英語口語練習小對話 第838期:爆冷門者

Subject : The dark horse in this year’s football cup was Korea!

第一， 迷你對話

A: The dark house in this year’s football cup was Korea!

這屆足球賽的黑馬是韓國隊。

B: You bet! Lots of people thought they would be champions.

那還用說！許多人認爲他們可以奪冠了。

第二， 地道表達

dark house

1. 解詞釋義

Dark house用來形容令人刮目相看，製造冷門的異軍突起者，也可以指一舉成名的後起之秀，或泛指那些那些沒有名氣而實力難測的競爭者。在俚語詞典中解釋如下：One who achieves unexpected support and success as a political candidate, typically during a party's convention.

2. 拓展範例

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，意外當選。

e.g. Gerald would be a dark horse to the end.

傑羅爾德將永遠做個實力難測的競爭者。

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，我沒想到她會出版了一本小說。

第三， 咬文嚼字

1. “You bet！”這個短句用於表示非常贊同別人說到的情況，翻譯爲：當然，肯定。例如：

You bet! I can't wait to get over there and hit those slopes.

沒錯！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問題嗎？

2. in this year’s football cup：在今年的足球杯比賽中 lots of：許多