迷你對話學地道口語第327期:着人先鞭 暗自陳倉
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迷你對話
A: Did you.get the car you wanted
?你買到你看上的那輛車了嗎?
B: No. Someone had stolen a march on me and bought it.
沒有,有人比我搶先一步買走了。
A: What about the car over there?
那邊的那輛車怎麼樣?
B: It is marvelous, and the price is marvelous, as well.
很棒,價格也很驚人。
對話精講
第一 地道表達
steal a march on somebody
1 解詞釋義
此語原來指“當有的軍隊還在休息時,有的軍隊已經開始進軍了”,因此就有“搶先一步,暗自陳倉”“巧妙地先發制人”“着人先鞭 ”之意。
2 支持範例
The army stole a march on the enemy by marching at night and attacking them in the morning.
部隊憑夜裏行軍早晨攻擊偷襲了敵人。
The truth is, you're pissed off because we stole a march on you.
事實真相是:因爲我們一聲不響地搶在了你們的前面,所以你們惱羞成怒了。
第二 詞海拾貝
as well:adv. 也
e.g. I write my own songs and I play the guitar as well.
我唱自己譜曲的歌,也彈吉他。
e.g. Often life is much slower outside the big cities, as is true in other countries as well.
大都市外面的生活步調往往是緩慢得多,這在其他國家也是真的那樣。
第三 口語句型
What about...?
使用情境:用於徵求別人的意見。
句型用法:What about something?
What about doing something?
句型操練:The job's done, that's all well and good but what about the bonus we were promised?
工作完成了,好倒是好,但是答應給我們的獎金給不給?
What about doing a spot of work?
做點兒事怎麼樣?