迷你对话学地道口语第327期:着人先鞭 暗自陈仓

　　迷你对话
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 marvelous¹, and the price is marvelous, as well.
很棒，价格也很惊人。
对话精讲
第一 地道表达
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。
第二 词海拾贝
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。
第三 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 bonus² 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?

1 marvelous   

adj.奇迹般的，惊人的，了不起的

参考例句：

• It'seems to me a most marvelous book.这本书我觉得奥妙之至。
• I congratulate you on this marvelous opportunity.恭喜你获得这样一个极好的机会。

2 bonus   

n.奖金，红利

参考例句：

• The workers expected to share out a year-end bonus.工人们期望年终分红。
• The staff got a a special bonus payment.员工得到一笔特别发放的奖金。