一分鐘英語 第87期:In the Spotlight 成爲焦點

Welcome to English in a Minute.

歡迎來到《一分鐘英語》欄目。

Some phrases in American English like to get all the attention! In The Spotlight.

美語中的一些短語希望得到普遍關注！成爲公衆焦點

Let's see if Anna and Jonathan can shed some light on this expression.

讓我們看看是否安娜和喬納森能解釋這個表達的含義。

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How'd your party go last night?

昨晚的派對怎麼樣？

It was pretty fun. Jake went crazy though!

非常有趣。傑克居然玩瘋了。

Oh no, what did he do?!

哦不會吧，他做什麼了？！

There must have been too much sugar in the punch bowl

酒杯裏一定是放了太多的糖，

because he started dancing all over the furniture.

因爲他開始在桌子上跳舞。

Jake does love being in the spotlight.

傑克的確喜歡讓自己成爲公衆焦點。

Totally. And then he jumped into my swimming pool!

完全沒錯。緊接着他跳進了我的泳池！

"In the spotlight" means to be at the center of attention.

“成爲公衆焦點”指處在公衆注意力的中心。

It comes from someone actually being in a spotlight on stage.

它用於描述真正在舞臺上處於公衆注意中心的人們。

In our example, Jake loves to be the center of attention, which explains his wild behavior.

在我們所舉的這個例子中，傑克喜歡成爲公衆焦點，這也就解釋了他瘋狂的舉動。

And that's English in a Minute!

以上就是本期的《一分鐘英語》！