英語口語練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第826期:爆冷門者
第一， 迷你對(duì)話
A: The dark house in this year’s football cup was Korea!
這屆足球賽的黑馬是韓國(guó)隊(duì)。
B: You bet! Lots of people thought they would bechampions.
那還用說!許多人認(rèn)為他們可以奪冠了。
第二， 地道表達(dá)
dark house
1. 解詞釋義
Dark house用來形容令人刮目相看，制造冷門的異軍突起者，也可以指一舉成名的后起之秀，或泛指那些那些沒有名氣而實(shí)力難測(cè)的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者。在俚語詞典中解釋如下：One who achieves unexpected support andsuccess as a political candidate, typically during a party's convention.
2. 拓展范例
e.g. He' s a bit of a dark horse : he was earning a fortune, but nobody knew.
他可算是藏龍臥虎——賺大錢，可誰也不知道。
e.g. A dark horse candidate came from behind to win the election.
那位候選員在此次選舉中脫穎而出，意外當(dāng)選。
e.g. Gerald would be a dark horse to the end.
杰羅爾德將永遠(yuǎn)做個(gè)實(shí)力難測(cè)的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者。
e.g. Anna's such a dark horse--I had no idea she'd published a novel.
安娜真叫人看不出來，我沒想到她會(huì)出版了一本小說。
第三， 咬文嚼字
1. “You bet!”這個(gè)短句用于表示非常贊同別人說到的情況，翻譯為：當(dāng)然，肯定。例如：
You bet! I can't wait to get over there and hit those slopes.
沒錯(cuò)!我真恨不得馬上就去那兒，上滑雪道。
Yes, you bet. Could you give me some advice to solve this problem?
正是這樣。你能給我一些建議解決這個(gè)問題嗎?
2. in this year’s football cup：在今年的足球杯比賽中 lots of：許多
