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?
