2006.09.16 : He threw me for a loop when he told me this.
当他告诉我这些时，我大吃一惊。
今天我们要讲的短语是：to throw for a loop。Loop是圆圈的意思。To throw for a loop是指"感到非常震惊"或者是"情绪很波动"。下面的例子是一个男朋友使得他的女朋友非常不高兴。这个女孩子说：
Bill told me he couldn't take me out last night because he had to study for a big exam. So it threw me for a loop when I saw him walking into the movie theater with that stupid girl who sits next to him in biology class.
比尔告诉我，他昨天晚上不能带我去玩，是因为他要准备大考。所以，当我看到他和那个生物课坐在他旁边的傻姑娘一起走进电影院的时候我真是大吃一惊。
海纳百川，有容乃大；壁立千仞，无欲则刚。