Subject：I won a monkey at the horse races.
迷你对话
A: Terry, what about your performance at the horse races yesterday?
Terry，你在昨天的赛马比赛中表现怎么样？
B: Fine, I won a monkey at the horse races.
很好，我在比赛中赢得了500美元。
地道表达
win a monkey
解词释义
Win a monkey中的monkey不是指猴子，而是指“500美元”。
Ps 1：询问某人在某个场合的表现如何，可以套用下面这个句型：What about the performance...? 例如：
What about his performance at the speech competition.他在演讲比赛中表现如何？
Ps 2：at the race的意思是“在比赛中”，注意解词用at，不要用in。
He was one of the judges at the horse race.他是赛马会上的裁判员之一。
He was proud of the medal won at the race.他为那次比赛中获得的奖牌而自豪。 |