A: Did you get the car you wanted?
你买到你看上的那辆车了吗?
B: No. Someone had stolen a march on me and bought it.
没有,有人比我抢先一步买走了。
A: What about the car over there?
那边的那辆车怎么样?
B: It is marvelous, and the price is marvelous, as well.
很棒,价格也很惊人。
对话精讲
习语
steal a march on somebody
1 解词释义
此语原来指“当有的军队还在休息时,有的军队已经开始进军了”,因此就有“抢先一步,暗自陈仓”“巧妙地先发制人”“着人先鞭 ”之意。
2 支持范例
The army stole a march on the enemy by marching at night and attacking them in the morning.
部队凭夜里行军早晨攻击偷袭了敌人。
The truth is, you're pissed off because we stole a march on you.
事实真相是:因为我们一声不响地抢在了你们的前面,所以你们恼羞成怒了。
英语学习笔记:
as well:adv. 也
e.g. I write my own songs and I play the guitar as well.
我唱自己谱曲的歌,也弹吉他。
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调往往是缓慢得多,这在其他国家也是真的那样。
口语句型
What about...?
使用情境:用于征求别人的意见。
句型用法:What about something?
What about doing something?
句型操练: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,但是答应给我们的奖金给不给?
What about doing a spot of work?
做点儿事怎么样?