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迷你对话学英语口语 第1314期:出人头地

2019-06-20来源:和谐英语

第一,迷你对话

A: Who is the girl in the photo?

照片里的那个女人是谁?

B: Oh, she was my classmate in college.

哦,她是我大学里的同学。

A: She studied French in college.

她在大学学的是法语专业。

B: No. Remember, she was my classmate and we majored in history.

不是,记住她是我的同班同学,学的是历史专业。

A: I read an article about her in the magazine. I think she has risen herself above the crowd.

我在一本杂志里读到了一篇关于她的文章,她现在一定是出人头地了。

第二,地道表达

rise oneself above the crowd

解词释义

Rise oneself above the crowd的字面意思是“升至人群之上”,比喻为“出人头地”。

拓展范例

E.g. I want you to go ahead now and rise yourself above the crowd.

我希望你努力上进,将来出人头地。

E.g. A man has to strike out for himself if he wants to rise himself above the crowd.

一个人要想出人头地,就得自己去打天下。

第三,好词妙语

in college:学院里的

E.g. In college I majored in science. What was your major?

在学院里,我主修自然科学。你主修什么?

E.g. In college I made honors in my studies.

在大学里,我的成绩优异。

in the magazine:在杂志中

E.g. I had been so enthralled by reading the serial stories in the magazine supplement.

我一直迷恋着阅读杂志增刊上的连载小说。

majored in:主修

E.g. She majored in English and minored in education.

她主修英文,副修教育。

in the photo:照片中的

E.g. Squinting her eyes,she smiled at the man in the photo.

她眯起眼睛看着照片,冲着照片里的那个男人笑了。