第一， 迷你对话

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

　　这届足球赛的黑马是韩国队。

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

　　那还用说！许多人认为他们可以夺冠了。

　　第二， 地道表达

　　dark house

　　1. 解词释义

　　Dark house用来形容令人刮目相看，制造冷门的异军突起者，也可以指一举成名的后起之秀，或泛指那些那些没有名气而实力难测的竞争者。在俚语词典中解释如下：One who achieves unexpected support and success as a political candidate, typically during a party's convention.

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. He' s a bit of a dark horse : he was earning a fortune, but nobody knew.

　　他可算是藏龙卧虎——赚大钱，可谁也不知道。

　　e.g. A dark horse candidate came from behind to win the election.

　　那位候选员在此次选举中脱颖而出，意外当选。

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

　　杰罗尔德将永远做个实力难测的竞争者。

　　e.g. Anna's such a dark horse--I had no idea she'd published a novel.

　　安娜真叫人看不出来，我没想到她会出版了一本小说。

　　第三， 咬文嚼字

　　1. “You bet！”这个短句用于表示非常赞同别人说到的情况，翻译为：当然，肯定。例如：

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

　　没错！我真恨不得马上就去那儿，上滑雪道。

　　Yes, you bet. Could you give me some advice to solve this problem?

　　正是这样。你能给我一些建议解决这个问题吗？

　　2. in this year’s football cup：在今年的足球杯比赛中 lots of：许多