with trivial tasks. 她整天忙于处理琐碎的事务。
The thought filled me with pleasure. 这个想法使我感到高兴。
I'm filled with gratitude to all those who have helped me. 我对帮助过我的人充满感激之情。
Her heart was filled with happiness at the party her students organized in her honor.
在学生们为她举行的聚会上，她沉浸在幸福之中。
He was filled with pity for the poor girl.他对那个可怜的女孩子充满怜悯之情。
The sound of the music filled me with memories.音乐声使我沉浸在回忆之中。
fill 也可作不及物动词：
The market filled rapidly. 市场很快挤满了人。
fill 表示to become full of：Laughter filled the hall. 笑声响彻整个大厅。
When the young lady refused to pay for the shoes she had ordered，unhappiness filled the poor shoemaker's house.
那位年轻的女士不肯付款来付她定做的那双鞋，此时，穷鞋匠的家里人人愁眉不展。
33.… a ratings nightmare.
… a terrible thing for the show，for it wouldn't attract many ratings：the popularity of a television of radio programme as measured by the number of people viewing or listening 对收视率来说是可怕的事34.This kind of attitude rewards smooth，insincere talk，and makes hesitancy look like stupidity.——Talk show coordinators are concerned about whether the guest talks fluently.They don't care whether he/she talks sensibly and intelligently.By doing so，they actually encourage and praise talk show guests who speak fluently but insincerely and make viewers believe those who don't speak fluently are stupid people.这种看法结果是鼓励了口若悬河的空话，而把迟疑看作是愚笨。
Reward：酬谢；奖赏
He was rewarded with a three-week-holiday for his achievements.由于他的成就，他被奖励了三个星期的假期。
其引申意思，表示“得出——的结果，得到回报”
I am sure that all your hard work will be rewarded.我相信你的辛苦工作一定会得到丰硕的结果。
35.he'd be dragging his bottom in the ratings.
Today，if he were invited to speak on a talk show，he wouldn't be able to attract a large number of viewers.
Drag one's bottom 可能是由习语drag one's heels/feet（故意拖延，磨洋工）而来。
