标题
校园: 比拼成绩的烦人精
对话原文及知识点
对话一:
A: You think you can beat me to the punch on SAT? Smarter than me? God no! You are just jealous of me.
B: Talk to the hand, dude.
知识点:
1. beat sb. to the punch 抢占某人的先机
e.g. Ashley was going to invite him out to lunch but he beat her to the punch. He invited her before she had a chance to ask him.
Ashley 正打算邀请男生出去吃饭,但是男生先抢占了先机。男生在Ashley问之前,先邀请了她。
对话二:
A: You ready for the exam?
B: Exam? What are you talking about?
A: Hello? Biology exam this afternoon. Prof. Johnson told us last week.
B: Crap! I completely forgot about it. I will just have to wing it.
知识点:
1. talk to the hand 你给我闭嘴
2. wing it 硬着头皮上
思考题
和“wing it”意思相同的另一个表达是什么?
Wing it to do the best that you can in a situation that you are not prepared for. improvise If you improvise, you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance.
弱弱地说一句,Talk to the hand 是第一段对话的知识点,被归纳到第二段去了……