迷你对话学地道口语第572期:500美元

　　Subject：I won¹ a monkey at the horse races.
迷你对话
A: Terry, what about your performance² 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 speech³ competition⁴.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 was⁵ one of the judges⁶ at the horse race.他是赛马会上的裁判员之一。
He was proud⁷ of the medal⁸ won at the race.他为那次比赛中获得的奖牌而自豪。

1 won   

vt.赢得(为win的过去式)

参考例句：

• We won the game in the end.我们最终赢得了比赛。
• We won the football game.我们赢得了足球赛的胜利。

2 performance   

n.履行，执行；性能，特性；表演，演出

参考例句：

• The performance lasted for three hours.表演持续了三个小时。
• His performance in the exams was not very good.他考得不很好。

3 speech   

n.讲话，演说

参考例句：

• I did not lose a word of his speech.他的演说我没有听漏一个字。
• We were listening in to the Prime Minister's speech.我们正在收音机旁听首相的广播演说。

4 competition   

n.竞赛，比赛；竞争

参考例句：

• It's a friendly competition.这是一场友谊赛。
• I shall enter for the singing competition.我将报名参加歌咏比赛。

5 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

6 judges   

法官( judge的名词复数 )； 裁判员； 评判员； 鉴定人

参考例句：

• Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions. 法官们不愿废止政府决定。
• Judges are advised to show greater leniency towards first-time offenders. 建议法官对初犯者宽大处理。

7 proud   

adj.感到自豪的；得意的

参考例句：

• He was proud of having such a good friend.他为有这样的好朋友而自豪。
• We are proud of our great motherland.我们为伟大的祖国而自豪。

8 medal   

n.奖章，勋章，纪念章

参考例句：

• He has won a gold medal.他获得了一枚金质奖章。
• When did china win the first medal at olympic games?中国首次获得奥运奖牌是在哪一年？