第一,迷你对话
A: Who is the girl in the photo?
照片里的那个女人是谁?
B: Oh, she was my classmate in college.
哦,她是我大学里的同学。
A: She studied French in college.
她在大学学的是法语专业。
B: No. Remember, she was my classmate and we majored in history.
不是,记住她是我的同班同学,学的是历史专业。
A: I read an article about her in the magazine. I think she has risen herself above the crowd.
我在一本杂志里读到了一篇关于她的文章,她现在一定是出人头地了。
第二,地道表达
rise oneself above the crowd
解词释义
Rise oneself above the crowd的字面意思是“升至人群之上”,比喻为“出人头地”。
拓展范例
E.g. I want you to go ahead now and rise yourself above the crowd.
我希望你努力上进,将来出人头地。
E.g. A man has to strike out for himself if he wants to rise himself above the crowd.
一个人要想出人头地,就得自己去打天下。
第三,好词妙语
in college:学院里的
E.g. In college I majored in science. What was your major?
在学院里,我主修自然科学。你主修什么?
E.g. In college I made honors in my studies.
在大学里,我的成绩优异。
in the magazine:在杂志中
E.g. I had been so enthralled by reading the serial stories in the magazine supplement.
我一直迷恋着阅读杂志增刊上的连载小说。
majored in:主修
E.g. She majored in English and minored in education.
她主修英文,副修教育。
in the photo:照片中的
E.g. Squinting her eyes,she smiled at the man in the photo.
她眯起眼睛看着照片,冲着照片里的那个男人笑了。