题所在。顺便问一下，你对有什么有兴趣？
Bob:I'm keen on reading and learning new things.
鲍勃：我热衷于阅读和学习新东西。
Sue: What does the teacher say about that?
苏：那老师对此说了什么？
Bob:When we have some friction, teacher is always on their side.
鲍勃：如果我们有摩擦，老师总是站在他们那边。
Sue:Have you ever had a heart-to-heart talk with her?
苏：你和她有交心地谈过一次吗？
Bob:Yes, I have. But she blamed me for not being able get on with them.
鲍勃：是的，我有。但是她责怪我没有和他们好好相处。
Sue:Well, may me you like to keep yourself to yourself.
苏：或许你喜欢自己独处。
Bob:I don't know. We just can't seem to hit it off(谈得来，投缘).
鲍勃：我不知道。我们看上去不可能谈得来。
Sue:I tell you what. Try to have a heart-to-heart talk with them and do things with them. They may begin to have some interest in you.
苏：我告诉你怎么做。试着和他们真心地谈话和共事。他们或许会开始对你有兴趣的。
Bob:I hope so. I'll see what I can do.
鲍勃：希望如此。我希望我能做做些什么。
Key Vocabulary and Phrases
1. for ages很长时间
2. seem to...看来是....
3. What's eating you? 你遇到什么麻烦了？
4. To get on/along with.... 与....和睦相处
5. leave someone in the cold 冷落某人
6. give someone a cold shoulder 冷落某人，不理睬某人
7. be fond of......喜欢.....
8.where the shoe pinches问题所在，关键所在
9.be keen on...喜欢....
10.hit it off with...与...合得来
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